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To get information about setting accessibility
options in Microsoft® Office XP there are three key resources:
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Office Tools on
the Web
The Microsoft Office Tools on the Web
site at
www.microsoft.com/office/xp includes a searchable database
with information on accessibility in addition to what is
contained in Office Help.
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Step by Step
Guides
Step by step procedures, including
mouse and keyboard actions, are available for adjusting
important accessibility options in Microsoft Word 2002 and
Microsoft Outlook 2002 on the Microsoft Accessibility Web site
at
www.microsoft.com/enable.
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Office Help
When working within an Office program,
the first place to check for accessibility information is the
Help menu.
How To Use Office Help
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Using Help
Topics to Adjust Accessibility Settings in Office XP
The Help system in Office XP has been expanded
and improved to help you quickly and easily find information on
accessibility options.
How the Help System Works
Office XP Help is organized in several different
ways allowing you to search for information in the way that is
most convenient for you.
The Help system in Office XP can also be accessed in several
ways. One of the quickest is to press the F1 key. If you choose
this method, Help will open displaying three tabs: Contents,
Answer Wizard and Index (this assumes that you are not using the
Office Assistant—if you have the Office Assistant option turned
on, see the section "Using the Office Assistant and Ask a
Question box"), below.
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The Help
Contents tab shows information organized by general topic areas.
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The Index
tab provides an alphabetical listing of the contents organized
by key words and phrases.
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The third tab,
which opens by default, is the Answer Wizard. On
this tab, you can type a question in the question box using
natural language, such as "What is Accessibility?" and the
Answer Wizard will search and display a list of topics related
to accessibility. Or, you can type just the word "accessibility"
in the Answer Wizard question box and you will get the same
list. Using the Answer Wizard tab is the recommended way to
search for accessibility topics. Steps to begin your search are:
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Open Help by
pressing F1.
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Enter
"accessibility."
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Press ENTER.
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Press ALT+T to move
to the Select topic to display area.
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Move to the topic
you want by using the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys, and then
press ENTER.
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Press F6 to move to
the Topic pane.
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Use the UP ARROW
and DOWN ARROW keys to scroll up and down within the Topic pane,
and use the TAB key to move through the highlighted links.
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Press ENTER to
select a link.
Important keyboard shortcuts for navigating
Office Help are listed in the Help topic, "Accessibility
features in Office Help."
Using the Office Assistant and Ask a Question Box
Some people prefer to use the Office Assistant
which is integrated with the Answer Wizard in Help. And, others
may find the "Ask a Question" box in the upper right-hand corner
of any Office XP program to be a quick and convenient way to
search the Help topics.
The Office Assistant is turned off by default in
Office XP.
For more information, see the section "Keyboard
shortcuts for using the Office Assistant," within the Help topic
"Accessibility features in Office Help." |