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You can adjust settings to meet your needs and
preferences in the Control Panel of Windows XP Professional.
Adjusting Accessibility Options
Using just one icon in the Control Panel—Accessibility
Options—you can adjust most of the accessibility settings
all in one place
The accessibility features are arranged under
five tabs in Accessibility Options.
Control Panel: Accessibility Options
In this section, see step by step tutorials for:
Keyboard tab
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StickyKeys:
Press One Key at a Time for Key Combinations
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FilterKeys:
Ignore Brief or Repeated Keystrokes and Slow Down the Repeat
Rate
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ToggleKeys:
Hear Tones When Pressing Certain Keys
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Show Extra Keyboard
Help in Programs
Sound tab:
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SoundSentry:
Get Visual Warnings for System Sounds
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ShowSounds:
Display Captions for Speech and Sounds
Display tab:
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High Contrast:
Choose a High Contrast Color Combination to Improve Screen
Resolution
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Choose the Width
and Blink Rate of the Cursor
Mouse tab:
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MouseKeys:
Control the Pointer Using the numeric Keypad
General tab:
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SerialKeys:
Use an Alternative Input Device Instead of a Keyboard or Mouse
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Turn Off
Accessibility Features after Specified Idle Time
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Get Visual
Notification when Turning a Feature On
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Get Sound
Notification when Turning a Feature On or Off
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Apply All
Accessibility Settings to Logon Desktop
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Apply All Settings
to Defaults for New Users
Additional settings related to accessibility
needs and preferences can be accessed through other Control
Panel icons in addition to Accessibility Options—see the
following sections later in this chapter for further
information.
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Adjusting
Display Options
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Adjusting Mouse
Options
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Adjusting
Keyboard Options
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Adjusting
Internet Options
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Adjusting Sounds
and Audio Options
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Adjusting
Taskbar and Start Menu Options
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Adjusting Users
Accounts Options
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Adjusting Speech
Options
StickyKeys: Press One Key
at a Time for Key Combinations
StickyKeys is an
accessibility feature designed for people who have difficulty
holding down two or more keys at a time. When a shortcut
requires a key combination such as CTRL+P, StickyKeys will
enable you to press one key at a time instead of pressing them
simultaneously. This procedure tells you how to turn on
StickyKeys through Accessibility Options in Control
Panel.
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Mouse actions |
Keyboard actions |
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On the
Start menu:
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Select
Control Panel. |
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Display the
Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo
key  .)
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Select
Control Panel by pressing C. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are
showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View.
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Select
Accessibility Options. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are
showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
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Press
ENTER.
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Press the
RIGHT ARROW key, and then the LEFT ARROW key to select
Accessibility Options.
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Press
ENTER. |
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In the
Accessibility Options dialog box, on the Keyboard
tab:
To turn on StickyKeys:
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Select the
Use StickyKeys check box.
Note To turn off StickyKeys,
clear the Use StickyKeys check box. |
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In the
Accessibility Options dialog box, on the Keyboard
tab:
To turn on StickyKeys:
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Select the
Use StickyKeys check box by pressing U.
Note To turn off StickyKeys,
clear the Use StickyKeys check box by pressing U. |
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To access
StickyKeys settings:
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Select
Settings. |
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To access
StickyKeys settings:
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Select
Settings by pressing S. |
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In the
Settings for StickyKeys dialog box:
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Select the
options you want by selecting or clearing the check boxes.
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Select
OK twice to save the settings and exit Accessibility
Options. |
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In the
Settings for StickyKeys dialog box:
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Select
options by pressing the underlined access keys (see notes
below).
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Press ENTER
twice to save the settings and exit Accessibility Options. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Select the
Close button. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Press ALT+F,
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Notes:
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To use the shortcut
that allows you to turn StickyKeys on or off by pressing the
SHIFT key five times, select the Use shortcut check box
(Press U).
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To specify that
when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo
key is pressed twice
in succession, the key will remain active until the key is
pressed again, under Options, select the Press
modifier key twice to lock check
box (Press P).
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To turn off
StickyKeys when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the
Windows logo key and
another key are pressed simultaneously, under Options,
select the Turn StickyKeys off if
two keys are pressed at once
check box (Press T).
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To play a tone to
indicate when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the
Windows logo key is
pressed, locked, or released, under Notification, select
the Make sounds when modifier key
is pressed check box (Press M).
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To display an icon
for StickyKeys on the taskbar when StickyKeys is turned on,
under Notification, select the Show StickyKeys
status on screen check box (Press S).
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Control Panel: Accessibility Options:
Keyboard tab: Use StickyKeys |
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