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DREAMWEAVER CS3
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Dreamweaver accessibility features
Using screen readers with Dreamweaver
A screen reader recites text that appears on the computer screen. It also reads non-textual information, such as
button labels or image descriptions in the application, provided in accessibility tags or attributes during authoring.
As a Dreamweaver designer, you can use a screen reader to assist you in creating your web pages. The screen reader
starts reading from the upper-left corner of the Document window.
Dreamweaver supports JAWS for Windows, from Freedom Scientific ( www.freedomscientific.com ), and Window-
Eyes screen readers, from GW Micro ( www.gwmicro.com ).
Support for operating system accessibility features
Dreamweaver supports accessibility features in both the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. For example,
on the Macintosh you set the visual preferences in the Universal Access Preferences dialog box (Apple > System
Preferences). Your settings are reflected in the Dreamweaver work space.
The Windows operating system’s high contrast setting is also supported. You activate this option through the
Windows Control Panel and it affects Dreamweaver as follows:
• Dialog boxes and panels use system color settings. For example, if you set the color to White on Black, all
Dreamweaver dialog boxes and panels appear with a white foreground color and black background.
• Code view uses the system and window text color. For example, if you set the system color to White on Black, and
then change text colors in Edit > Preferences > Code Coloring, Dreamweaver ignores those color settings and
displays the code text with a white foreground color and black background.
• Design view uses the background and text colors you set in Modify > Page Properties so that pages you design
render colors as a browser will.
Navigate Dreamweaver using the keyboard
You can use the keyboard to navigate panels, inspectors, dialog boxes, frames, and tables without a mouse.
Note: Tabbing and the use of arrow keys are supported for Windows only.
Navigate panels
1 In the Document window, press Control+F6 to shift focus to a panel.
A dotted line around the panel title indicates that focus is on that panel. The screen reader reads the panel title bar
that has focus.
2 Press Control+F6 again to shift focus until you have focus on the panel you want to work in. (Press
Control+Shift+F6 to shift focus to the previous panel.)
3 If the panel you want to work in is not open, use the keyboard shortcuts in the Windows menu to display the
appropriate panel; then press Control+F6.
If the panel you want to work in is open, but not expanded, place focus on the panel title bar, and then press the
Spacebar. Press the Spacebar again to collapse the panel.
4 Press the Tab key to move through the options in the panel.
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