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<title>Using the Accessibility Preference Tools</title>
<highlights><para>This chapter describes how to use the <guilabel>Accessibility
</guilabel> preference tools to customize your desktop.</para></highlights>
<sect1 id="goscustaccess-2">
<title>Opening an Accessibility Tool</title>
<para>You can open an <guilabel>Accessibility</guilabel> preference tool in
the following ways: </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>From the <guisubmenu>Desktop Preferences</guisubmenu> menu
</para>
<para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>
Desktop Preferences</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Accessibility</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>. Choose the preference tool that you require from the submenu.
The dialog for the tool is displayed.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>From the <guilabel>Start Here</guilabel> location</para>
<para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window, then choose <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Start Here</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
Alternatively, double-click on the <guilabel>Start Here</guilabel> object
on the desktop background. The <guilabel>Start Here</guilabel> location is
displayed. Double-click on the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> object in
the <application>Nautilus</application> window, then double-click on the <guilabel>
Accessibility</guilabel> folder. </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="goscustaccess-6">
<title>Configuring Keyboard Accessibility Options</title>
<indexterm><primary>AccessX</primary><see>preference tools, Keyboard Accessibility
</see></indexterm><indexterm><primary>keyboard</primary><secondary>configuring
accessibility options</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>accessibility
</primary><secondary>configuring keyboard</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>preference tools</primary><secondary>Keyboard Accessibility</secondary>
</indexterm><para>Use the <application>Keyboard</application> accessibility
preference tool to set the keyboard accessibility preferences. The <application>
Keyboard</application> accessibility preference tool is also known as <application>
AccessX</application>.</para><para><xref linkend="goscustaccess-TBL-1"/> lists the keyboard
accessibility settings that you can modify.</para>
<table frame="topbot" id="goscustaccess-TBL-1">
<title>Keyboard Accessibility Settings</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="25.64*"/><colspec colname="COLSPEC1"
colwidth="74.36*"/>
<thead>
<row rowsep="1"><entry valign="top"><para>Option</para></entry><entry valign="top"><para>
Function</para></entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para><guilabel>Enable keyboard accessibility
</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Select this option
to enable keyboard accessibility features. When you select this option, the
other options in the preference tool become available.</para></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Beep when enabling/disabling
keyboard accessibility features</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1"
valign="top"><para>Select this option for an audible indication when a feature
such as sticky keys or slow keys is activated, or deactivated.</para></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Disable if unused
for</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>
Select this option to enable you to deactivate the keyboard accessibility
preferences. Specify the period of time that must pass before timeout occurs. 
</para></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Enable Mouse Keys
</guilabel></para><indexterm><primary>accessibility</primary><secondary>mouse keys
</secondary></indexterm></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>
Select this option to make the numeric keypad emulate mouse actions. You can
specify the following mouse key settings: </para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Maximum pointer speed</guilabel>: Use this setting
to specify the maximum speed that the pointer moves across the screen.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Time to accelerate to maximum speed</guilabel>:
Use this setting to specify the duration of the acceleration time of the pointer. 
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Start moving this long after keypress</guilabel>:
Use this setting to specify the period of time that must pass after a keypress
before the pointer moves. </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Enable Slow Keys
</guilabel></para><indexterm><primary>accessibility</primary><secondary>slow keys
</secondary></indexterm></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>
Select this option to control the period of time that you must press-and-hold
a key before acceptance. You can specify the following slow keys settings: 
</para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Only accept keypress after</guilabel>: Use this
setting to specify the period of time that you must press-and-hold a key before
acceptance. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Beep when key is pressed</guilabel>: Select this
option for an audible indication of a keypress. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Beep when key is accepted</guilabel>: Select this
option for an audible indication of key acceptance. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Beep when key is rejected</guilabel>: Select this
option for an audible indication of key rejection. </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Enable Bounce
Keys</guilabel></para><indexterm><primary>accessibility</primary><secondary>
bounce keys</secondary></indexterm></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>
Select this option to accept a key input and to control the key repeat characteristics
of the keyboard. You can specify the following bounce keys settings:  </para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Ignore keypresses within</guilabel>: Use this setting
to specify the interval to wait after the first keypress before the automatic
repeat of a pressed key. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Beep when key is rejected</guilabel>: Select this
option for an audible indication of key rejection. </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Enable Sticky
Keys</guilabel></para><indexterm><primary>accessibility</primary><secondary>
sticky keys</secondary></indexterm></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>
Select this option to perform multiple simultaneous keypress  operations by
pressing the keys in sequence. You can specify the following sticky keys settings: 
</para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Beep when modifier is pressed</guilabel>: Select
this option for an audible indication when you press a modifier key. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Turn off Sticky Keys when two keys pressed simultaneously
</guilabel>: Select this option to specify that when you press two keys simultaneously,
you can no longer press keys in sequence to perform multiple simultaneous
keypresses.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Toggle and Repeat
Keys</guilabel></para><indexterm><primary>accessibility</primary><secondary>
toggle keys</secondary></indexterm></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>
Select this option for an audible indication of a toggle keypress. You hear
one beep when a toggle key is turned on. You hear two beeps when a toggle
key is turned off.</para></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Testing Area</guilabel></para></entry>
<entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>The test area is an interactive
interface so you can see how the keyboard settings affect the display as you
type. Type text in the test area to test the effect of your settings.</para></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guibutton>Import CDE AccessX
file</guibutton></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>
Click on this button to import a CDE AccessX configuration file. </para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect1>
</chapter>