Accessibilityinformation
Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingpeoplewithdisabilitiesgreateraccesstoinformationandtechnology.
Asaresult,thefollowinginformationprovideswaystohelpusersthathavehearing,vision,andmobility
limitationsgetthemostoutoftheircomputerexperience.
Assistivetechnologiesenableuserstoaccessinformationinthemostappropriateway.Someofthese
technologiesarealreadyprovidedinyouroperatingsystem,otherscanbepurchasedthroughvendors,or
accessedthroughtheWorldWideWeb.
Assistivetechnologies
SomeaccessibilitytechnologiesareavailablethroughtheAccessibilityOptionsprogram.Depending
onyouroperatingsystem,thenumberofaccessibilityoptionsavailablevaries.Ingeneral,accessibility
optionsenhancethewayuserswithhearing,vision,ormobilitylimitationsnavigateandusetheircomputer.
Forexample,someusersmightnothavethenemotorskillsrequiredtouseamouseorselectkey
combinations.Otherusersmightrequirelargerfontsorhigh-contrastdisplaymodes.Insomecases,
magniersandbuilt-inspeechsynthesizersareavailable.Fordetailedinformationabouteachofthese
features,consulttheMicrosofthelpsystem.
TousetheAccessibilityOptionsprogram,doasfollows:
ForWindows7andWindowsVista:
1.ClickStart,andthenclickControlPanel.
2.ClickEaseofAccess.
3.ClickEaseofAccessCenter.
ForWindowsXP:
1.ClickStart,andthenclickControlPanel.
2.ClickAccessibilityOptions.
ThishelpsystemsupportstheaccessibilityfeaturesprovidedbyyourWindowsoperatingsystem,screen
readersdesignedtooperateintheWindowsenvironment,andWindowskeyboardnavigation.Fora
completelistingofMicrosoftWindowsKeyboardGuide,goto:
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/Products/altkeyboard.aspx
Screenreadertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareapplicationinterfaces,helpsystems,anda
varietyofonlinedocuments.However,inthecasewhereascreenreadercannotreaddocuments,the
documentmustrstgothroughaconversionprocess.OnesolutionconvertsAdobePDFlesintoaformat
thatisreadbythescreen-readerprograms.ThissolutionisaWeb-basedserviceprovidedbyAdobe
SystemsIncorporated.Throughhttp://access.adobe.com,AdobePDFdocumentscanbeconvertedto
HTMLorplaintextinmanylanguages.OneconversionoptionsconvertsPDFdocumentsontheInternet.A
secondoptionenablesuserstosubmittheURLofanAdobePDFlethroughe-mailtoconvertittoHTMLor
ASCIItext.AdobePDFlesonalocalharddiskdrive,localCD-ROM,orlocalareanetwork(LAN)canalso
beconvertedbyattachingtheAdobePDFletoane-mailmessage.
FullScreenMagnierfunction
SomemodelssupporttheFullScreenMagnierfunction,whichenlargestheactivewindowandmakesit
easierforyoutousethecomputerdisplay.
ToenabletheFullScreenMagnierfunction,pressFn+Spacebar.Theactivewindowismagniedandthe
FullScreenMagniericonisdisplayedinthesystemtrayatbottomrightofyourscreen.Thenyoucan
changethezoomresolution.ClicktheFullScreenMagniericonandmakeyourchoice.
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