Accessibilityinformation
Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingpeoplewithdisabilitiesgreateraccesstoinformationandtechnology.
Asaresult,thefollowinginformationprovideswaystohelpusersthathavehearing,vision,andmobility
limitationsgetthemostoutoftheircomputerexperience.
Assistivetechnologiesenableuserstoaccessinformationinthemostappropriateway.Someofthese
technologiesarealreadyprovidedinyouroperatingsystem.Otherscanbepurchasedthroughvendors,or
accessedthroughtheWorldWideWebhttp://www.lenovo.com/healthycomputing.
Assistivetechnologies
SomeaccessibilitytechnologiesareavailablethroughtheAccessibilityOptionsprogram.Depending
onyouroperatingsystem,thenumberofaccessibilityoptionsavailablevaries.Ingeneral,accessibility
optionsenhancethewayuserswithhearing,vision,ormobilitylimitationsnavigateandusetheircomputer.
Forexample,someusersmightnothavethenemotorskillsrequiredtouseamouseorselectkey
combinations.Otherusersmightrequirelargerfontsorhigh-contrastdisplaymodes.Insomecases,
magniersandbuilt-inspeechsynthesizersareavailable.Fordetailedinformationabouteachofthese
features,consulttheMicrosofthelpinformationsystem.
TousetheAccessibilityOptionsprogram,openControlPanelandclickEaseofAccess➙Easeof
AccessCenter.
TheMicrosofthelpinformationsystemsupportstheaccessibilityfeaturesprovidedbyyourWindows
operatingsystem,screenreadersdesignedtooperateintheWindowsenvironment,andWindowskeyboard
navigation.ForacompletelistingoftheMicrosoftWindowsKeyboardGuide,goto:
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/Products/altkeyboard.aspx
Screen-readertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareapplicationinterfaces,helpinformation
systems,andavarietyofonlinedocuments.However,inthecasewhereascreenreadercannotread
documents,thedocumentmustrstgothroughaconversionprocess.OnesolutionconvertsAdobe
PDFlesintoaformatthatisreadbythescreen-readerprograms.ThissolutionisaWeb-basedservice
providedbyAdobeSystemsIncorporated.Throughhttp://access.adobe.com,AdobePDFdocumentscan
beconvertedtoHTMLorplaintextinmanylanguages.OneconversionoptionconvertsPDFdocuments
ontheInternet.AsecondoptionenablesuserstosubmittheURLofanAdobePDFlethroughe-mailto
convertittoHTMLorASCIItext.AdobePDFlesonalocalharddiskdrive,localCD-ROM,orLANalsocan
beconvertedbyattachingtheAdobePDFletoane-mailmessage.
Travelingwithyourcomputer
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithyourcomputerwhenyouaretravelingwithyour
computerabroad.
Traveltips
Usethefollowingtraveltipstotravelmorecondentlyandefcientlywithyourcomputer.
1.Whileitissafetoallowyourcomputertogothroughthexraymachinesatairportsecuritystations,itis
importanttokeepyoureyesonthecomputeratalltimestopreventtheft.
2.Considerbringinganairplaneorautomobileadapterforyourcomputer.
3.Becauseyoumightneedtouseyourcomputerinlessthanperfectlightingconditions,turnonthe
ThinkLightlightbypressingFn+Spacebartoilluminatethekeyboard.
4.Ifyoucarryanacpoweradapter,detachtheaccordfromittoavoiddamagingthecord.
Note:IfyouusetheThinkLightlight,thebatterylifeisslightlyreduced.
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