If you have an eyesight disorder the Optimalprint-team want to do everything possible to improve your online experience. Various browser settings can be done in order to make your life on the Internet better and more fun - here is a quick guide. Drop me a mail if you have comments on this Browser Guide.
Hide Pictures
For some people with eyesight disabilities there exists sensitivity for light, especially blinking light. Here is how to turn these type of images off.
1. Select Tool (ALT+T) > Internet Alternatives (O) in Internet Explorer’s menu.
2. Select the Advance Settings (ALT+TAB) in the pop-up for Internet Alternatives.
3. Under Settings: Multimedia, go to Show Pictures (via keyboard use your arrow buttons.)
4. Select ”Hide Pictures” by un-selecting the checkbox (Space).
5. Click on OK (ENTER) to save your new settings.
Ignore colours, fonts or font size – Set your own formats
1. Select Tool (ALT+T) > Internet Alternatives (O) in Internet Explorer’s menu.
2. Select Tools at the bottom.
3. Click in the squares for ignoring colours on web pages, settings for font size and font types specified by the web pages.
4. You can also choose to format the web browser via your own format template.
Chose colour on text & background
To increase contrast on your computer screen you can select another colour on both text and background. If you chose to ignore colours, font size and font type as was described above you can decide text colour or background in order to facilitate for you when reading on a computer screen.
1. Select Tool (ALT+T) Internet Alternative (O) in Internet Explorer’s menu.
2. Select Color (ALT+O) under General in the pop-up.
3. Chose not to use Window’s colours (ALT+W) this will make the text and the background buttons show.
4. Select Text (T) or Background (B).
5. A colour scale will be displayed.
6. Select a colour. Use the arrow buttons to move around and view the different colours. When you find a colour you like either click on it or press ”SPACE”.
7. Press OK twice or press ENTER twice
8. Close the pop-up for Internet Alternatives by clicking OK or press ”Escape”.
Now use your settings on the web page instead of the settings made by the once that created the site. You can in addition change size and colour settings also on the graphics.
Select link colours
The Optimalprint links that you have visited can be highlighted in a special colour to easily separate them from the Optimalprint links that you have not visited, making navigation on new web sites easier.
1. Select Tool (ALT+T) > Internet Alternative (O) i Internet Explorer’s menu.
2. Select Colors (ALT+O) in the pop-up under General.
3. Select ”Usel inks” or ”Not Use Links” under Links.
4. The colour scale is now displayed.
5. Select a colour either by using your mouse or the arrow buttons. Select by
6. Select OK twice or press ENTER twice
7. Close pop-up for Internet Alternative by clicking OK or press on Escape.
This pop-up also offers the opportunities to display links in a different colour as your mouse hovers above them or points at links which help people with eye sight disabilities to quickly identify links.
Automatic complement
For some people, using the keyboard can be a difficult task. You can then select Complement Automatically filling out personal information such as name, e-mail address, address and so on automatically.
1. Select Tool (ALT+T) > Internet Alternative (O) i Internet Explorer’s menu.
2. Select Content (CTRL+TAB).
3. Once on ”Content” Select Complement Automatically under Personal Information (ALT+U).
4. You can select Complement Automatically for web-addresses by selecting in the pop-up or close the function by deleting the pre-inserted information. You can turn web-addresses on and of by clicking on (A).
5. Close the pop-up for Internet Alternative by pressing OK or click on Escape.
Microsoft Help Files
Microsoft offers help files that show how to change the different settings. In addition Microsoft also offers a help files as text only versions for mouse and keyboard usage. Go to Microsoft Office Support and access text files.
Good luck!
