Tools for designing accessible Web sites
Accessibility checker
Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 features a new accessibility checker for Web pages. By running the accessibility checker, you discover issues that are identified as being in conflict with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): A consortium of commercial and educational institutions that oversees research and promotes standards in all areas related to the World Wide Web.) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) or the accessibility guidelines for Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act. WCAG outlines priorities for making Web sites accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 outlines the U.S. government accessibility standards for a wide range of
information sources and technologies.
For more information about the FrontPage accessibility checker features, see FrontPage Help.
Keyboard shortcuts
View all Keyboard
shortcuts
Show or hide shortcut keys in
ScreenTips
-
On the
Tools menu, click
Customize.
-
Click the
Options tab.
- Under
Other, select or clear the
Show ScreenTips on toolbars
and
Show shortcut keys in
ScreenTips check boxes.
Note Changing this setting affects all of your Microsoft Office
programs.
Size options
Increase the size of toolbar
buttons
- On the
Tools menu, click
Customize.
- Click the
Options tab.
- Select the
Large icons check box.
Change the width of a drop-down list box on a
toolbar
- Make sure the toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.)
you want to change is visible.
How?
- On the
View menu, point to
Toolbars.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the toolbar you want to display.
- To view more toolbars, click
Customize. In the
Customize dialog box, click the
Toolbars tab, and then select the
check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click
Close.
- On the
Tools menu, click
Customize.
- With the
Customize dialog box open, click the list
box you want to change — for example, the
Font
or
Font Size
box on the
Formatting toolbar.
- Point to the left or right edge of the box. When the pointer
changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the edge of the box to change its
width.
Scroll and zoom by using the Microsoft
IntelliMouse or other pointing device
Some mouse devices and other pointing devices, such as the
Microsoft IntelliMouse, have built-in scrolling and zooming capabilities. For
more information, see the instructions for your pointing device.
Toolbar and menu options
Add a button to a toolbar
- Make sure the toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.)
you want to change is visible.
How?
- On the
View menu, point to
Toolbars.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the toolbar you want to display.
- To view more toolbars, click
Customize. In the
Customize dialog box, click the
Toolbars tab, and then select the
check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click
Close.
- Click the
Toolbar Options arrow
.
- Point to
Add or Remove Buttons, and then
click
Customize.
- Click the
Commands tab.
- In the
Categories box, click a category for the
command you want the button to perform.
- Drag the command you want from the
Commands box to the displayed
toolbar.
Create a custom toolbar
- On the
Tools menu, click
Customize.
- Click the
Toolbars tab.
- Click
New.
- In the
Toolbar name box, type the name you want,
and then click
OK.
- Click the
Commands tab.
- Click a category in the
Categories box.
- Drag the command you want from the
Commands box to the displayed
toolbar.
- When you have added all the buttons and menus you want, click
Close.
Group related buttons and menus on a
toolbar
You can add a separator bar before the first and after the last
item in a group to distinguish the group from other buttons and
menus on a toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
- Make sure the toolbar you want to change is visible.
How?
- On the
View menu, point to
Toolbars.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the toolbar you want to display.
- To view more toolbars, click
Customize. In the
Customize dialog box, click the
Toolbars tab, and then select the
check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click
Close.
- On the
Tools menu, click
Customize.
- To add a separator bar, keep the
Customize dialog box open, right-click the
button you want on the toolbar, and then click
Begin a Group. A separator bar is added
to the left of the button on a horizontal toolbar, and above a button on a
vertical docked toolbar (docked toolbar: A toolbar that is attached to one edge of the program window. When you drag a toolbar below the program title bar or to the left, right, or bottom edge of the program window, the toolbar snaps into place on the edge of the program window.).
Note To remove a separator bar between two buttons, drag one button
closer to the other.
Color and sound options
Change the color of text by using the
toolbar
- Select the text you want to change.
- Do one of the following:
Turn sounds on or off for buttons, menus, and
other screen elements
- Click the Microsoft Windows Start button, and then click Control Panel.
- In Classic view, click Sounds and Audio Devices.
- On the Sounds tab, in the Program events list, click the program event you want.
- In the Sounds box, click the sound you want to play whenever the selected program event occurs.