Authoring For Accessibility - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

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To move through a category list, press Control+Tab to shift focus to the category list, then use
the arrow keys to move up or down the list.
To see an example of a category list, select Edit > Preferences.
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To shift to the options for a category in a category list, press Control+Tab.
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To accept a choice and exit the dialog box, press Enter.
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To close the dialog box without making any changes, press Esc+Alt+F4.
Navigating tables
After you select a table, you can use the keyboard to navigate through it.
To navigate the workspace, see "Navigating the workspace" on page 32. To navigate dialog boxes,
see "Navigating dialog boxes" on page 32.
To navigate a table:
In the Contribute editor, do one of the following to select the table:
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If the insertion point is to the left of the cell, press Shift+Right Arrow.
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If the insertion point is to the right of the cell, press Shift+Left Arrow.
Press the Down Arrow key to position the insertion point in the first cell.
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Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to other cells as necessary.
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Tip: Pressing Tab in a right-most cell adds another row to the table.
To select a cell, press Control+A while the insertion point is in the cell.
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To exit the table, use the Select All command (Control+A), then press the Up, Left, or Right
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arrow key.

Authoring for accessibility

As you edit your web pages, it's important to keep accessibility in mind for your website visitors.
The U.S. government and other organizations have established accessibility legislation and
guidelines. For more information about two significant initiatives, see the World Wide Web
Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative (www.w3.org/wai) and Section 508 of the Federal
Rehabilitation Act (www.section508.gov).
Also, be sure to keep screen readers in mind as you edit your pages. Contribute helps you make
your images and tables more accessible in the following ways:
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You can add descriptive text for screen readers to describe images in your pages. Your website
administrator can enable Contribute to prompt you for a description whenever you insert an
image. For more information, talk to you website administrator or see "Setting page editing
and paragraph permissions" on page 173.
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You can apply headings to your tables for screen readers. To insert tables with headings, see
"Inserting a table on a page" on page 81.
Note: Screen readers do not read headings that you create by making text bold and centered in a row or column.
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