Adjusting Settings to Your Needs and Preferences: Accessibility Options

After using the Accessibility Wizard to configure accessibility settings, you can adjust individual settings to meet your needs and preferences through the Control Panel of Windows XP Professional.

Adjusting Accessibility Options

By using just one icon in the Control Panel—Accessibility Options—you can adjust most of the accessibility settings all in one place.

The accessibility features are arranged under five tabs in Accessibility Options.

Control Panel: Accessibility Options

Accessibility Options Accessibility Tutorials (arranged by tab) are:

Keyboard tab

• StickyKeys: Press One Key at a Time for Key Combinations
• FilterKeys: Ignore Brief or Repeated Keystrokes and Slow Down the Repeat Rate
• ToggleKeys: Hear Tones When Pressing Certain Keys
• Show Extra Keyboard Help in Programs

Sound tab:

• SoundSentry: Get Visual Warnings for System Sounds
• ShowSounds: Display Captions for Speech and Sounds

Display tab:

• High Contrast: Choose a High Contrast Color Combination to Improve Screen Resolution

Mouse tab:

• MouseKeys: Control the Pointer Using the Numeric Keypad
• Adjust Cursor Blink Rate and Cursor Width

General tab:

• SerialKeys: Use an Alternative Input Device Instead of a Keyboard or Mouse
• Turn Off Accessibility Features after Specified Idle Time
• Get Visual Notification when Turning a Feature On or Off
• Get Sound Notification When Turning a Feature On or Off
• Apply All Accessibility Settings to the Logon Desktop
• Apply All Settings to Defaults for New Users

Additional settings related to accessibility needs and preferences can be accessed through other Control Panel icons in addition to Accessibility Options—see these sections for more information:

• Adjusting Display Options
• Adjusting Mouse Options
• Adjusting Keyboard Options
• Adjusting Internet Options
• Adjusting Sounds and Audio Options
• Adjusting Taskbar and Start Menu Options
• Adjusting Users Accounts Options
• Adjusting Speech Options