Using Windows XP

Select Hover Link Colors

After you have turned off the default color settings for Web pages you can choose a color to display links you pass over or point to with the mouse pointer. This is called a “hover” color and can help some people with vision or cognitive impairments quickly identify links on Web pages. This procedure tells you how to select hover link colors of Web pages through Internet Options in Control Panel.

Note  This procedure assumes you have already turned off the default color settings. See the Step by Step Tutorial: Ignore Colors, Font Styles, or Font Sizes Specified on Web Pages.

 Mouse actionsKeyboard actions

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On the Start menu:

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Select Control Panel 

Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key Windows logo key).

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Select Control Panel by pressing C.

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In Control Panel:

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Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).

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If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.

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Select Internet Options.

In Control Panel:

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Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).

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If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.

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Press ENTER.

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Move to Internet Options by pressing the arrow keys.

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Press ENTER.

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In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab:

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Select the Colors button.

In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:

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Select the Colors button by pressing ALT+O.

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In the Colors dialog box:

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Select the User hover color check box.

This activates the Hover button.

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Select the Hover button.

The Color dialog box appears displaying a palette of colors.

In the Colors dialog box:

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Select the User hover color check box by pressing H.

This activates the Hover button.

To select a color for highlighted links:

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Press O.

The Color dialog box appears displaying a palette of colors.

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In the Color dialog box, under Basic colors:

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Select the color you want.

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Select OK twice.

In the Color dialog box, under Basic colors:

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Move to the color you want by pressing the arrow keys.

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Select a color by pressing SPACEBAR.

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Press ENTER twice.

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To close the Internet Options dialog box:

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Select OK.

To close the Internet Options dialog box:

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Press ESC.

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To close Control Panel:

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Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

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Press ALT+F, C.

Control Panel: Internet Options: Colors dialog box: Links: Hover color

Control Panel: Internet Options: Colors dialog box: Links: Hover color

Color dialog box: Color palette

Color dialog box: Color palette