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Accessibility features
Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully. Use the keyboard shortcuts available for the Home page to navigate the Updates and the My Page tabs.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, press Alt+Shift to activate the access key. For example, pressing Alt+key+S skips the focus to the main area of the page. Then, any relevant element of the page can be accessed by pressing Tab as many times you need to reach the element that you want to access.
The keyboard navigation can be enhanced with additional software, such as the JAWS 10 screen reader.
Keyboard navigation for the Updates tab
Keyboard shortcuts for navigating the Updates tab
Action Keyboard shortcut Skip to the tabs. 1 Skip to and expand the next entry. This is not an accessibility jump link so there is no need to press Alt+Shift.
J Skip to and expand the previous entry. This is not an accessibility jump link so there is no need to press Alt+Shift.
K Skip to the main area of the page. S Close pop-up window (the focus must be on the window). Esc Open menu (the focus must be on the menu). Enter Close menu (the focus must be on the menu). Esc Move up through menu options. Up Arrow Move down through menu options. Down Arrow Select a menu option (the focus must be on the menu option). Enter
Keyboard navigation for the My Page tab
Keyboard shortcuts for navigating the My Page tab
Action Keyboard shortcut Skip to the tabs. 1 Skip to the first column of the widget layout. 3 Skip to the second column of the widget layout. 4 Skip to the third column of the widget layout. 5 Skip to the main area of the page. S Close pop-up window (the focus must be on the window). Esc Open menu (the focus must be on the menu). Enter Close menu (the focus must be on the menu). Esc Move up through menu options. Up Arrow Move down through menu options. Down Arrow Select a menu option (the focus must be on the menu option). Enter
For the calendar items in the Activities widget, the mechanism and keys are the same as for the drop-down menus. However, when a date has multiple entries associated with it, after pressing Enter to open the pop-up window for the date, you use the Tab key rather than the arrow keys to navigate through the items in the window.
To display the Profiles business card anywhere in the Home page feature, move the focus to the user name, and then press Ctrl+Enter to display the card.
IBM and accessibility
See the IBM Accessibility Center for more information about the commitment that IBM has to accessibility.
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