Guide to Using this Technology CD

Page Contents

For Beginners - about links

Adjusting the text size to meet your needs

Setting Options for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision

Computer Basics - Info for Beginners

Navigating through the CD

Background information

For Beginners - about links

The DAWN Canada "Expanding Our Horizons" Tech3 Project technoloy CD contains a diversity of technology information, tips, tutorials, and frequently asked questions that we hope you will find useful.

It has been designed using HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language - which is the computer layout script or language used to design Web pages that can be viewed either online (connected to the Internet) or offline using an Internet browser.

Two words in the above paragraph, HTML and browser appear to sighted readers as underlined text. Underlined text on this CD are all links. When you click on underlined text or links, they will move you to another section on this CD, either on the present page or to a new page. In this previous case, when you click on either of the two words HTML or browser, you'll be transported to the Glossary page where you will find definitions for the word you either selected or clicked on with your mouse or by keyboard action.

Hence, you will find this CD to contain information exactly the way it would appear on a website except that you will be viewing it offline -- that is, without an active or live connection to the Internet. In some instances, you will find optional links to websites on the Internet which would require you to connect to the Internet either from home, school, a friend's computer, or a public access site.

Adjusting the text size to meet your needs

Mouse Action:

In Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) version 6, to adjust your text size, you would:

• select View from the top menu bar,
  
  
• then select Text Size, and
  
  
• then select the option desired from Largest, larger, medium, small, to smaller.

Keyboard actions:

On the Internet Explorer version 6 top menu bar:

• Open the View menu by pressing ALT+V,
  
  
• Select Text Size by pressing X;
  
  
• then in the Text Size list: Move to the text size option that best meets your needs by pressing the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key,
  
  
• Press ENTER.

All features in Internet Explorer are accessible through the use of the keyboard or the mouse. Follow this link for a list of keyboard shortcuts.

Setting Options for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision

If you are blind or have difficulty seeing items on screen, you can quickly set vision related options using the Accessibility Wizard. Options include scrollbar and window border size, desktop icons, high contrast schemes, and the size and colour of the mouse cursor.

Follow this links for Keyboard Steps and Mouse Steps to adjust options in the Accessibility Wizard that will allow you to:

• Select scroll bar and window border size.
  
  
• Select icon size.
  
  
• Select colour scheme.
  
  
• Select the size and colour of the mouse cursor.
  
  
• Save the settings to a file.

Computer Basics - Info for BEGINNERS

Beginners will find useful information on computer basics by followin any of these links:

• Computer "No-No's";
• Equipment for PCs;
• Disk Drives;
• Mouse;
• Monitor;
• Keyboard;
• Modem;
• Ports
• Parts of the Computer.

Navigating through the CD

To facilitate surfing through the information compiled on this CD, you will find several different indexes:

• Condensed table of contents listed in alphabetical order
  
  
• Expanded table of contents listed in alphabetical order
  
  
• Subject index listed by Subject in alphabetical order
  
  
• Glossary of Technical Terms & Net Terms
  

Once you have followed a link and been transported to another page within the CD, you may use your browser's back button or press CTRL + left arrow key to go back to the previous page.

Alternatively, you can follow the link that appears at the bottom of each page on this CD that offers a link to one of the table of contents pages.

Background information

Introduction -- about the DAWN Canada Technology Project

Our History -- a brief account of the history of DAWN Canada

Credits -- brief acknowledgements to those who made this CD possible

DAWN Canada Technology Project - Handbook and Guide For Focus Group Participants

Guide to Using this Technology CD

Introduction || DAWN Canada History || Acknowledgements

Expanded Table of Contents || Condensed Table of Contents

Index listed by Subject || Glossary of Terms