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There is one more check box on the Keyboard tab: Show Extra Keyboard Help In Programs. When activated, this check box causes other programs to display additional keyboard help if available.

The Sound tab provides the Use SoundSentry check box, which allows you to configure Windows XP Professional to generate visual warnings when your computer makes a sound. The Sound tab also provides the Use ShowSounds check box, which allows you to configure Windows XP Professional programs to display captions for the speech and sounds they make.

The Display tab of the Accessibility Options dialog box provides the Use High Contrast check box, which allows you to configure Windows XP Professional to use color and fonts designed for easy reading. You can click Settings to turn off or on the use of a shortcut, LEFT ALT+LEFT SHIFT+PRTSCN, which is enabled by default. Clicking Settings also allows you to select the high-contrast appearance scheme that you want to use. The Display tab also provides cursor options that allow you to set the blink rate and the width of the cursor.

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The Mouse tab provides the Use MouseKeys check box, which allows you to configure Windows XP Professional to control the pointer with the numeric keypad on your keyboard. You can click Settings to configure MouseKeys in the Settings For MouseKeys dialog box (see Figure 5-20).

Figure 5-20

MouseKeys uses a shortcut, LEFT ALT+LEFT SHIFT+NUM LOCK, which is enabled by default. You can also configure the pointer speed and acceleration speed. There is even a check box, Hold Down Ctrl To Speed Up And Shift To Slow Down, that allows you to temporarily speed up or slow down the mouse pointer speed when you are using MouseKeys. To speed up the mouse pointer movement, hold down CTRL while you press the numeric keypad directional keys. To slow down the mouse pointer movement, hold down SHIFT while you press the numeric keypad directional keys.

The General tab of the Accessibility Options dialog box (see Figure 5-21) allows you to configure Automatic Reset. This feature turns off all the accessibility features, except the SerialKeys devices, after the computer has been idle for a specified amount of time. The General tab also includes the Notification feature, which allows you to configure Windows XP Professional to give a warning message when a feature is activated and to make a sound when turning a feature on or off. The General tab also allows you to activate the SerialKeys Devices feature, which configures Windows XP Professional to support an alternative input device (also called an augmentative communication device) to your computer s serial port.

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Figure 5-21

The Administrative Options feature provides two check boxes, Apply All Settings To Logon Desktop and Apply All Settings To Defaults For New Users, which allow you to configure Windows XP Professional to apply all configured accessibility options to this user at logon and to apply all configured accessibility options to all new users.

In this practice, you use the Regional And Language Options icon in Control Panel to configure multiple languages and multiple locations. 1. In Control Panel, click the Date, Time, Language, And Regional Options icon. 2. Click Regional And Language Options. Windows XP Professional displays the Regional And Language Options dialog box with the Regional Options tab active. 3. Click the Languages tab. 4. In the Text Services And Input Languages box, click Details. Windows XP Professional displays the Text Services And Input Languages dialog box. 5. In the Installed Services box, click Add. Windows XP Professional displays the Add Input Language dialog box.

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6. Click the down-pointing arrow at the end of the Input Languages box to scroll through the listed languages and select French (France). The French Keyboard Layout/IME is selected automatically. 7. Click OK to close the Add Input Language dialog box. Windows XP Professional displays the Text Services And Input Languages dialog box. Notice that there are now two Installed Services. 8. Click OK to close the Text Services And Input Languages dialog box. 9. Click OK to close the Regional And Language Options dialog box. 10. Close all open programs.