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Assistivetechnologies

SomeaccessibilitytechnologiesareavailablethroughtheAccessibilityOptionsprogram.Depending

onyouroperatingsystem,thenumberofaccessibilityoptionsavailablevaries.Ingeneral,accessibility

optionsenhancethewayuserswithhearing,vision,ormobilitylimitationsnavigateandusetheircomputer.

Forexample,someusersmightnothavetheﬁnemotorskillsrequiredtouseamouseorselectkey

combinations.Otherusersmightrequirelargerfontsorhigh-contrastdisplaymodes.Insomecases,

magniﬁersandbuilt-inspeechsynthesizersareavailable.Fordetailedinformationabouteachofthese

features,consulttheMicrosofthelpinformationsystem.

TousetheAccessibilityOptionsprogram,openControlPanelandclickEaseofAccess➙Easeof

AccessCenter.

Screen-readertechnologies

Screen-readertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareprograminterfaces,helpinformationsystems,

andavarietyofonlinedocuments.However,inthecasewhereascreenreadercannotreaddocuments,

thedocumentmustﬁrstgothroughaconversionprocess.OnesolutionconvertsAdobePDFﬁlesintoa

formatthatisreadbythescreen-readerprograms.ThissolutionisaWeb-basedserviceprovidedbyAdobe

SystemsIncorporated.Throughhttp://access.adobe.com,AdobePDFdocumentscanbeconvertedto

HTMLorplaintextinmanylanguages.OneconversionoptionconvertsPDFdocumentsontheInternet.A

secondoptionenablesuserstosubmittheURLofanAdobePDFﬁlethroughe-mailtoconvertittoHTMLor

ASCIItext.AdobePDFﬁlesonalocalsolid-statedrive,localCD-ROM,orLANalsocanbeconvertedby

attachingtheAdobePDFﬁletoane-mailmessage.

Travelingwithyourcomputer

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithyourcomputerwhenyouaretraveling.

Traveltips

Usethefollowingtraveltipstotravelmoreconﬁdentlyandefﬁcientlywithyourcomputer.

•Althoughitissafetoallowyourcomputertogothroughthex-raymachinesatairportsecuritystations,it

isimportanttokeepyoureyesonthecomputeratalltimestopreventtheft.

•Considerbringinganelectricaladapterforuseinanairplaneorautomobile.

•Ifyoucarryanacpoweradapter,detachtheaccordfromittoavoiddamagingthecord.

Traveltipsonairplanes

Ifyoucarryyourcomputerintoanairplane,takenoteofthefollowingtips:

•Ifyouintendtouseyourcomputerorwirelessservices(suchasInternetandBluetooth),checkwiththe

airlineforrestrictionsandavailabilityofservicesbeforeboardingtheairplane.Iftherearerestrictions

ontheuseofcomputerswithwirelessfeaturesontheairplane,youmustabidebythoserestrictions.If

necessary,disablewirelessfeaturesbeforeboarding.

•Becarefulabouttheseatinfrontofyouonairplanes.Angleyourcomputerdisplaysothatitdoesnotget

caughtwhenthepersoninfrontofyouleansback.

•Whentakingoff,remembertoturnoffyourcomputerorputitintohibernationmode.

Travelaccessories

Thefollowingisachecklistofitemstoconsiderpackingwhenyouaregoingtotravel:

•ThinkPadacpoweradapter

•MiniDisplayPorttoHDMIadapter

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