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VoiceOver ZOOM & REVERSE

(MACOS-SNOW LEOPARD)

A PUBLICATION FROM THE...

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VoiceOver UTILITY - MACOS-10.6 OR LATER

APPLE INC.

1-800-767-2775

THE BUILT-IN MACINTOSH CONTROLS FOR SCREEN MAGNIFIER AND SCREEN COLOR-SWITCHER OFFER...

- ZOOM MAGNIFICATION ABOVE NORMAL SIZE

- DISPLAY CHANGE FROM BLACK-ON-WHITE (B&W) TO WHITE-ON-BLACK (W&B)

1. HOLD CONTROL-OPTION KEYS AND PRESS F-8-KEY = VO UTILITY

- SCROLL TO VISUAL CATEGORY

- SCROLL TO HELP BUTTON FOR WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO AID LOW VISION USERS

2. HOLD CONTROL-OPTION-SHIFT KEYS AND PRESS LEFT-BRACKET-KEY (LEFT-BRACE-KEY) = DECREASE MAGNIFICATION

- SHRINKS THE ITEM WITHIN THE VO-CURSOR

3. HOLD CONTROL-OPTION-SHIFT KEYS AND PRESS RIGHT-BRACKET-KEY (RIGHT-BRACE-KEY) = INCREASE MAGNIFICATION

- ENLARGES THE ITEM WITHIN THE VO-CURSOR

4. HOLD COMMAND KEY AND PRESS PLUS-KEY = BIGGER TEXT

- PROVIDES ZOOM-IN CAPABILITY

5. HOLD COMMAND KEY AND PRESS HYPEN-KEY = SMALLER TEXT

- PROVIDES ZOOM-OUT CAPABILITY

6. HOLD COMMAND KEY AND PRESS ZERO-KEY = ACTUAL SIZE

- TOGGLES THE TEXT TO ACTUAL SIZE

IN ADDITION ARE THESE RELATED ACTIONS...

7. HOLD CONTROL-OPTION-COMMAND KEYS AND PRESS PERIOD-KEY = HEIGHTEN CONTRAST

- INCREASES THE SCREEN CONTRAST

8. HOLD CONTROL-OPTION-COMMAND KEYS AND PRESS COMMA-KEY = LESSEN CONTRAST

- DECREASES THE SCREEN CONTRAST

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