Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E220s - Accessibility Information; Traveling with Your Computer

Accessibilityinformation
Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingpeoplewithdisabilitiesgreateraccesstoinformationandtechnology.
Asaresult,thefollowinginformationprovideswaystohelpusersthathavehearing,vision,andmobility
limitationsgetthemostoutoftheircomputerexperience.
Assistivetechnologiesenableuserstoaccessinformationinthemostappropriateway.Someofthese
technologiesarealreadyprovidedinyouroperatingsystem,otherscanbepurchasedthroughvendors,or
accessedthroughtheWorldWideWeb.
Assistivetechnologies
SomeaccessibilitytechnologiesareavailablethroughtheAccessibilityOptionsprogram.Depending
onyouroperatingsystem,thenumberofaccessibilityoptionsavailablevaries.Ingeneral,accessibility
optionsenhancethewayuserswithhearing,vision,ormobilitylimitationsnavigateandusetheircomputer.
Forexample,someusersmightnothavethenemotorskillsrequiredtouseamouseorselectkey
combinations.Otherusersmightrequirelargerfontsorhigh-contrastdisplaymodes.Insomecases,
magniersandbuilt-inspeechsynthesizersareavailable.Fordetailedinformationabouteachofthese
features,consulttheMicrosofthelpsystem.
TousetheAccessibilityOptionsprogram,doasfollows:
ForWindows7:
1.ClickStart,andthenclickControlPanel.
2.ClickEaseofAccess.
3.ClickEaseofAccessCenter.
ForWindowsXP:
1.ClickStart,andthenclickControlPanel.
2.ClickAccessibilityOptions.
ThishelpsystemsupportstheaccessibilityfeaturesprovidedbyyourWindowsoperating
system,screenreadersdesignedtooperateintheWindowsenvironment,andWindows
keyboardnavigation.ForacompletelistingofMicrosoftWindowsKeyboardGuide,visit
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/Products/altkeyboard.aspx.
Screenreadertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareapplicationinterfaces,helpsystems,anda
varietyofonlinedocuments.However,inthecasewhereascreenreadercannotreaddocuments,the
documentmustrstgothroughaconversionprocess.OnesolutionconvertsAdobePDFlesintoaformat
thatisreadbythescreen-readerprograms.ThissolutionisaWeb-basedserviceprovidedbyAdobe
SystemsIncorporated.Throughhttp://access.adobe.com,AdobePDFdocumentscanbeconvertedto
HTMLorplaintextinmanylanguages.OneconversionoptionsconvertsPDFdocumentsontheInternet.A
secondoptionenablesuserstosubmittheURLofanAdobePDFlethroughe-mailtoconvertittoHTMLor
ASCIItext.AdobePDFlesonalocalharddiskdrive,localCD-ROM,orlocalareanetwork(LAN)canalso
beconvertedbyattachingtheAdobePDFletoane-mailmessage.
Travelingwithyourcomputer
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithyourcomputerwhenyouaretravellingwithyour
computerabroad.
Attendingtosomeimportantdetailsthatcanhelpforeigntravelgosmoothly:
•Traveltips
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