Now, a lot of users who have installed our Open Office download onto their computer will have great eyesight and will have no issues with using the suite exactly as it was intended. However, it would be very naive to say that this is the case for all people – if you have a sight problem you should still be able to use Open Office. The tool has been specifically developed with this in mind, there are multiple options available for you that can help if you’re in this situation. In this article, we’re going to discuss the first set of options for high contrast appearance and will discuss the rest in future articles.
The first thing we want to mention is where you’ll find the options we’re going to be talking about. The first thing you need to do is load up Open Office and then go into the Writer tool. You should be familiar with the layout of this page, but for now all you’ll need to do is go into Tools –> Options and then into the “Accessibility” tab. This is where you’ll find everything you need for this exercise, but in this article we’re going to be talking specifically about the high contrast appearance settings given to you.
- Automatically detect high contrast mode of operating system – If you’re running on the latest versions of the Windows operating system such as Vista and 7, you’ll find that there is an option in it to switch your computer to “high contrast mode” which should make everything a lot clearer for you to see if you have bad eyesight. Open Office can detect if this option is enabled and automatically switch itself into a similar mode too so that you won’t have to try finding it for yourself.
- Use automatic font color for screen display – This option will enable font colors to be automatically selected for you, they’ll be chosen based on your screen and hardware with the aim of making it as easy as possible. It’s not perfect every time but most people who have sight problems have told the Open Office development team that it can make a significant difference and improvement so it might be worth enabling if you’re in this situation.
- Use system colors for page previews – When you’ve created a document using the Open Office suite and you’re ready to preview what the page would look like when printed, you may wish for the suite to use system colors when doing so to make it easier on the eyes and simpler for you to navigate through. This is quite a specific option that you might never need to use but it could be worth enabling just in case anyway.
In conclusion, using our Open Office download to manage all your documents is easy to do even if you have accessibility problems and require some assistance to use the computer and our piece of software. Everything you need can be found in the options panel of the tool so you don’t need to worry about whether this tool will work for you – just go ahead and install it onto your system today, there really is no reason to avoid this tool when so many people around the world are using it on a regular basis. Open Office gives you everything you need and more.
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