This section explains how you can navigate a web page and your computer with the keyboard.

Some people find certain text and background colour combinations difficult to read, while others prefer to always have a specific colour such as white text on a black background. In either case it is easy to set your own colours on your computer.

Often websites are designed without thinking about the needs of non-mouse users, for example people with RSI who can only use an ergonomic keyboard to surf the web. The links below explain the ways you can navigate a web page with just the keyboard and explain how special shortcuts known as ‘ access keys ’ can make keyboard navigation much easier.

Most people think that a computer has to be operated with the mouse and that, if you cannot use a mouse, you cannot use your computer.

This is not the case. In fact not only your computer be operated entirely from the keyboard, but doing so can often be faster and easier than using the mouse.

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• Tabbing around a page, filling in forms and using drop down boxes using the keyboard in Windows

The following links list some of the most commmon keyboard shortcuts used in Windows.

Please follow one of the links to find out more:

• Common keyboard shortcuts in Windows

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• Tabbing around a page, filling in forms and using drop down boxes using the keyboard for Mac

Please note the Mac OS X has far better keyboard support many of the programmes and menus in easier version of the Mac operating system such as OS 8 and 9 do not have any keyboard equivalents for mouse actions but fortunately there is a way of using your keyboard to control the mouse.

The following list the most common keyboard shortcuts used on the Mac:

• Common keyboard shortcuts in OS 8 and 9
• Common keyboard shortcuts in OS X

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• Tabbing around a page, filling in forms and using drop down boxes using the keyboard for Linux

The following list some common keyboard shortcuts used in Linux desktops Gnome and KDE:

• Common keyboard shortcuts in Linux Gnome
• Common keyboard shortcuts in Linux KDE