Accessibility Support in the Publisher User Interface

Alternative navigation tools, such as keystrokes, enable users to navigate Publisher and work with reports in accessibility mode.

The following list provides information on accessibility mode:

• The Home page doesn't contain links for accessing the Administration page or for performing most editing functions.

• Graphs and map views aren't displayed but are instead converted to one or more annotated tables.

• Tables and pivot tables are rendered with appropriate internal annotations to enable screen readers to describe the contents of cells.

  Note:

  Refer to your assistive-technology documentation for all applicable table navigation shortcuts.

• You can't use the mouse to modify the layout of a table or pivot table.

By default, Publisher doesn't use accessibility mode. Each user can decide whether to enable accessibility mode during sign in as described in Signing In Using Keystrokes or after sign in by using the following procedure.

Sign In Using Keystrokes

You can sign in to Publisher using keystrokes rather than the mouse.

1. Open the Publisher sign-in page.
2. To change the language for the sign-in page, press Tab to place the insertion point in the Language field, and use the arrow keys to select the desired language.
3. In the User ID field, enter the user ID and press Tab.
4. In the Password field, enter the password.
5. To render Publisher content in a browser in a way that facilitates the use of a screen reader, press the spacebar to select the Accessibility Mode box.
6. Press Shift+Tab twice to place the insertion point on the Sign In button, then press Enter to activate the Sign In button.

Navigate to the Home Page

If the Home page displays after signing in or by navigating from another location in Publisher, you must press CTRL+ALT+G to place the focus on the Skip to Content link in the upper-left corner of the Home page.

1. Sign in to Publisher, as described in Sign In Using Keystrokes.
2. Press CTRL+ALT+G to display the Skip to Content link in the upper-left corner of the Home page.
3. Press one of the following keys:
   • ENTER on this link to navigate to the default starting location on the Home page that's the first link in the upper-left corner under the global header.
   • TAB to navigate to the first element in focus on the global header.
4. Continue to press TAB to navigate through the elements on the Home page.

Navigate Multiple Rows in Tables

When accessibility mode is turned on, each table row contains a Select option to assist you in working with multiple rows in a table.

For example, you can use the Select options on the Report Job Histories page to select multiple report jobs for deletion.

If you position the cursor in the Select option in a row, you can also use the Up/Down keys to navigate between table rows.

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