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This includes:• Text describing graphics appears in the Status Bar and Bubble Help. There are notext-based links under the graphics in the navigation section of the Page Headerbecause this would cause redundancy when using a screen reader.• Tags are included with graphics so screen readers can identify them.• High-level menu items are text, not graphics.• Style sheets are used extensively. They support highly structured documents, whichare easier for screen readers to process.• Tables have been designed to make them easy to read and understand, and theyhave summaries and captions.• Information Text (Info Text) has been designed to be easy for screen readers toprocess.• Abbreviations and acronyms are defined by tags to be spoken correctly. Forexample, screen readers would try to pronounce URL as a word if it was notmarked correctly.• Text size can be customized, increasing it from small to large, using the text sizefeatures found in the View menu in the browsers.• Imbedded Skip links allow screen readers to move past repetitive text to the maincontent of the page.• Keyboard shortcuts are included for Help, Menu, and Exit:• ALT + 2: Exit• ALT + 3: Menu• ALT + H: Help• Text links or anchor links appear at the top of each page to allow users to godirectly to the text they want to read.• Go To Top links appear at the bottom of pages to take users directly to the top.• Form field labels are associated with form fields.• Users are warned when links will spawn new windows.• A DTD identifier exists on all web pages.• A language attribute exists in the HTML tag on all pages.• Web pages are divided into sections via DIV tags.• TH tags are used for table headers (rather than TD tags), and they include a scopeattribute.• Device-independent alternatives have been provided for device-dependentjavascript (e.g., you can use either the keyboard or a mouse).2-6 Banner Web Tailor 8.3 January 2010User GuideTechnical Basics