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About USDA Limited Resource Farmer and Rancher Tool
 

Hints on Navigating This Site

USDA  is committed to creating a Web experience that is accessible to everyone

‘Skip to’ Navigation Link

At the top of every page is a hidden link that is spoken by screen-reading software. It is the first link and, when selected, will make reading skip past the rest of the menu items and commence at the beginning of the main page content.

Alt tags

Images used on the Online pages contain 'alt tags,' which provide a text description of the image for use with screen readers or other assistive technologies. In cases where an alt tag would provide no information or would be redundant with bordering text, alt tags may be excluded.

Other Keyboard navigation

To make the Limited Resource Farmer and Rancher Online pages easy to navigate by keyboard, access keys have been created that let you place focus on specific parts of pages that have access keys enabled. Access keys are key combinations that select the desired element. Once the element is selected, you can then press ENTER to follow the selected link.

These access keys are designed to work with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x and Netscape Navigator 6. Access keys may not function if you are using other Web browsers or earlier versions of Internet Explorer or Navigator.

Access keys

The following shortcut keys have been set up to help navigate the LRF/R site.

  • ALT+ c: Skip to Page Content: Press and then press ENTER.
  • ALT+1 : Places focus on first link in the top navigation pane (Home). You can then press TAB to move through other navigation items.
  • ALT+2 : Places focus on second link the top navigation (Purpose).
  • ALT+3 : Places focus on the Help link; th third link the top navigation (Help).
  • ALT+4 : Places focus on fourth link the top navigation (Online Tool).
  • ALT+5 : Places focus on fifth link the top navigation (Hardcopy).
  • ALT+6 : Places focus on sixth link the top navigation (Data).
  • ALT+7 : Places focus on seventh link the top navigation (News).
  • ALT+8 : Places focus on eight link the top navigation (Reports).
  • ALT+s : Places focus in typing box of the Search control.
  • ALT+= : Places focus on the Selection box (only available on the tool page).
  • ALT+n : Places focus on the Next button (only available on the tool page).
  • ALT+y : Places focus on the Yes button (only available on the tool page).
  • ALT+x : Places focus on the No button (only available on the tool page).
  • ALT+0 : Places focus on the FOIA link in the page footer.
  • ALT+z : Places focus on the Site Accessibility link in the page footer and displays this page.

Other access keys may be created for the site pages in the future. As new access keys are created, this page will be updated with the new information.

Accessibility Settings in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer and Netscape will ignore your Windows settings and display the page as it was originally created unless you do the following:

  1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, select Internet Options and then select Accessibility.
  2. Check Ignore Colors Specified On Web Pages , Ignore Font Styles Specified On Web Pages, and Ignore Font Sizes Specified On Web Pages, and then click OK

Accessibility Settings in Netscape Navigator

Using Netscape Navigator you can zoom in or out of a page to change the text size. You can also specify the colors of web pages and the colors used to indicate links.

To change the magnification used with web pages:

  1. Press CTRL + NUMPAD MINUS to decrease the magnification.
  2. Press CTRL + NUMPAD PLUS to increase the magnification.

To change the text colors used on web pages:

  1. On the Edit menu select Preferences to show the Preferences dialog.
  2. From the Preferences dialog open the Appearance Category and select the Colors sub-category to show the Colors settings.
  3. From the Colors settings, you can select to use the Windows color scheme, change the foreground and background color and change the link colors.
  4. From the Colors settings, in the “When a web page provides its own colors and backgrounds section” select the “Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors and background image specified” checkbox.

Accessibility Settings in Opera

Opera offers enhanced keyboard navigation and screen magnification. Using Opera you can change the text size, styles and colors of web pages.

To increase the text size used on web pages:

  1. Press NUMPAD MINUS to reduce the font size.
  2. Press NUMPAD PLUS to increase the font size.

To change the text colors used on web pages:

  1. On the File menu select Preferences to show the Preferences dialog.
  2. From the Preferences dialog select Fonts and Colors to show the Fonts and Colors settings.
  3. From the Fonts and Colors settings you can change the colors for individual text elements, change the background color and change the links colors.

For information about viewing pages in high-contrast mode using other Web browsers, consult the Help for your browser.

Further information

For further information and the opportunity to provide feedback on accessibility features, visit USDA Online

 

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