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id="a11y-icon">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="a11y"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2013-09-18" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="final"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<desc>The accessibility menu is the icon on the top bar that looks like
a person.</desc>
</info>
<title>Find the accessibility menu</title>
<p>The <em>accessibility menu</em> is where you can turn on some of the
accessibility settings. You can find this menu by clicking the icon which
looks like a person on the top bar.</p>
<figure>
<desc>The accessibility menu can be found on the top bar.</desc>
<media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/classic-topbar-accessibility.svg"/>
</figure>
<p>If you do not see the accessibility menu, you can enable it from the
<gui>Accessibility</gui> settings panel:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Accessibility</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Accessibility</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Switch the <gui>Accessibility Menu</gui> switch to on.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>To access this menu using the keyboard rather than the mouse, press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> to move the
keyboard focus to the top bar. The
<gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> button in the
top-left corner will get highlighted — this tells you which item on the top
bar is selected. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the selected item
to the accessibility menu icon and then press <key>Enter</key> to open it.
You can use the up and down arrow keys to select items in the menu. Press
<key>Enter</key> to toggle the selected item.</p>
</page>
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