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<info>
<title type="sort">1. General</title>
<title type="link">General</title>
<desc>
Configuring <app>Orca</app>'s fundamental behaviors
</desc>
<link type="guide" xref="preferences#orca" />
<link type="next" xref="preferences_voice" />
<credit type="author">
<name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
<email>joanied@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
</info>
<title>General Preferences</title>
<section id="keyboardlayout">
<info>
<desc>
Preferences dialog box option to select which <app>Orca</app> keyboard
layout to use, desktop or laptop.
</desc>
</info>
<title>Keyboard Layout</title>
<p>
The <gui>Keyboard Layout</gui> radio button group allows you to specify if
you will be working on a desktop (i.e. with a numeric keypad) or laptop
keyboard. Which layout you choose will determine both the <key>Orca
Modifier</key> as well as a number of keyboard shortcuts for performing
<app>Orca</app> commands.</p>
<p>
Default value: <gui>Desktop</gui>
</p>
</section>
<section id="presenttooltips">
<info>
<desc>
Preferences dialog box option to enable presentation of tooltips which
appear as the result of mouse hovering.
</desc>
</info>
<title>Present Tooltips</title>
<p>
When checked, this option will tell <app>Orca</app> to present information
about tooltips when they appear as the result of mouse hovering. Specific
actions to force tooltips to appear, such as pressing <keyseq>
<key>Ctrl</key><key>F1</key></keyseq> when an object has focus, will
always result in tooltips being presented, regardless of this setting.
</p>
<p>
Default value: not checked
</p>
</section>
<section id="objectundermouse">
<info>
<desc>
Preferences dialog box option to enable presentation of the object
under the mouse pointer.
</desc>
</info>
<title>Speak Object Under Mouse</title>
<p>
When checked, this option will tell <app>Orca</app> to present
information about the object under the mouse pointer as you move
it around the screen using <app>Orca</app>'s
<link xref="howto_mouse_review">Mouse Review</link> feature.
</p>
<p>
Default value: not checked
</p>
</section>
<section id="timeanddate">
<info>
<desc>
Preferences dialog box options for customizing the time and date
formats used by <app>Orca</app>.
</desc>
</info>
<title>Time Format and Date Format</title>
<p>
The <gui>Time Format</gui> and <gui>Date Format</gui> combo boxes allow
you to specify how <app>Orca</app> will speak and braille the time and the
date.
</p>
<p>
Default value: use the system locale's format for each
</p>
</section>
<section id="navigation_in_say_all">
<info>
<desc>
Preferences dialog box options for enabling rewind, fast forward,
and structural navigation during Say All.
</desc>
</info>
<title>Navigation in Say All</title>
<p>
<app>Orca</app>'s Say All feature speaks document content from your
present location to the end of the document. By default, pressing any
key will interrupt Say All's presentation. However, if you check the
<gui>Enable rewind and fast forward in Say All</gui> checkbox,
<key>Up</key> and <key>Down</key> can be used during Say All to quickly
move within the document in order to re-hear something which was just
read or skip past text of no interest without having to restart Say All.
</p>
<p>
If you are reading a document within an application that has structural
navigation support, and you have checked the <gui>Enable structural navigation
in Say All</gui> checkbox, you can use the supported structural navigation
commands in a similar fashion: <key>H</key>/<keyseq><key>Shift</key>
<key>H</key></keyseq> continues reading from the next/previous heading,
<key>P</key>/<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>P</key></keyseq> continues reading
from the next/previous paragraph, <key>T</key>/<keyseq><key>Shift</key>
<key>T</key></keyseq> continues reading from the next/previous table, and
so on.
</p>
<p>
Default value: not checked
</p>
</section>
<section id="say_all_announce_context">
<title>Announce Contextual Information in Say All</title>
<p>
<app>Orca</app> can optionally provide more information about the document
content being spoken, such as announcing when you are entering and leaving
a blockquote, list, table, or other container. Whether or not these
announcements are made can be configured independently through the following
checkboxes:
</p>
<list>
<item><p>Announce blockquotes in Say All</p></item>
<item><p>Announce forms in Say All</p></item>
<item><p>Announce landmarks in Say All</p></item>
<item><p>Announce lists in Say All</p></item>
<item><p>Announce panels in Say All</p></item>
<item><p>Announce tables in Say All</p></item>
</list>
<p>
Default value: checked
</p>
<note style="note">
<p>
Whether or not <app>Orca</app> makes these announcements during
navigation is also configurable. You will find similar checkboxes
on the <gui>Speech</gui> page. For more information, see
<link xref="preferences_speech#spoken_context">Spoken Context</link>.
</p>
</note>
</section>
<section id="say_all_by">
<info>
<desc>
Preferences dialog box option for customizing <app>Orca</app>'s
Say All presentation.
</desc>
</info>
<title>Say All By</title>
<p>
The <gui>Say All By</gui> combo box allows you to specify whether
<app>Orca</app> speaks a sentence at a time or a line at a time when
doing a "Say All" of a document.
</p>
<p>
Default value: <gui>Sentence</gui>
</p>
</section>
<section id="profiles">
<info>
<desc>
Preferences dialog box options for managing settings profiles.
</desc>
</info>
<title>Profiles</title>
<p>
The <gui>Profiles</gui> group of controls, which appear at the bottom
of the <gui>General</gui> page, make it possible for you to maintain
and use multiple configurations.
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
The <gui>Active Profile</gui> combo box displays the current profile
and allows you to select a different profile to load.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
The <gui>Load</gui> button will cause <app>Orca</app> to load the
profile indicated in the <gui>Active Profile</gui> combo box.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
The <gui>Save As</gui> button allows you to save the current set of
options from the preferences dialog box to a named profile.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
The <gui>Start-up Profile</gui> combo box allows you to select the
profile which should be automatically loaded each time you launch
<app>Orca</app>.
</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="progress_bar_updates">
<title>Progress Bar Updates</title>
<section id="progress_bar_updates_speak">
<title>Speak updates</title>
<p>
If the <gui>Speak updates</gui> checkbox is checked <app>Orca</app> will
periodically speak the status of progress bars.
</p>
<p>
Default value: checked
</p>
</section>
<section id="progress_bar_updates_braille">
<title>Braille updates</title>
<p>
If the <gui>Braille updates</gui> checkbox is checked <app>Orca</app> will
periodically display the status of progress bars on your refreshable braille
display.
</p>
<p>
Default value: not checked
</p>
</section>
<section id="progress_bar_updates_beep">
<title>Beep updates</title>
<p>
If the <gui>Beep updates</gui> checkbox is checked <app>Orca</app> will
periodically emit beeps which increase in pitch as the value of the progress
bar increases.
</p>
<p>
Default value: not checked
</p>
</section>
<section id="progress_bar_updates_frequency">
<title>Frequency (secs)</title>
<p>
This spin button determines how often updates are presented.
</p>
<p>
Default value: 10
</p>
</section>
<section id="progress_bar_updates_restrict">
<title>Applies to</title>
<p>
This combo box allows you to control which progress bars should be
presented, assuming the presentation of progress bar updates has been
enabled. The choices are <gui>All</gui>, <gui>Application</gui>, and
<gui>Window</gui>.
</p>
<p>
Choosing <gui>All</gui> will result in <app>Orca</app> presenting
updates for all progress bars, regardless of where the progress bars
are located.
</p>
<p>
Choosing <gui>Application</gui> will result in <app>Orca</app>
presenting updates from progress bars in the active application, even
if they are not in the active window.
</p>
<p>
Choosing <gui>Window</gui> will result in <app>Orca</app> only
presenting updates for progress bars in the active window.
</p>
<p>
Default value: <gui>Application</gui>
</p>
</section>
</section>
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