Accessibility Features in SAS under Windows


Accessibility Features in SAS under Windows

Introduction to Accessibility Features in SAS under Windows

SAS under Windows includes the following accessibility and compatibility features that improve the usability of SAS for users with disabilities . These features are related to accessibility standards for electronic information technology adopted by the U.S. Government under Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

  • 'Accessible Windows and Dialog Boxes' on page 74 lists the accessible SAS windows and dialog boxes.

  • 'The ACCESSIBILITY System Option' on page 76 explains how to use the standard user interface and the fully accessible interface.

  • To enhance the readability of SAS windows, see 'Enlarging Fonts' on page 78 and 'Enlarging Icons' on page 78.

  • You can use the keyboard, menus , and commands to access and modify the docking view and the SAS Explorer list view. See

    • 'Resizing the Docking View in the Main SAS Window' on page 78

    • 'Sorting Window List Views by a Specific Column' on page 78

    • 'Resizing the Detail Columns of a List View' on page 79

  • If your accessibility aid has difficulty reading menus, see 'Improving Access to Menus' on page 79.

Accessible Windows and Dialog Boxes

In addition to the main SAS window, the following table lists the SAS windows and dialog boxes that are compliant with Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973:

Table 2.5: Accessible SAS Windows and Dialog Boxes

Window or Dialog Box

Related Window or Dialog Box

About SAS System

Legal Notices

Siteinfo

Change Folder

none

Customize Tools, Customize tab

Bitmap Browser

Open Tools

Save Tools

DDE Triplet in Clipboard

none

Enhanced Editor

Find

Replace

Run Keyboard Macro

Keyboard Macros

Assign Keys

Create Keyboard Macro

Edit Keyboard Macro

Import Keyboard Macros

Export Keyboard Macros

Add Abbreviation

Enhanced Editor Options

User Defined Keywords

SAS Extensions

Enhanced Editor Keys

Assign Keys

Explorer

Find

New Library

Catalog Create

Explorer Options

Properties

Catalog

Export Wizard

all subsequent dialog boxes

Find

none

Font

none

Import Wizard

all subsequent dialog boxes

Libraries

New Library

Modify Library

Log

Log Options

My Favorite Folders

none

NOTEPAD

none

Open

none

Output

Output Options

Preferences

none

Print

(Windows and Universal Print dialog boxes)

Page Setup

Print Abort

Print Preview

Print Setup

(Windows and Universal Print dialog boxes)

Program Editor

none

Replace

none

Results

Results Properties

Rename

Save as Object

Templates and resulting dialog boxes

Results Viewer - SAS Output

none

Run

none

SAS System Options

none

Save

none

Send mail

none

Windows

none

The ACCESSIBILITY System Option

Accessing the Standard or Fully Accessible User Interface

The ACCESSIBILITY system option enables you to specify either the standard user interface or the fully accessible user interface. The standard user interface enables accessibility aids to read components of most of the windows and dialog boxes that are listed in the previous section. The fully accessible user interface enables accessibility aids to read components of all of the windows that are specified in the previous section.

The fully accessible user interface adds buttons to these dialog boxes so that all commands and tabbed pages are accessible by using the keyboard:

  • the Customize Tools dialog box Custom tab

  • some SAS Properties dialog boxes.

You specify the ACCESSIBILITY system option either in your configuration file or at the command prompt when you start SAS. Valid values for ACCESSIBILITY are

standard

  • specifies to use the preferred user interface that is not fully accessible. This is the default.

extended

  • specifies to use the fully accessible user interface.

For more information, see 'ACCESSIBILITY System Option' on page 482.

Using the Accessible Customize Tools Dialog Box

The Customize Tools dialog box Customize tab provides command buttons for file and edit commands, such as Open a toolbar and Add tool. When you start SAS with the ACCESSIBILITY system option set to extended , SAS adds a File Menu button and an Edit Menu button to the Customize tab. These buttons enable you to use the keyboard to issue the commands that are available from the File and Edit menus. commands .

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Display 2.9: The Accessible Customize Tools Dialog Box

Using Accessible Properties Dialog Boxes

When the ACCESSIBILITY system option is set to extended , the tabbed pages in some SAS Property dialog boxes are accessible as buttons. You can press Ctrl + Page Up and Ctrl + Page Down to navigate through the Properties dialog box.

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Display 2.10: An Accessible Properties Dialog Box

Enlarging Fonts

To make text easier to read, you can enlarge the font by using the Font dialog box and the SYSGUIFONT system option.

To open the Font dialog box, type dlgfont in the command bar or select

Tools Options Fonts

Specify the font size in the Size box and click OK .

To enlarge fonts in button text and the descriptive text, such as the words Contents of SAS Environment in the SAS Explorer window, use the SYSGUIFONT system option either in the configuration file or at the command prompt when you start SAS. The following SAS command uses the Times New Roman font with a font size of 16:

 sas -sysguifont "times new roman" 16 

Note: You might need to maximize the SAS window in order to allow space for large fonts to be readable.

Enlarging Icons

To enlarge icons, do the following

  1. Select

    Tools Customize

  2. In the Toolbars tab, select Large icons .

Resizing the Docking View in the Main SAS Window

To resize the docking view by using the keyboard, press Alt + W + S or select

Window Size Docking View

Alternatively, you can type wdockviewresize in the command bar.

Use the following keyboard sequences to resize the docking view:

  • Press the right arrow ( -> )or left arrow ( <- )to move the split bar slightly to the right or to the left.

  • Press Ctrl + right arrow ( -> )or Ctrl + left arrow ( <- )to move the split bar a larger amount to the right or to the left.

  • Press Home to move the split bar completely to the left.

  • Press End to move the split bar completely to the right.

  • Press Return to accept the docking view size.

  • Press Esc to cancel all docking view resizing.

For more information, see 'WDOCKVIEWRESIZE Command' on page 359.

Sorting Window List Views by a Specific Column

When a window contains a list view (such as SAS Explorer), you can sort the list by the detail information that is associated with the list by using the Sort Columns dialog box:

  1. If the window is not already a list, select

    View List

  2. Type dlgcolumnsort in the command bar.

  3. Select a column to sort by.

  4. Click Sort .

  5. Click Close .

For more information, see 'DLGCOLUMNSORT Command' on page 331.

Resizing the Detail Columns of a List View

You can resize the details columns in a List view by using the Column Settings dialog box. In order to do this, you must display the details.

  1. If the window is not already a list, select

    View List

  2. If the details are not already displayed, select

    View Details

  3. Type dlgcolumnsize in the command bar.

  4. Select a column to resize.

  5. Press TAB and type the pixel width that you want for the column.

  6. Do one of the following:

    • Click Apply to view the changes without closing the dialog box. Once you have finished making your changes, press ENTER to close the dialog box.

    • Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog box.

The columns in the SAS System Options window cannot be resized. For more information, see 'DLGCOLUMNSIZE Command' on page 331.

Improving Access to Menus

Applications that provide custom icons to menu items may impede the readability of menus by accessibility aids. When you specify the NOMENUICONS system option, SAS does not include menu icons for all windows. When menu icons are excluded, menus adhere to the standard Windows menu structure.

You can specify the NOMENUICONS system option in the configuration file, at SAS invocation, or by using the OPTIONS statement:

-MENUICONS -NOMENUICONS

MENUICONS NOMENUICONS

MENUICONS

  • specifies to include icons in menus

NOMENUICONS

  • specifies not to include icons in menus.

For example, sas -nomenuicons starts SAS and excludes menu icons. In an OPTIONS statement, you specify

 options nomenuicons; 



SAS 9.1 Companion for Windows
SAS 9.1 Companion for Windows (2 Volumes)
ISBN: 1590472004
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 187

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