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• It's Thanksgiving Day in the United States. We're thankful for Apple's commitment to accessibility in their products. # 2008/11/27
• We've added social bookmarking and "Send this to a Friend" to the Mac-cessibility Site as a trial. Let us know what you think. # 2008/11/27
• Apple released Safari 3.2.1 today. No known accessibility changes, but a good update to have nonetheless. Stability is the focus. # 2008/11/25
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Mac-cessibility Quick Tips are a weekly feature of Lioncourt.com. They provide useful tips and tricks for improving the Mac experience for blind and visually impaired users. Not all tips will be VoiceOver specific, and most will apply to both Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Need a quick way to jump to form fields on a web page, such as edit boxes for user names and passwords, buttons, checkboxes, etc? Here’s two ways to get this functionality. The first works in both Tiger or Leopard, the second is a new feature exclusive to VoiceOver in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

1. In Safari, open the Preferences window with Command-Comma.
2. Click the "Advanced" button to view the advanced options in this window. If you are using VoiceOver with Leopard, you will need to interact with the toolbar to find this button.
3. Check the checkbox labeled "Press tab to highlight each item on a web page."
4. Close this window with Command-W.

Now when you’re browsing, you can use Option-Tab to jump to any form fields and controls on a web page. Tab alone will move you through links and other elements.

If you are running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, you may also use the new "Jump to Control" feature in VoiceOver. To jump through the controls, use VO-Command-J to move forward, or VO-Command-Shift-J to move back.

Happy browsing!