Esther, Dan, et al;
There is a completely accessible way to work with color in
TextEdit. Actually there are two and possibly more.
When you first select text whose color you'd like to change, and
then go to the format menu followed by font, you'll find the option to
show colors.
Once this window comes up, you'll be presented with a very large
number of options, not only in colors, but in the way colors are
displayed and worked with. In other words, in the tool bar, you'll
see choices for displaying colors as a pallet, sliders, crayons, etc.
The two most accessible options I've found are sliders or crayons.
With these, it's possible for a VO user to choose specific and precise
colors.
In the crayon view, the window will appear as if you're seeing a
box of crayons so to speak. VO will see each crayon as a radio button
and its color name will be read. So, by clicking on the appropriate
crayon with VO space or whatever method you like, you can set the
color of the selected text. One important thing to note, that I've
found, is this; once you choose your color, DO NOT CLICK THE PICK
COLOR BUTTON! This for me at least, has caused VO to read strangely
at times. In order to choose the color, simply click close in the
window after you choose your color, and all will be well. :)
Now, the other way I've found which is easy, to choose color, is
with the color sliders. There are a few options here that I won't go
into, and for this discussion, they can be safely ignored.
Essentially, you'll be presented with a much less complex window
than the crayons window, which will contain three sliders and three
edit fields. Each edit field corresponds to one of the three
sliders. I.E. the slider is set to a percentage, and the edit field
next to it shows the exact color value.
So the sliders are for red, green, and blue. By setting these you
can change the color of the selected text in your document. You can
either interact with the sliders and move them with VO, or simply type
specific values in the edit fields and the sliders will move
accordingly. Also, your color choice will show up in the color well
next to the 'choose color' button with it's appropriate text name.
As before, rather than clicking the 'choose color' button, simply
close the window and your text should show up as the color you chose.
HOpe this helps and please do have a wonderful day!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
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