PDF’s and SEARCHING

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS:

PDF: another type of document that you need Adobe Reader to read

SEARCH ENGINES: it is what you use to look for information on the Internet

KEYS YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW:

Windows Keys:

JAWS Keys:

EXPLANATION:

PDF stands for Portable Document Format and Adobe Reader is the program that can open PDF’s. If you don’t have Adobe Reader you can’t read a PDF. Adobe Reader is free and can be downloaded from the Internet. A PDF document is another way to display information on the Internet. We will be looking at a PDF on the SLSBVI web site. The first time you open a PDF, the Accessibility Setup Assistant will need to be configured. The Accessibility Setup Assistant presents screens in which the appropriate options need to be chosen.

A search engine is used to find information on the Internet. There are different types of search engines. Google is a very popular and well known search engine. Other examples are Yahoo, Alta Vista, Dog Pile and there are many others. We will be using Google. Google presents a text box for you to type in a search word or words. Once you type in a word you can press enter and Google will present you with links to websites that contain the word or words you are looking for. You would then determine which link leads to the best website that best relates to your search.

ACTIVITIES:

1) Configure the Accessibility Setup Assistant if necessary

2) Read part of SLSBVI Foresight Newsletter

3) Search cat’s to see all the results

4) Surf’s Up from Freedom Scientific

a) Surf’s up – dealing with difficult pages

b) Surf’s up – using the Jaws find command

c) Surf’s up – search engines