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Sets options that make LibreOffice programs more accessible for users with reduced sight, limited dexterity or other disabilities.

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Accessibility in LibreOffice

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Miscellaneous options

Sets accessibility options.

Support assistive technology tools (program restart required)

Allows you to use assistive tools, such as external screen readers, Braille devices or speech recognition input devices. The Java Runtime Environment must be installed on your computer before you can enable assistive support.

Use text selection cursor in read-only text document

Displays cursor in read-only documents.

Use system font for user interface

Displays fonts in menus, dialogs, and other user interface elements using the system font settings.

Allow animated graphics

Previews animated graphics, such as GIF images, in LibreOffice.

Allow animated text

Previews animated text, such as blinking and scrolling, in LibreOffice.

Help tips disappear after

Hides the Help tips after the number of seconds that you enter. Otherwise, Help tips are displayed until you press Escape or move the cursor.

Seconds

Enter the number of seconds to display the Help tips.

Options for high contrast appearance

High contrast is an operating system setting that changes the system color scheme to improve readability. You can decide how LibreOffice uses the high contrast settings of the operating system.

Cell borders and shadows are always shown in text color when high contrast mode is active. The cell background color is ignored then.

Automatically detect high contrast mode of operating system

Switches LibreOffice into high contrast mode when the system background color is very dark.

Use automatic font color for screen display

Displays fonts in LibreOffice using the system color settings. This option only affects the screen display.

Use system colors for page previews

Applies the high contrast settings of the operating system to page previews.

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