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<section id="accessibility">
<title>Accessibility</title>
<para>
The following preferences can be changed on the
<emphasis role="strong">Text Editors > Accessibility</emphasis>
page.
</para>
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1* " />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Use custom caret</entry>
<entry>
This option replaces the original caret with
a custom caret and shows a different caret
for Overwrite and Insert mode.
</entry>
<entry>On</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Enable thick caret</entry>
<entry>
This option replaces the original caret with
a more visible, thicker caret.
</entry>
<entry>On</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Use characters to show changes on line
number bar
</entry>
<entry>
Quick Diff shows the changes in a vertical
ruler using colors. Color blind persons can
enable this option to show the differences
with different characters in the line number
ruler.
</entry>
<entry>Off</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
<para>
Here is what the Accesibility preferences page looks like:
</para>
<para>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata scale="50"
fileref="images/accessibility_screen.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
</section>