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<H1>Line View pane (blind)</H1>
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The Line View pane is a table that presents the problems for the selected categories line by line.</P>
<H2>Provided information</H2>
<p>For each problem, the following information is given:
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<LI>Type (Icon): a visual indicator for the problem. The icons used in the Line View pane in the blind mode are as follows:
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<LI><IMG src="images/I_Star.gif" alt="Star.">: This icon appears with some other icon. The corresponding element can be highlighted in the Visualization View by selecting this line.
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<LI><IMG src="images/ErrC.gif" alt="Character C in red.">: This is a compliance problem automatically detected by the checker.
<LI><IMG src="images/WarnC.gif" alt="Character C in yellow.">: This may be a compliance problem. The user must manually check it.
<LI><IMG src="images/InfoC.gif" alt="Character C in blue.">: This is
an informational item.
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<LI><IMG src="images/ErrL.gif" alt="Character L in red.">: This is an
usability (listenability) problem automatically detected by the checker.
<LI><IMG src="images/WarnL.gif" alt="Character L in yellow.">: This
may be an usability (listenability) problem. The user must manually check it.
<LI><IMG src="images/InfoL.gif" alt="Character L in blue.">: This is
an informational item.
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<LI><IMG src="images/ErrN.gif" alt="Character N in red.">: This is an
usability (navigation) problem automatically detected by the checker.
<LI><IMG src="images/WarnN.gif" alt="Character N in yellow.">: This
may be an usability (navigation) problem. The user must manually check it.
<LI><IMG src="images/InfoN.gif" alt="Character N in blue.">: This is
an informational item.
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If the problem affects to the evaluation metrics, the score will be shown with the icon.
<LI>Accessibility guidelines: The five accessibility guidelines and standards that are available for use appear to the right of the Icon column.
In the Guideline Checker preference page (opened by clicking <B>Window</B> &gt; <B>Preferences</B> &gt; <b>ACTF</b> &gt; <b>Guideline Checker</b>),
the guidelines and standards can be selected for the tool to use when it checks the accessibility and usability of webpages.
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<LI>WCAG: The number of the <A href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/">corresponding checkpoint</A> defined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which are issued by the World Wide Web Consortium.
<LI>[Section] 508: The <A href="http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12#Web">corresponding rule</A> in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act &sect;1194.22.
<LI>JIS: The corresponding checkpoint of the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) X8341-3.
<LI>IBM Web Accessibility Checklist: The number of the <A href="http://www-306.ibm.com/able/guidelines/web/accessweb.html">corresponding checkpoint</A> of the IBM Web Accessibility Checklist.
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<LI>Line: The line number in the HTML document at which the problem appears.
This will appear when the <A href="menusIcons.html#lineNumber">Line number information</A> option in the Guideline Checker preference page is selected.
<LI>Problem Description: A description of the accessibility or usability problem that will prevent blind users from accessing the page.
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<H2>Interaction</H2>
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Left-click a line to highlight the element that corresponds to the problem in the Visualization View.
Right-click a line or press Shift+F10 to open a context menu.
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<LI><B>Clear Selection</B>: Selecting this item clears (unselects) the currently selected problem (or problems) in the Line view.
This is used to stop highlighting problems in the Simulation/Visualization view.
<LI><B>View Guideline</B>: Selecting this item refers to the
corresponding help pages of the guideline items, which appear in a separate browser window. If there are no relevant checkpoints in any guideline, this item is not available.
<LI><B>View Problem Description</B>: Selecting this item opens a dialog box that shows the problem description for the selected problem.
This is useful when the problem description is too long to read in the Line View.
<LI><B>View Source HTML</B>: Selecting this item opens the HTML source viewer in which the corresponding HTML element is highlighted.
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<H1 class="related">Related topics</H1>
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<LI><A href="workspace.html">Exploring the HTML Accessibility perspective</A>
<LI><A href="checkBlind.html">Checking the accessibility and usability of a document in the blind tab</A>
<LI><A href="problemsBlind.html">Accessibility and usability problems for blind users</A>
<LI><A href="compliance.html">Compliance and accessibility guidelines for Web content</A>
<LI><A href="menusIcons.html">User interface menus and icons</A>
<LI><A href="sourceViewer.html">HTML Source Viewer</A>
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