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Top Ten Tips for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) on the MacBook

Apple Accessibility Guide can be found:

In the L4L folder on the Mac Dock or at
Apple Accessibility

NOTE:The Speech and Universal Access features were designed for use by individuals with disabilities, but can be used by anyone, including you!

SYSTEM PREFERENCES (Mac Dock)

GRAPHICS (Add visual support to Word /PowerPoint and other documents.)

Taking screenshots will allow you to capture exactly the portion of the image you want.JPEG & GIF graphic formats will work on both Mac & PC. (JPEG format is higher quality than GIF, but JPEGs are larger and use more memory.)
The Mac takes screenshots in .png format. WIN does not recognize that format!
Open the picture, go to File > Save As and save the picture in JPEG (.jpg) format before using the image on the WIN side.
Pictures captured with the commands below will be saved to the Mac desktop. If you want to attach them to an email, you will need to use Safari or FireFox.

GRAPHICS – SCREENSHOTS, OPTION 1:SHIFT – COMMAND - 4

Hit Command  & Shift & #4 keys simultaneously, and the cursor will turn into the crosshairs (+) symbol.
Place the crosshairs in the upper left corner of the section of the screen you wish to capture, then drag the cursor diagonally down to the right to select the portion of the screen you want.
When you let go of the mouse button, you will hear a click, indicating that the picture has been taken. Even if you take the picture in Parallels, the picture will be saved on your Mac desktop.
Go to the Mac desktop, and you will see a miniature copy of the image untitled.
Click on the picture label to select it, then rename the picture to reflect the content.

GRAPHICS – SCREENSHOTS, OPTION 2: GRAB APPLICATION

Open the Applications folder on the Dock at the bottom of the screen.
Open the Utilities folder.

Open the Grab application (Grab.app). (You can drag the application onto the Dock so it will be there for you to use any time.)

Go to the Capture menu item at the top of the screen.
Select one of the following options:
Selection – allows you to select exactly the portion of the screen you want. The cursor arrow will have a little rectangle to the left of it.
Place the arrow in the upper left corner of the section of the screen you wish to capture then drag the cursor diagonally down and to the right to select the image.
When you let go of the mouse button, you will hear a click, indicating that the picture is taken.
A miniature of the picture will appear on the desktop.
Go to File>Save As, to save and name the picture with an appropriate title.
Window - captures an image of only the window that is currently active.
Screen - captures the entire screen.
Timed Screen – captures the entire screen but allows you to set a 10-second timer, giving you time to set up the screen the way you want it.
For example, you may want to capture a picture of a drop-down menu, but it doesn’t stay open long enough for you to take a screenshot.
You can take a Timed Screen image of the whole desktop, then open that picture and take a screenshot of the portion you want. The picture of the Grab menu above was taken that way.

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Top Ten Tips for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) on the MacBook

See Also: Universal Design Toolkit Wiki

Apple Accessibility Guide can be found:

In the L4L folder on the Mac Dock or at

NOTE:The Speech and Universal Access features were designed for use by individuals with disabilities, but can be used by anyone, including you!

SYSTEM PREFERENCES (Mac Dock)

GRAPHICS (Add visual support to Word /PowerPoint and other documents.)

Taking screenshots will allow you to capture exactly the portion of the image you want.JPEG & GIF graphic formats will work on both Mac & PC. (JPEG format is higher quality than GIF, but JPEGs are larger and use more memory.)

The Mac takes screenshots in .png format. WIN does not recognize that format!

Open the picture, go to File > Save As and save the picture in JPEG (.jpg) format before using the image on the WIN side.

Pictures captured with the commands below will be saved to the Mac desktop. If you want to attach them to an email, you will need to use Safari or FireFox.

GRAPHICS – SCREENSHOTS, OPTION 1:SHIFT – COMMAND - 4

Hit Command  & Shift & #4 keys simultaneously, and the cursor will turn into the crosshairs (+) symbol.

Place the crosshairs in the upper left corner of the section of the screen you wish to capture, then drag the cursor diagonally down to the right to select the portion of the screen you want.

When you let go of the mouse button, you will hear a click, indicating that the picture has been taken. Even if you take the picture in Parallels, the picture will be saved on your Mac desktop.

Go to the Mac desktop, and you will see a miniature copy of the image untitled.

Click on the picture label to select it, then rename the picture to reflect the content.

GRAPHICS – SCREENSHOTS, OPTION 2: GRAB APPLICATION

Open the Applications folder on the Dock at the bottom of the screen.

Open the Utilities folder.

Open the Grab application (Grab.app). (You can drag the application onto the Dock so it will be there for you to use any time.)

Go to the Capture menu item at the top of the screen.

Select one of the following options:

Selection – allows you to select exactly the portion of the screen you want. The cursor arrow will have a little rectangle to the left of it.

Place the arrow in the upper left corner of the section of the screen you wish to capture then drag the cursor diagonally down and to the right to select the image.

When you let go of the mouse button, you will hear a click, indicating that the picture is taken.

A miniature of the picture will appear on the desktop.

Go to File>Save As, to save and name the picture with an appropriate title.

Window - captures an image of only the window that is currently active.

Screen - captures the entire screen.

Timed Screen – captures the entire screen but allows you to set a 10-second timer, giving you time to set up the screen the way you want it.

For example, you may want to capture a picture of a drop-down menu, but it doesn’t stay open long enough for you to take a screenshot.

You can take a Timed Screen image of the whole desktop, then open that picture and take a screenshot of the portion you want. The picture of the Grab menu above was taken that way.

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Boston Public Schools Access Technology Center 5/4/08