Features of the Web Accessibility Toolbar for Internet Explorer
The Web Accessibility Toolbar will appear under the row
of Links in your Internet Explorer browser interface. If for some reason
it does not appear, you can reveal it by selecting
View > Toolbars > Web Accessibility Toolbar.
Below are details on the some of the most frequently-used menus of the toolbar:
Check
The Validate menu gives you instant access to a number of code checkers,
including W3C's validation tool. Select Check > W3C HTML Validator
> Validate HTML [new window]
Resize
The Resize tool lets you see how your page will look on higher and lower screen resolutions. The most common screen resolutions are 800 X 600 and 1024 X 768, so it is good to test both. (e.g. select Resize > 800 X 600)
CSS
Since
people can and do set their browsers to ignore style sheets, you should
make sure your page is comprehensible without them. Select CSS >
Disable CSS to view your page without the style sheet. Click the
Internet Explorer page Refresh button 
to restore normal view.
Images
You can quickly check that all images have appropriate ALT
text by selecting Images > Show Images. Alt text, or an "No alt!" alert will appear next to each image. Click the Internet
Explorer page Refresh button
to restore normal view.
Colour
If you are concerned about the perceivability of colors used in images on your page, after uploading the page (or previewing it in Contribute) select Colour > Visicheck colour blindess simulation. A new window will open; select the "Deuteranope simulation" link to see how your page would look to a color blind person.
Structure
Select Structure >
- Headings to reveal the HTML headings tags in your page.
- Headings structure for a list, in outline form, of formatted headings on your page
- List items to reveal the HTML list and list item tags (or absence thereof) in your page.
- Paragraphs to reveal paragraph formatting
- Q/Blockquote to check that blockquotes are being used properly
- Tab Order to show the order in which items (links, form elements) can be accessed using the tab key (for people who don't use a mouse)
Doc Info
Select Doc Info > List links to view a table pairing linked words and phrases with the URLs they point to. This makes checking the accuracy and currency of links and linked text somewhat easier.