Accessibility Features of SAS 9.4 ODS Graphics Designer

Overview

SAS 9.4 ODS Graphics Designer on Microsoft Windows has been tested against the accessibility standards for electronic information technology that were adopted by the U.S. Government under Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (2008 draft proposal initiative update). It was also tested against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 levels A and AA, part of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). For detailed information about the accessibility of this product, send e-mail to accessibility@sas.com or call SAS Technical Support.

SAS 9.4 ODS Graphics Designer on UNIX has not been tested against the previously mentioned accessibility standards.

Documentation Format

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Java Access Bridge

In order for assistive technologies that run in Windows to interoperate with a SAS application that is based on Java technology, the Java Access Bridge from Oracle must be installed and configured in the application’s installation directory. For information about downloading and installing this software, go to http://www.sas.com/industry/government/java.html.

User Interface Layout

The SAS ODS Graphics Designer window contains the following sections:

The top of the window contains the application name, the menu bar, and application toolbar buttons.
The Elements pane on the left side of the window contains plots, lines, and insets that you can insert into a graph. To insert an element, click and drag the element to the graph. The elements on this pane are available only when a graph is open.
The right side of the window (the work area) displays the graphs that you create and design in the designer. In addition to the graphs, you can display the Graph Gallery, a collection of predefined graphs.

Exceptions to Accessibility Standards

Some exceptions to accessibility standards are documented in the following table.

Note: The JAWS issues occur when JAWS is used with Internet Explorer. Other browsers were not tested with JAWS, unless noted.

Exceptions to Accessibility Standards
Accessibility Issue	Workaround
There are no mnemonics assigned to the menus.	Press Alt to select the File menu. You can then use the arrow keys to access the other menus and the items within a menu.
Pressing Tab in the main application window does not change the focus.	Some window elements can be accessed using the menus.
When navigating a drop-down list box, the focus is not always visible.	No workaround is available.
When adding variables to a shared-variable graph, there is no way to select and delete a variable using the keyboard alone.	No workaround is available.
You cannot create graphs from the Graph Gallery using the keyboard alone.	No workaround is available.
You cannot drag and drop an item from the Elements pane onto a graph using the keyboard.	No workaround is available.
In the Graph Properties dialog box, you cannot access all the elements using the Tab key.	No workaround is available.
In the Style Editor, pressing Ctrl+Tab selects consecutive elements but does not change the focus.	No workaround is available.
JAWS cannot read most of the elements in the Style Editor. These elements are not labeled.	No workaround is available.
JAWS cannot read the text in the About ODS Graphics Designer dialog box.	No workaround is available.
JAWS cannot read the elements in the Preferences dialog box.	No workaround is available.
JAWS cannot read the toolbar buttons.	Java Ferret displays the information about the selected toolbar button.
JAWS cannot read buttons in some dialog boxes. JAWS sometimes reads incorrect information when selections in the dialog box are changed.	Use Tab to change a selection and press the spacebar to select the new selection.
After navigating to the Graph Gallery, pressing Alt+spacebar does not activate the gallery’s system menu. Alt+spacebar activates the system menu of the main application instead.	No workaround is available.
The buttons to minimize, maximize, and close some windows are not always visible when a high-contrast system display is used.	No workaround is available.
Not all text appears in large font when a high-contrast system display is used. Only the text on the menu bar and the title bars of the dialog boxes is displayed in large font.	No workaround is available.
In any window that has an OK or Cancel button, pressing Esc does not always close the window.	Select OK or Cancel.