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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task a11y"
      id="a11y-contrast">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="a11y#vision" group="lowvision"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2013-09-18" status="candidate"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2013-09-20" status="final"/>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email its:translate="no">shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>Make windows and buttons on the screen more (or less) vivid, so
    they're easier to see.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Adjust the contrast</title>

  <p>You can adjust the contrast of windows and buttons so that they're easier
  to see. This is not the same as <!--display-dimscreen is a stub. Please add
  the link back when it's unstubbed.-Aruna<link xref="display-dimscreen">-->
  changing the brightness of the whole screen; only parts of the
  <em>user interface</em> will change.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>Universal Access</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Universal Access</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Switch <gui>High Contrast</gui> to <gui>ON</gui> in the
      <gui>Seeing</gui> section.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note style = "tip">
    <title>Quickly turn high contrast on and off</title>
    <p>You can turn high contrast on and off by clicking the
    <link xref="a11y-icon">accessibility icon</link> on the top bar and
    selecting <gui>High Contrast</gui>.</p>
  </note>

</page>