Activate Accessibility Features

• Navigate to Main Menu > My Preferences.
• Under General Options the Accessibility Layout defaults to Screen Reader Mode Off. 
• Choose Screen Reader Mode On to use SPIRE with a screen reader.
• Be sure to click the Save button.
• Return to SPIRE Home page by clicking the Home button in the upper right.
• Keyboard shortcuts do not require activation. See more detail below.

Keyboard Shortcuts

For dropdown menu navigation, see Navigate SPIRE's Dropdown Menu Using the Keyboard.
 

ENTER

    - Activates the Search button.
 

ESC

    - Activates the Cancel button.
 

ALT+0

    - Refreshes (reloads) the page.
 

CTL+Y

    - Collapses or expands the Main Menu.
 

CTRL+K

    - Displays a list of keyboard shortcuts.

More Keyboard Shortcuts for Staff

ALT+1

    - Activates the Save button. 
 

ALT+2

    - Returns to the Search page from a transaction page. 
 

ALT+3

    - Next in list.
 

ALT+4

    - Previous in list.

ALT+5

    - Opens the Look Up page that lists the valid values for a field.
    - Opens the calendar prompt.
 

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Diversity in all its forms is integral to the success of this institution.

      —Débora Ferreira, Executive Director for Equal Opportunity and Diversity, UMass Amherst