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title: Application Services
framework: Application Services
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role_heading: Framework
platforms: [Mac Catalyst 13.0+, macOS 10.0+]
path: applicationservices
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# Application Services

Perform common application tasks.

## Overview

Overview This collection of documents provides the API reference for the Application Services framework, which includes several services that are essential to Carbon applications. The Application Services framework also includes support for a number of legacy technologies—such as QuickDraw and the Font Manager—that have been superseded with newer technologies like Quartz 2D and ATSUI.

## Topics

### Managers

- [Apple Event Manager](applicationservices/apple_event_manager.md)
- [ColorSync Manager](applicationservices/colorsync_manager.md)
- [Speech Synthesis Manager](applicationservices/speech_synthesis_manager.md)

### Reference

- [Carbon Accessibility](applicationservices/carbon_accessibility.md)
- [Core Printing](applicationservices/core_printing.md)
- [AXActionConstants.h](applicationservices/axactionconstants_h.md)
- [AXAttributeConstants.h](applicationservices/axattributeconstants_h.md)
- [AXError.h](applicationservices/axerror_h.md)
- [AXNotificationConstants.h](applicationservices/axnotificationconstants_h.md)
- [AXRoleConstants.h](applicationservices/axroleconstants_h.md)
- [AXTextAttributedString.h](applicationservices/axtextattributedstring_h.md)
- [AXUIElement.h](applicationservices/axuielement_h.md)
- [AXValue.h](applicationservices/axvalue_h.md)
- [AXValueConstants.h](applicationservices/axvalueconstants_h.md)
- [UniversalAccess.h](applicationservices/universalaccess_h.md)
- [ApplicationServices Structures](applicationservices/applicationservices_structures.md)
- [ApplicationServices Enumerations](applicationservices/applicationservices_enumerations.md)
- [ApplicationServices Constants](applicationservices/applicationservices_constants.md)
- [ApplicationServices Functions](applicationservices/applicationservices_functions.md)
- [ApplicationServices Data Types](applicationservices/applicationservices_data_types.md)

### Classes

- [ColorSyncCMM](colorsync/colorsynccmm.md)
- [ColorSyncMutableProfile](colorsync/colorsyncmutableprofile.md)
- [ColorSyncProfile](colorsync/colorsyncprofile.md)
- [ColorSyncTransform](colorsync/colorsynctransform.md)
- [HIMutableShape](applicationservices/himutableshape.md)
- [HIShape](applicationservices/hishape.md)
- [Pasteboard](applicationservices/pasteboard.md)
- [Translation](applicationservices/translation.md)
- [AXTextMarker](applicationservices/axtextmarker.md)
- [AXTextMarkerRange](applicationservices/axtextmarkerrange.md)

### Protocols

- [PDEPanel](applicationservices/pdepanel.md)
- [PDEPlugIn](applicationservices/pdeplugin.md)
- [PDEPlugInCallbackProtocol](applicationservices/pdeplugincallbackprotocol.md)