Chapter 22. Making Windows More Accessible

In This Chapter:

  • Display the accessibility tools
  • Magnify your screen
  • Learn which accessibility options might benefit you the most
  • Change the keyboard’s response for combining keystrokes such as Shift+E
  • Replace visual screen messages with audible signals and alarms
  • Set the screen’s display so that you can read enlarged letters, icons, title bars, and high-contrast screen colors
  • Use your keyboard to imitate mouse moves and clicks

This chapter describes all the Windows Vista tools that provide help for users with special needs. Everyone who uses Windows Vista is a potential candidate right now for one or more of these tools because they often make a part of Windows easier to use. A good number of Windows ...

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