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Character is not an inheritance; each person must build it for himself or herself.

Reading through my email this past month, I stumbled across an article about computer accessibilities. It spoke about improvements that Microsoft has planned and what is available now. And I thought, ?Wow, what an interesting topic for my readers. Maybe you would appreciate knowing about some of the options that are available.? So listed below are some features that may (or may not) improve your computer usability. And remember: Anytime you play with settings, be certain to write down what the original settings were ? just in case you need to revert back to normal!

The Accessibility Wizard ?these adjustments work everywhere

The Accessibility Wizard can make adjustments to the size of your menu bars, tool bars, play sounds instead of show warnings (if your are sight impaired), or show warnings instead of play sounds (if you are hearing impaired). The wizard is available by clicking on the Start button. If you are running windows XP Click on All Programs, otherwise click on Programs. Click on Accessories, Click on Accessibility, Click on Accessibility Wizard and follow the prompts from there. If you don?t like what it does, repeat the steps and choose to revert to defaults at every opportunity.

To change print size while surfing the internet ? this change is only for internet surfing

With a Mouse

With the Keyboard

On the Internet Explorer menu bar:

Select View.

Point to Text Size.

On the Internet Explorer menu bar:

Open the View menu by pressing ALT+V.

Select Text Size by pressing X.

In the Text Size list:

Select the text size that best meets your needs.

In the Text Size list: Move to the text size option that best meets your needs by pressing the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key. Press ENTER.

To change the background color and lettering color of web pages

With a Mouse

With the Keyboard

On the Internet Explorer menu bar:

Select Tools.

Select Internet Options.

On the Internet Explorer menu bar:

Open the Tools menu by pressing ALT+T.

Select Internet Options by pressing O.

In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:

Select the Accessibility button.

In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:

Select the Accessibility button by pressing ALT+E.

In the Accessibility dialog box, under Formatting:

Select the Ignore colors specified on Web pages check box.

Select the Ignore font styles specified on Web pages check box.

Select the Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages check box.

Select OK.

In the Accessibility dialog box, under Formatting:

Select Ignore colors specified on Web pages by pressing C.

Select Ignore font styles specified on Web pages by pressing S.

Select Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages by pressing Z.

Press ENTER.

In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:

Select the Colors button.

In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:

Select the Colors button by pressing ALT+O.

In the Colors dialog box:

Clear the Use Windows colors check box.

This activates the Text and Background buttons.

Select the Text or Background button.

The Color dialog box appears displaying a color palette.

In the Colors dialog box:

Clear the Use Windows colors box by pressing ALT+W.

This activates the Text and Background buttons.

To change the color of the text: Press T.

To change the color of the background: Press B.

The Color dialog box appears displaying a color palette.

In the Color dialog box, under Basic colors:

Select the color you want.

Select OK twice.

In the Color dialog box, under Basic colors:

Move to the color you want by pressing the arrow keys.

Select a color by pressing SPACEBAR.

Press ENTER twice.

To close the Internet Options dialog box:

Select OK.

To close the Internet Options dialog box:

Press ESC.

Microsoft has provided a bunch of tutorials specific to your needs. At the following link you will find information for Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Word, Office and Outlook. http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/default.aspx?v=f

To Easier Computing,

Janet