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� Ease of Access is a set of tools that make using a computer easier if you have a disability such aspoor eyesight, loss of mobility, or hearing loss.

� In the Ease of Access Center, you can take a survey that will help you decide which tools touse or launch each tool individually.

To complete this project, you will need the following file:� New blank WordPad document

You will save your file as:� Lastname_Firstname_w7_07_Ease

1. Click Start , and then click Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, click Ease ofAccess.

2. In the Ease of Access window, click Ease of Access Center, and then compare your screenwith Figure 1.

The four most common Ease of Access tools display above a yellow bar. After a shortperiod of time, each of the four tools are selected in a rotating cycle so that a personneeding that tool only needs to press J to start the tool. If you have your speakersturned on or are using headphones, you will hear the Narrator read each selection.

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may be different)

Other Ease ofAccess tools

Ease of AccessCenter window

Figure 1

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3. In the yellow bar, click Get recommendations to make your computer easier to use. Readthe survey directions, and then under Eyesight (1 of 5), select the check boxes that applyto you.

4. Click Next, and then under Dexterity (2 of 5), select the check boxes that apply to you.

5. Click Next, and then under Hearing (3 of 5), select the check boxes that apply to you.

6. Click Next, and then under Speech (4 of 5), select the check boxes that apply to you.

7. Click Next, and then under Reasoning (5 of 5), select the check boxes that apply to you. Ifyou have not yet selected any check boxes, select the It is often difficult for me to concentratecheck box.

8. Click Done, and then compare your screen with Figure 2.

The Recommended settings window displays a personalized selection of Ease of Accesstools that may help you. Here, you would select the tools you want, and then click OKto turn them on.

Ease of Accessrecommendations

(yours may bedifferent)

Figure 2




9. Create a Full-screen Snip, click Copy , and then Close the markup window withoutsaving the changes.

10. Start WordPad, type your first and last name, and then add a new line. Type Windows 7Chapter 7 More Skills 13

11. Add a new line, and then in the Insert group, click Date and time. Click OK, add a newline, and then Paste the snip. Add a new line, and then type Ease of Accessrecommendations

12. Save the document in your Windows 7 Chapter 7 folder asLastname_Firstname_w7_07_Ease

13. Switch to the Recommended settings window, and then click Cancel so that no Ease ofAccess tools are started.

14. In the Ease of Access Center window, click Start Magnifier.

15. If the Magnifier toolbar does not display, on the taskbar, click the Magnifier button .If the Magnifier is not docked at the top of the screen, in the Magnifier toolbar, click theViews button, and then click Docked.

16. Point to Explore all settings, and then compare your screen with Figure 3.

Docked Magnifier

Magnifier button

Figure 3




17. Create a Full-screen Snip, click Copy , and then Close the markup window withoutsaving the changes.

18. Switch to WordPad. Add a new line, and then in the Clipboard group, click Paste. Add anew line, type Magnifier, and then click Save .

19. If you are printing this project, print the document. Exit WordPad.

20. On the taskbar, click the Magnifier button to display the Magnifier toolbar.

21. On the Magnifier toolbar, click Close to stop the Magnifier. Close the Ease ofAccess Center window.

22. Submit the WordPad printout or file as directed by your instructor.

� You have completed More Skills 13

Figure 4

Ease of Access Tools

Name Description

Magnifier Enlarges the portion of the screen that the pointer iscurrently over.

Narrator Reads screen text aloud and announces certain programevents, such as error messages.

On-Screen Keyboard Displays a picture of a keyboard on the screen so that youcan type using a mouse.

High Contrast Makes screen elements easier to see by increasing contrastand reducing the number of colors that those elements use.

Speech Recognition Used to give vocal commands to the computer and todictate text.

Mouse Keys Used to move the mouse pointer by pressing arrow keys orkeys on the numeric keyboard.

Sticky Keys Used to press key combinations such as C + w one keyat a time.

Toggle Keys Plays a sound each time you press c, n, oro.

Filter Keys Removes the characters inserted when you accidentallyrepeat a keystroke by pressing a key for too long.

The Ease of Access tools are summarized in Figure 4.

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