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Chapter 13: Making the Most of Your Computer’s Accessories

4. Use the “Line style” list to choose the style to use. Options include Standard

ruled, Narrow ruled, Wide ruled, Large grid, Small grid, and Blank.

5. Use the Horizontal list to select the style for horizontal lines on the paper and

the related Color list to select a line color.

6. Use the Vertical list to select the style for vertical lines on the paper and the

related Color list to select a line color.

7. Use the “Margin rule” list to select the style for margin rule lines on the paper

and the related Color list to select a line color.

8. Use the “Paper color” list to select a background color for the paper.

9. Click OK twice.

Making Your Computer More Accessible

Windows Vista’s accessibility tools are designed mainly to help users who have some

form of visual or motor impairment. Still, users without such impairments can some-

times benefit from using them as well.

Using the Ease of Access Center

In Windows Vista, all accessibility tools are accessible from the Ease of Access page

in the Control Panel. To display this page, as shown in Figure 13-25, click Start, click

Control Panel, click Ease of Access, and then click Ease of Access Center. The Ease

of Access page has three main areas:

Quick access to common tools

Use these options to turn common accessibility features on and off. These fea-

tures include High Contrast, Narrator, Magnifier, and On-Screen Keyboard utili-

ties. By default, Windows Vista uses the Narrator feature to read these options

aloud and automatically highlights each option in turn. When an option is high-

lighted, you can press the Space bar to select it.

Get recommendations...

When you click the “Get recommendations...” link, Windows Vista starts a

Recommendation Wizard that is similar to, but more intuitive than, the Accessi-

bility Wizard in Windows XP. The five questions in this Recommendation Wiz-

ard are designed to help Windows Vista determine and suggest the best

accessibility options for you to use.

Explore all settings

If you don’t want to use the Recommendation Wizard, you can use the addi-

tional options provided to find related settings that might improve accessibility.

You can optimize the computer for the blind, optimize the visual display to

make it easier to see, set up alternative input devices, adjust settings for the

mouse and keyboard, use text or visual alternatives to sounds, and adjust set-

tings for easier reading and typing.