Windows Vista™ Step by Step

Making Your Computer Easier to Use

Are the words on the screen too small to read easily? Do you wish the icons were larger? Does it take you a while to locate the insertion point because it is so skinny? Windows Vista includes these utilities (small programs) to assist people with visual or auditory disabilities:

• Audio Description narrates videos as they play, if this feature is available within the video file.

• High Contrast changes the display of your screen from the usual muted Windows Vista colors to a starker color scheme that makes individual items stand out on the screen.

• Magnifier opens a magnification panel in which the screen under the mouse pointer is displayed, magnified up to nine times. You can adjust the size and location of the magnification ...