EaseofAccesskeyboardshortcuts
Thefollowingtablecontainskeyboardshortcutsthatcanhelpmakeyourcomputereasiertouse.
KeyboardshortcutFunction
Windowslogokey+U
OpentheEaseofAccessCenter
RightShiftforeightseconds
TurnFilterKeysonoroff
ShiftfivetimesTurnStickyKeysonoroff
NumLockforfivesecondsTurnToggleKeysonoroff
LeftAlt+LeftShift+NumLock
TurnMouseKeysonoroff
LeftAlt+LeftShift+PrtScn(orPrtSc)TurnHighContrastonoroff
Formoreinformation,gotohttp://windows.microsoft.com/,andthentypeanyofthefollowingkeywords
forsearching:keyboardshortcuts,keycombinations,shortcutkeys.
On-ScreenKeyboard
Ifyouprefertotypeorenterdataintoyourcomputerwithoutusingaphysicalkeyboard,youcanuse
On-ScreenKeyboard.On-ScreenKeyboarddisplaysavisualkeyboardwithallthestandardkeys.Youcan
selectkeysusingthemouseoranotherpointingdevice,oryoucantaptoselectthekeysifyourcomputer
supportsmulti-touchscreen.
ToopenOn-ScreenKeyboard,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:ClicktheStartbutton.Then,typeOn-ScreenKeyboardintothesearchfield.Inthelistof
results,clickOn-ScreenKeyboard.
•ForWindows8.1:Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythe
charmsandclickSearch.Then,typeOn-ScreenKeyboardintothesearchfield.Inthelistofresults,
clickOn-ScreenKeyboard.
FormoreinformationabouthowtouseandconfigureOn-ScreenKeyboard,seetheWindowsHelpand
Supportinformationsystem.
Personalizedkeyboard
Thetactilebumpsonthekeyboardprovideareferencepointfromwhichyoucaneasilylocateallkeyson
thekeyboardwithoutvisualassistance.
Toadjustyourkeyboardsettings,openControlPanel,clickEaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter,
andthenclickMakethekeyboardeasiertouse.
Industry-standardconnectors
Yourcomputerprovidesindustry-standardconnectorsthatenableyoutoconnectassistivedevices,
ifneeded.
Formoreinformationaboutthelocationandfunctionoftheconnectors,see“Locatingconnectors,controls,
andindicatorsonthefrontofyourcomputer”onpage8
and“Locatingconnectorsontherearofyour
computer”onpage9.
TTY/TDDconversionmodem
Yourcomputersupportstheuseofthetexttelephone(TTY)orthetelecommunicationsdeviceforthe
deaf(TDD)conversionmodem.ThemodemmustbeconnectedbetweenyourcomputerandaTTY/TDD
telephone.Then,youcantypeamessageonyourcomputerandsendittothetelephone.
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