Getting to the Accessibility Features

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Windows includes an Accessibility Wizard that simplifies your selection of accessibility features. To get to the wizard, open the Start menu and choose Programs, Accessories, Accessibility, Accessibility Wizard. You can also make accessibility-feature choices by opening Accessibility Options in Control Panel. To get to Control Panel, open the Start menu, point to Settings, and choose Control Panel.

Some options that affect the behavior of accessibility features are available only via Accessibility Options in Control Panel. For example, using Accessibility Options, you can specify that, with StickyKeys on, pressing the Shift key twice in a row turns on Shift Lock. Accessibility Options also lets you enable support for SerialKey devices, an option not provided by the wizard.

Other options that are provided by the wizard don't appear in Accessibility Options in Control Panel. For example, the wizard gives you more choices regarding visual enhancement than Accessibility Options does.

It's best, therefore, to take a walk through both the Accessibility Wizard and Accessibility Options. You might want to start with the wizard and then do any necessary fine-tuning with the help of Control Panel.

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Some keyboard accessibility features can be turned on and off via special keyboard toggles. For example, pressing the Shift key five times in a row can turn on StickyKeys—or turn it off if it's already on. You'll find these shortcut keys handy if it's difficult for you to get to the wizard or Control Panel.