Windows Help & Advice - UK (2020-05)

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Make your mouse and

keyboard easier to use

“Windows 10 includesnumerousoptionsthatcan

enhancethewayyouinteractwithit – wereveal

howtomakeyourinputdeviceseasiertouse”

ouuseyourmouseand

keyboardeveryday– orat

leasteverytimeyouuse

yourcomputer.Youmayhavelearned

totouchtype,oryoumayhavejust

developedyourownstyleoftyping

thatletsyououtputwordsquickly,

butthere’sprobablymoreyoucando

tomakethesetwoinputdevices

quickerandeasiertouse.Youmight

notthinkthere’smuchyoucan

changeaboutyourmouse,butbe

preparedtorethink!

Windowsincludesa numberof

EaseofAccesssettings(alsoknown

asAccessibilityoptions)thatcanbe

usedtochangethewaythekeyboard

andmousework.Whileoriginally

intendedforthosewithparticular

needsduetoconditionssuchas

mobilityissues,anyonecanbenefit

fromthesehandytoolsandsettings.

Let’slookathowEaseofAccess

settingscanbetweakedtomakea

keyboardandmouseeasiertouse.

1 Controlmousemovementwithcursorkeys

A mouseis notthealwaysmosteffectiveandefficientway

to move thecursor,sowhynotusethekeyboardcursorkeys

instead?. OpenSettings,headtoEaseofAccess,andclickthe

Mouse linktotheleft.TurnonthetoggleundertheControlyour

mouse witha keypadheading.ChoosewhetherNumLockneeds

to be enable,tweakcursorspeed,andstartusingthearrowkeys.

2 Make the cursor easier to see

If you can’t see your mouse cursor very well, it is going to

make things difficult – but there are steps you can take. In

Settings, click the Cursor & pointer link and then use the slider to

increase the size of the cursor. Beneath this, you can adjust its

colour. You can choose between white, black, inverted, or opt for

a custom colour. You can also change the thickness of the cursor.

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Step-by-step Mouse more easily

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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28 |^ |^ May 2020