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Ease of Access

• Make your PC easier to use
  • Customizing the Ease of Access page
  • Choosing more tools and settings in the Ease of Access Center
  • Get recommendations for Ease of Access Settings
• Make the text on your screen larger or smaller
• Get the best display on your monitor
• Hear text read aloud with Narrator
  • Staring Narrator
  • New touch gestures
  • New keyboard shortcuts
  • Narrator settings
• Using Speech Recognition
  • Set up Speech Recognition
  • Using Speech Recognition
  • Controlling your PC with Speech Recognition
  • Dictation
  • Keyboard keys
  • Punctuation marks and special characters
  • Controls
  • Windows
  • Tap or click anywhere on the screen
• Use Magnifier to see items on the screen
  • Using Magnifier
  • Changing Magnifier views
  • Customizing Magnifier
• Use the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) to type
  • To open On-Screen Keyboard
  • To change how information is entered into On-Screen Keyboard
• Use text or visual alternatives to sounds
  • To change your settings

Personalization

• Personalize your PC
• Change your background, colors, and account picture
  • Themes and desktop backgrounds
• Customize the Start screen
  • Create tiles for your favorite people and places
  • Pin or unpin apps
  • Rearrange and resize tiles
• Rearranging tiles on Start
• Get started with themes
  • What’s a theme?
  • Creating themes
• Where is Control Panel?
• How to use the taskbar
  • Rearrange taskbar buttons
  • Move the taskbar
  • Change how taskbar buttons appear
  • Pin an app to the taskbar
  • Customize the notification area
  • Take a look at the desktop
  • Change taskbar settings for multiple displays
• Adding apps, websites, and more to Start
• Connect multiple monitors to your PC
  • Connect another screen to your PC
  • Set up your screens
• Sync your settings

Mouse and Keyboard

• Mouse and keyboard: What’s new in Windows
• How to use the touch keyboard
• Touch: swipe, tap, and beyond
• Touch and pen settings: Frequently asked questions
  • How do I check if my PC has a touchscreen?
  • How do I calibrate my pen and touch settings?
  • How do I get my touchscreen to go to the correct screen?
  • How do I change my pen and touch actions?
• Change keyboard settings
  • To change keyboard settings
• Change the keyboard layout
  • To change the keyboard layout for a language
• Change mouse settings
  • To change how the mouse buttons work
  • To change how the mouse pointer looks
  • To change how the mouse pointer works
  • To change how the mouse wheel works
• Use the numeric keypad to move the mouse pointer
  • To turn on Mouse Keys
  • Moving the pointer using Mouse Keys
  • Selecting a mouse button
  • Clicking items using Mouse Keys
  • Dragging items using Mouse Keys

Keyboard Shortcuts

• New Keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8 and Windows RT
  • Useful keyboard shortcuts for Windows
• Complete list of keyboard shortcuts
  • General
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  • File Explorer
  • Taskbar
  • Windows logo key
  • Calculator
  • Calendar
  • Ease of Access
  • Internet Explorer
  • Magnifier
  • Mail
  • Messaging
  • Narrator
  • Narrator touch
  • Paint
  • People app
  • Reader
  • Remote Desktop Connection on the desktop
  • Remote Desktop Connection
  • SkyDrive
  • Windows Help viewer
  • Windows Journal
  • WordPad