Accessibility Settings and Features

Magnifier is a tool that enlarges your screen, so you can see words and images better. You can magnify the entire screen or just a part of it and move the magnifier where you want it on your desktop. Magnifier can also smooth edges of images and text when it’s zoomed in. To turn on magnifier and zoom in, press windows logo key + plus sign (+). To zoom out, press the windows logo key + minus sign (-). To exit the magnifier, press windows logo key + esc.

High contrast increases the color contrast between the foreground and background on your screen, making text and images more distinct and easier to identify. To turn on high contrast, press left Alt + left Shift + Print Screen.

If text and other items on the desktop are too small, you can make them larger without changing the screen resolution or turning on Magnifier. To change the sizes, open settings by pressing Windows Logo Key + I. Select System > Display. Under change the size of text, apps, and other items, select the size that you want.

You can increase the size of pages in Word documents, PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets and other documents in Office. To quickly zoom in or out, press Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Up/Down. Or you can use the slider on the status bar to zoom in and out. You can also specify the Zoom from the View tab on the Ribbon.