Foralternativesonincreasingthesizeoftextandotherobjects,seethefollowing:
•“Customizabletextsize”onpage44
•“Magnifier”onpage44
•“Zoom”onpage44
EaseofAccesskeyboardshortcuts
Keyboardshortcutsarecombinationsoftwoormorekeysthatyoucanusetoperformataskthatwould
typicallyrequireamouseorotherpointingdevices.Keyboardshortcutsprovideaneasieralternativeto
interactwithyourcomputerasyouworkwiththeWindowsoperatingsystemandmostapplications.
Thefollowingtablecontainskeyboardshortcutsthatcanhelpmakeyourcomputereasiertouse.
KeyboardshortcutFunction
Windowslogokey+U
OpentheEaseofAccessCenter
RightShiftforeightseconds
TurnFilterKeysonoroff
ShiftfivetimesTurnStickyKeysonoroff
Formoreinformation,gotohttp://windows.microsoft.com/,andthentypeanyofthefollowingkeywordsfor
searching:keyboardshortcuts,accesskeys,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:ClicktheSearchicononthetop-rightcorneroftheStartscreenandthentype
On-ScreenKeyboardintothedisplayedsearchbox.Ifyouareusingakeyboard,youcanjuststarttyping
ontheStartscreenandthenthesearchboxandsearchresultsaredisplayedautomatically.Inthelistof
results,clickOn-ScreenKeyboard.
FormoreinformationabouthowtouseandconfigureOn-ScreenKeyboard,seetheWindowsHelpand
Supportinformationsystem.
Personalizedkeyboard
Thetactilebumpsonthekeyboardprovideareferencepointfromwhichyoucaneasilylocateallkeyson
thekeyboardwithoutvisualassistance.
Toadjustyourkeyboardsettings,openControlPanel,clickEaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter,
andthenclickMakethekeyboardeasiertouse.
TodisableorenabletheFnLockfunctionintheKeyboardPropertieswindow,ratherthanpressingthe
Fn+Esckeycombination,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel.ChangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.
2.ClickKeyboard.IntheKeyboardPropertieswindow,clicktheThinkPadF1-F12keystab.
3.Selecttheoptionofyourpreference:
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