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Accessibility Features in Microsoft 365 & Windows

Course Duration: Half Day

Target Audience:

This half-day course is aimed at Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 users who would like to avail of these products’ Accessibility Features.

Course Objectives:

Accessibility features are built into Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 to help users who may have trouble using their PC otherwise.

This course will demonstrate how the participant can get more functionality out of Microsoft 365 and Windows by using some or all of these features.

Course Outline:

Course Introduction

Microsoft Windows Accessibility Features

  • Narrator
  • Magnifier
  • High Contrast Display
  • Closed Captions
  • Keyboard - On-Screen Keyboard
  • Keyboard - Toggle Keys
  • Keyboard - Sticky Keys
  • Keyboard - Filter Keys
  • Mouse

Microsoft Web Browser Tools

Google Chrome Web Browser Tools

Accessibility Features in Microsoft Word

  • Dictate Feature
  • Spelling and Grammar Check, and Using the Thesaurus
  • Read Aloud Feature

Accessibility Features in Microsoft Outlook

  • Dictate Feature
  • Spelling and Grammar Check, and Using the Thesaurus
  • Immersive Reader, including Column Width, Page Colour, Line Focus, Text Spacing and Syllables
  • Read Aloud Feature

Accessibility Features in Microsoft Teams

  • Closed Captions
  • Meeting Record Feature
  • Future Plans: Voice Integration for Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Office Lens with Optical Character Recognition

Discussion and Question Time