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Accessibility options in Internet Explorer 8

Pt. 7 of 10 | 2:35 |

Understanding Internet Explorer 8

Tuesday May 12, 2009

For people with various disabilities, using a computer can be a tedious job. Internet Explorer 8 improves on accessibility options by adding Adaptive Zoom, Caret Browsing, and more.

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Show Notes

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- The Adaptive Zoom in Internet Explorer 8 is a vast improvement over the zoom in version 7.

- Click on View, then on Zoom and select a percentage.

- You can increase the zoom by pressing CTRL +.

- You can decrease the zoom by pressing CTRL -.

- Another new feature is Carat Browsing which you can activate by clicking on View and then on Carat Browsing.

- You can also toggle Carat Browsing with the F7 key.

- With Carat Browsing you can maneuver the Web page with Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, and the arrow keys.

- To select text just hold down the shift key and move the arrow keys to select the part you want.

- To change the font size click View and then Font Size to increase of decrease the size of the font.

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