Showing posts with label accessibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accessibility. Show all posts

Monday, December 26, 2016

What's new in Office 365 features?


Microsoft is tops in Office applications with its Office 365 suite because of continuous development. Some of the features described here are available only if you have a subscription to Office 365 and Office Insiders.

In the latest version of Office 365 (November 2016)  these are the new features:

Learning tools for improved reading:

Use Read Mode with new commands and improve your reading skills. You can adjust text spacing, observe syllable breaks and highlight each word as document is read aloud.


Built-in accessibility
Improved support for asistive technology with Narrator. You can also create accessible documents as well.


Insert and edit icons:

Your document should have visible impact and to this end use icons available, some 500 of them. You can insert and edit icons


SVG images can now be used in Word:

You can now insert and edit SVG graphics without using any export software. Office 365 Word supports SVG graphics embedding.




Monday, January 12, 2009

What is Dvorak style keyboard?

The ASDFGH or QWERTY board is the standard key board from the days of typewriters to this day. You are supposed to type with both hands to type fast. However the DVORAK style keyboard can be used for typing with one hand, either left or right or both. It is supposed to be faster than the QWERTY.

This is one of the accessibility options in Windows XP which you can access from
Control Panel | Regional Languages (window) | Languages to open




















Click on Details...to open




















Click on Add... to open Add Input Language window

















Place check mark for Keyboad layout/IME (Input Method Editor): and click on Handle


















Choose the style you prefer

You should be able to see this toolbar item added as shown






Review article in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard