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January 27th, 2007, 04:57 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
Hello all visually impaired users
I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John 
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January 27th, 2007, 06:23 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the
font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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January 27th, 2007, 09:05 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
Rae
Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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January 27th, 2007, 09:27 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
Have you looked at the accessibility options in the Control Panel. There is
an option to change the width and blink speed of the cursor. There's also a wizard that you can answer questions to, and an onscreen magnifier that you might find useful. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Rae Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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January 28th, 2007, 12:02 AM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
A very simple solution if you have a mouse wheel is to hold down CTRL and
use the mouse wheel to magnify the Word screen. "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... Have you looked at the accessibility options in the Control Panel. There is an option to change the width and blink speed of the cursor. There's also a wizard that you can answer questions to, and an onscreen magnifier that you might find useful. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Rae Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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January 28th, 2007, 12:24 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
Aalan
Thanks unfortunately the lady is mainly concerned with email and as she is handicapped she has a "big trackball" which has no wheel Accessibility solutions mentioned by Rae to do help as they affect the cursor\mouse whereas the caret is the insertion point for the keyboard and still there if there is no mouse present. John "Aalaan" wrote in message ... A very simple solution if you have a mouse wheel is to hold down CTRL and use the mouse wheel to magnify the Word screen. "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... Have you looked at the accessibility options in the Control Panel. There is an option to change the width and blink speed of the cursor. There's also a wizard that you can answer questions to, and an onscreen magnifier that you might find useful. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Rae Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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January 28th, 2007, 12:45 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
As indicated in your other thread on the same subject - this is the *cursor*
and nothing to do with the mouse. Its width and blink rate can be adjusted from the Windows Accessibilty Options - try the Display tab! Please do not multi-post. If you wish to post to more than one newsgroup, then put all the groups in the same 'send-to' line separated by commas. This links the messages and minimizes duplication of effort by those who respond to questions. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Butler wrote: Aalan Thanks unfortunately the lady is mainly concerned with email and as she is handicapped she has a "big trackball" which has no wheel Accessibility solutions mentioned by Rae to do help as they affect the cursor\mouse whereas the caret is the insertion point for the keyboard and still there if there is no mouse present. John "Aalaan" wrote in message ... A very simple solution if you have a mouse wheel is to hold down CTRL and use the mouse wheel to magnify the Word screen. "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... Have you looked at the accessibility options in the Control Panel. There is an option to change the width and blink speed of the cursor. There's also a wizard that you can answer questions to, and an onscreen magnifier that you might find useful. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Rae Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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January 28th, 2007, 03:22 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
Graham
I will have another look at the accessibility settings and reply to you. What is the other thread? John "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... As indicated in your other thread on the same subject - this is the *cursor* and nothing to do with the mouse. Its width and blink rate can be adjusted from the Windows Accessibilty Options - try the Display tab! Please do not multi-post. If you wish to post to more than one newsgroup, then put all the groups in the same 'send-to' line separated by commas. This links the messages and minimizes duplication of effort by those who respond to questions. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Butler wrote: Aalan Thanks unfortunately the lady is mainly concerned with email and as she is handicapped she has a "big trackball" which has no wheel Accessibility solutions mentioned by Rae to do help as they affect the cursor\mouse whereas the caret is the insertion point for the keyboard and still there if there is no mouse present. John "Aalaan" wrote in message ... A very simple solution if you have a mouse wheel is to hold down CTRL and use the mouse wheel to magnify the Word screen. "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... Have you looked at the accessibility options in the Control Panel. There is an option to change the width and blink speed of the cursor. There's also a wizard that you can answer questions to, and an onscreen magnifier that you might find useful. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Rae Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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#9
January 28th, 2007, 03:28 PM
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Re2: How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
Graham
I do not find anything that affects the size or visibility of the blinking caret. Increasing the fonst size makes an a hardly discernible change, changing the font colour makes a minimal differnce between text and caret. I do not see any thing in the dispaly settings. "John Butler" wrote in message ... Graham I will have another look at the accessibility settings and reply to you. What is the other thread? John "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... As indicated in your other thread on the same subject - this is the *cursor* and nothing to do with the mouse. Its width and blink rate can be adjusted from the Windows Accessibilty Options - try the Display tab! Please do not multi-post. If you wish to post to more than one newsgroup, then put all the groups in the same 'send-to' line separated by commas. This links the messages and minimizes duplication of effort by those who respond to questions. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Butler wrote: Aalan Thanks unfortunately the lady is mainly concerned with email and as she is handicapped she has a "big trackball" which has no wheel Accessibility solutions mentioned by Rae to do help as they affect the cursor\mouse whereas the caret is the insertion point for the keyboard and still there if there is no mouse present. John "Aalaan" wrote in message ... A very simple solution if you have a mouse wheel is to hold down CTRL and use the mouse wheel to magnify the Word screen. "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... Have you looked at the accessibility options in the Control Panel. There is an option to change the width and blink speed of the cursor. There's also a wizard that you can answer questions to, and an onscreen magnifier that you might find useful. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Rae Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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January 28th, 2007, 03:32 PM
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How to improve the visibility of the insertion point or caret
The other thread is in the docmanagement forum where you asked an identical
question - or is there another John having problems with terminology and an identical issue? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Butler wrote: Graham I will have another look at the accessibility settings and reply to you. What is the other thread? John "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... As indicated in your other thread on the same subject - this is the *cursor* and nothing to do with the mouse. Its width and blink rate can be adjusted from the Windows Accessibilty Options - try the Display tab! Please do not multi-post. If you wish to post to more than one newsgroup, then put all the groups in the same 'send-to' line separated by commas. This links the messages and minimizes duplication of effort by those who respond to questions. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Butler wrote: Aalan Thanks unfortunately the lady is mainly concerned with email and as she is handicapped she has a "big trackball" which has no wheel Accessibility solutions mentioned by Rae to do help as they affect the cursor\mouse whereas the caret is the insertion point for the keyboard and still there if there is no mouse present. John "Aalaan" wrote in message ... A very simple solution if you have a mouse wheel is to hold down CTRL and use the mouse wheel to magnify the Word screen. "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... Have you looked at the accessibility options in the Control Panel. There is an option to change the width and blink speed of the cursor. There's also a wizard that you can answer questions to, and an onscreen magnifier that you might find useful. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Rae Thanks I have done that but the caret is still very small and so not easy for disadvantaged eyes to see. She does find it but it is difficult and slow for her. John "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... How about changing the font colour? That way there is a contrast between the font and the insertion point. -- Rae Drysdale "John Butler" wrote: Hello all visually impaired users I have an elderly customer who manages to write documents well in a medium sized font. Her problem is that she finds it difficult to distinguish the blinking insertion point from the text. On her system even if I increase the font size the caret remains a very narrow line. What is the best was to help her? John
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