Windows Low Vision: Icons

Do you ever get tired of squinting to try and see the icons on your desktop? Wouldn't it be great if we can make them bigger? Well, I've got good news. With a few simple steps we can customize the size of our icons so they're easier to see. Let's get started by moving to our desktop.

From anywhere on our computer, press the Windows key and the letter D for desktop. We have a couple of choices for our next step. We can either right click on any blank area on our desktop, or we can use the keyboard shortcut Shift and F10 this opens a menu. You might hear this menu called a context menu. It contains shortcuts that help us use our computer more efficiently. The very first item in our list is view and that's the option we'll use today. Let's press the V for view to select it.

Ed: Now that you've had a chance to learn a bit with us, we'd like to learn more about you. Your name, email address, how you heard about Hadley and your relationship to vision loss. Learning more will give us a better understanding of how to personalize Hadley just for you, and don't worry, everything you share with us online will be kept safe and secure. Of course, if you'd prefer to talk through these questions, we're just a phone call away at 800-323-4238.

Taking these few steps saves your preferences so you can continue right where you left off and track your progress every time you log on, plus it connects you to the Hadley community and helps sustain our funding to keep Hadley free of charge. And, last but not least, it gives you direct access to experts like me. Now, where were we?