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ZoomText Power Tip: How To Use the Startup Wizard to Set Visual and Speech Preferences

When you install a new version of ZoomText, the Startup Wizard opens automatically to help you get set up. In the May update of ZoomText 2025, we’ve added easy-to-use pages where you can choose your magnification, visual enhancements, and speech settings.

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ZoomText Power Tip: How To Use Pointer Enhancements to Locate the Mouse

Pointer enhancements make it easy to locate and follow the mouse pointer. You can adjust the size and color of the pointer to emphasize its position on the screen. You can choose from 15 different sizes and fine-tune the magnified pointer to meet your needs.

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JAWS Power Tip: How To Access Version History in OneDrive with JAWS

The OneDrive desktop app is used to store files both in the cloud and on your device, making them easy to access when you need them. When you save, then later modify a file, OneDrive creates a version history so you can access each version of that file. This is especially useful if you accidentally delete content from the file or save over it altogether and need to restore it.

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JAWS Power Tip: How To Move Messages from One Folder to Another in the New Outlook with JAWS

The new Outlook desktop app has a new design that differs from that of Outlook Classic, and can be navigated with JAWS using keyboard commands. While some commands have changed, others, like moving a message, have not.

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JAWS Power Tip: How To Determine Text Formatting with Braille Font Attribute Marks Using JAWS

For those who primarily read using Braille, it can be difficult to determine when text includes specific font attributes like bold, italics, or underline. Unified English Braille (UEB) and other Braille codes define dot patterns which are used as Braille indicators that may precede and follow text to identify the specific attribute being used. For example, in UEB, Dots 4-6 represents italicized text, while Dots 4-5-6 represents underlined text. In the March update of JAWS 2025, you can now configure JAWS to show font attribute marks when reading or editing documents using Braille.

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ZoomText Power Tip: How To Use Live Text View To Improve Your Reading Experience

Live Text View is a ZoomText screen magnifier feature that improves the readability of on-screen text in web browsers and other applications. It displays a continuous line of clear, easy-to-read text across the top or bottom of the screen, showing content from the cursor, mouse pointer, or focus location as you navigate documents, emails, and web pages. This content displays in a window known as the Live Text View, where you can customize the font, size, and color contrast to match your reading preferences. For example, use Live Text View to read text that uses decorative fonts and italic styles. While these styles work well for calling attention to the text, they can be difficult to read. Live Text View makes this text readable in the view window.

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