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These include magnification, screen reading, dictation, live captioning, etc. You can adjust a lot of accessibility settings and programs directly through keyboard shortcuts. We are using accessibility features in Windows 11 and Office 365.</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h1><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>This Week's Shortcut: </span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>With voice typing in Windows, you can enter text on your PC by speaking.<br>To use voice typing, you'll need to be connected to the internet, have a working microphone, and have your cursor in a text box, Word document, Outlook email or any other application involving text editing.<br>To turn on voice typing, press <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Windows key + H</span></strong>.<br>Once you turn on voice typing, it will start listening automatically. Wait for the "Listening..." alert (an audible sound), before you start speaking.<br>To stop voice typing, say a voice typing command like "Stop listening", or press <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Windows key + H</span></strong> again.<br><br>You can find these shortcuts and previous shortcuts of the week on the website in the <a href="https://sharons-shortcuts.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8f7789e1b727d353e4123491&id=9441b5dc92&e=89232c411c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2393A9'>Shortcut of the Week</span></a> section and also on X (Twitter) @sharonshortcut.As always, if you would like to find out or share a particular shortcut for an everyday task on your PC, please get in touch!</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Stay safe and well and have a fab week!</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:#FAFAFA;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id=templateFooter><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 18.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float:left'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'>Copyright © 2024 Sharon's Shortcuts, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'><br>Shortcut of the Week is supported by <a href="https://sharons-shortcuts.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8f7789e1b727d353e4123491&id=9454c95aa7&e=89232c411c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#656565'>Sight and Sound Technology</span></a><br><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=127 height=120 style='width:1.3229in;height:1.25in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:~WRD0004.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'>If you no longer want to receive these emails? 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