Strategy: Laptop and large fonts to make notes
7 Keywords: PowerPoint, Word, Visual Impairment, Vision, Laptop, Large Font, Magnification
"I make use of a laptop to take notes when in lectures from what the lecturers are talking about as I don’t always view what is being shown on a projector accurately.
I print materials before the lecture in a larger size so having notes in advance is very helpful – I prefer to use Times New Roman bold size 16 when reading from paper and from the screen."
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" When I get a PowerPoint slide and it is projected on the projector, I obviosuly can't see that from a distance, so before the lectures I have to go and print each PowerPoint presentation onto paper into a larger size so that I have got it sat there in front of me before my lecture so I can see what is going on the projector."
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"I often find it difficult to look at visual material from a distance, in particular PowerPoint presentations on projectors. In fact Lecturers carrying out any visual presentations whether by hand or by computer are hard for me to see clearly."
- JoTip
View the Word document in 'Web layout' (under View) as then when magnified the text flows rather than requiring considerable use of the horizontal scroll bar. More tips on Word are available from the Assistive Technology Service.
