Table of contents

Windows 98 Explained: An overview for blind and visually impaired users
By Dr Sarah Morley with Anna Dresner
Published by the Royal National Institute of the Blind, UK, 2001.
© Sarah Morley and Anna Dresner 2001. All rights reserved.

• 1 Preface.
  • 1.1 The Authors.
• 2 Coming Soon ... a Guide to Windows Me.
• 3 Introduction.
  • 3.1 Windows 98 and Windows 95.
  • 3.2 Why make Windows 98 look like 95?
  • 3.3 How to Use This Guide.
  • 3.4 No Tactile or Large Print Diagrams.
• 4 Simplifying Windows 98 Screens.
  • 4.1 Turning Off the Active Desktop and other Windows 98 Features.
  • 4.2 Use the Same Folder View for Each Window.
  • 4.3 Remove the Quick Launch Toolbar from the Taskbar.
• 5 Accessibility Features.
  • 5.1 New Accessibility Wizard.
  • 5.2 New Magnifier Program for Low Vision Users.
  • 5.3 Wider Selection of High Contrast Options.
  • 5.4 High Visibility Mouse Pointers.
  • 5.5 Internet Connection Wizard.
• 6 Start Menu and Desktop.
  • 6.1 The Windows Key, Ctrl + Esc, and the Focus.
  • 6.2 Context Menus for Shortcuts on the Start Menu.
  • 6.3 Getting the Programs Menu into Alphabetical Order.
  • 6.4 Changes to Application Shortcut Properties Sheets.
• 7 Favorites Menu.
• 8 Settings Options.
  • 8.1 Settings: Taskbar and Start Menu.
  • 8.2 Settings: Folder Options.
  • 8.3 Settings: Active Desktop.
  • 8.4 Settings: Windows Update.
• 9 Find.
  • 9.1 Additional Find Choices.
  • 9.2 Searches Last Destination First.
  • 9.3 Find Text in the Body of a File.
• 10 Help.
  • 10.1 Appearance.
  • 10.2 Switching Between Contents, Index and Search Pages.
  • 10.3 Getting Around a Help Page.
  • 10.4 Help Options.
• 11 File Management.
  • 11.1 Common changes in My Computer and Windows Explorer.
  • 11.2 My Computer: Same Window or Separate Window.
  • 11.3 Windows Explorer: Getting Around.
• 12 Multimedia Control and Audio Effects.
  • 12.1 Volume Control & CD Player.
  • 12.2 Combined Multimedia Controls.
  • 12.3 Sound Schemes.
• 13 MS-DOS.
  • 13.1 Autoexec.bat and Config.sys.
  • 13.2 MS-DOS Editor.
• 14 User Profiles (Multiple User Settings)
  • 14.1 Why Might you Need Them?
  • 14.2 To Set Up User Profiles.
• 15 Shut Down Options.
  • 15.1 Log-Off.
  • 15.2 Shut Down.
• 16 Ordering Information..
  • 16.1 Book Details.
  • 16.2 Where to Order.