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title: Make your mouse, keyboard, and other input devices easier to use – Microsoft Support
description: "[Windows 11](javascript:)[Windows 10](javascript:) ## Make the mouse easier to use ### Control your mouse with a numeric keypad  1. To go to the **Accessibility **settings on your computer, press the Windows logo key+U or select **Start ** > **Settings ** > **Accessibility**.![Windows 11 accessibility settings](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/057b3988-8c8b-45d2-8fd9-47c9f141f340.png) 2. Under **Interaction**, select **Mouse**. 3. Turn…"
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updated: "2024-06-17"
category: Windows / Windows 11
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# Make your mouse, keyboard, and other input devices easier to use – Microsoft Support

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## Make the mouse easier to use

### Control your mouse with a numeric keypad 

1. To go to the **Accessibility **settings on your computer, press the Windows logo key+U or select **Start ** > **Settings ** > **Accessibility**.![Windows 11 accessibility settings](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/057b3988-8c8b-45d2-8fd9-47c9f141f340.png)
2. Under **Interaction**, select **Mouse**.
3. Turn on the **Mouse keys** switch.

### Change the primary mouse button, set scrolling options, or display pointer trails

1. To open **Settings **on your computer, press the Windows logo key+I or select **Start ** > **Settings **.
2. Select **Bluetooth & devices **>** Mouse**.
   - To change the primary mouse button, expand the **Primary mouse button** menu and select the option you want.
   - To set scrolling options, select suitable options under **Scrolling**.
   - If you want your pointer to display a trail across the screen when you move it, select **Additional mouse settings**, select the **Pointer Options** tab, and select the **Display pointer trails **checkbox.

[Mouse settings](easeofaccess-mouse?activationSource=SMC-Article-27936)

## Make your mouse pointer easier to see

Make your mouse pointer  easier to see by making it bigger or changing the color. 

1. To go to the **Accessibility **settings on your computer, press the Windows logo key+U or select **Start ** > **Settings ** > **Accessibility**. ![Windows 11 accessibility settings](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/057b3988-8c8b-45d2-8fd9-47c9f141f340.png)
2. Select **Mouse pointer and touch**.
3. Under **Mouse pointer**, adjust the **Size **slider until your mouse pointer is the size you'd like.
4. Under **Mouse pointer style**, select an option to change the color of your mouse pointer to white, black, inverted, or any of the bright recommended colors. To customize the pointer color, select **Choose another color**.![Windows mouse pointer options with the custom color selected.](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/cc54cd1c-2d54-46f9-a725-220919974735.png)

## Make your text cursor easier to see

Windows 11 lets you change the thickness of the text cursor  and add a colorful indicator to make it more visible.  

### Change the text cursor thickness  

1. To go to the **Accessibility **settings on your computer, press the Windows logo key+U or select **Start ** > **Settings ** > **Accessibility**. ![Windows 11 accessibility settings](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/057b3988-8c8b-45d2-8fd9-47c9f141f340.png)
2. Select **Text cursor**.
3. Under **Text cursor thickness**, adjust the **Text cursor thickness **slider until the thickness in the preview looks like you want.

### Use the text cursor indicator

1. To go to the **Accessibility **settings on your computer, press the Windows logo key+U or select **Start ** > **Settings ** > **Accessibility**.![Windows 11 accessibility settings](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/057b3988-8c8b-45d2-8fd9-47c9f141f340.png)
2. Select **Text cursor**.
3. Turn on the **Text cursor indicator** switch.
4. Adjust the **Size **slider until the size looks like you want in the preview.![Windows 11 text cursor indicator settings](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/c2ffe396-62aa-472a-ac0b-df07eef6fb11.png)
5. To change the indicator color, select one in the **Recommended colors **menu, or select** Choose another color** to choose a custom color.

[Text cursor settings](easeofaccess-cursor?activationSource=SMC-Article-27936) 

## Make the keyboard easier to use

1. To go to the **Accessibility **settings on your computer, press the Windows logo key+U or select **Start ** > **Settings ** > **Accessibility**.![Windows 11 accessibility settings](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/057b3988-8c8b-45d2-8fd9-47c9f141f340.png)
2. Select **Keyboard** and try some of the following options:

- Turn on the **On-screen keyboard** switch to select keys by using the mouse or another pointing device (like a joystick) or to use a single switch to cycle through the keys on the screen.
- Turn on the **Sticky keys** switch if you have trouble pressing two keys at the same time. Sticky keys let you press commands that use multiple keys (such as Ctrl + S) one key at a time.
- Turn on the **Toggle keys** switch to play a sound whenever you press the Caps lock, Num lock, or Scroll lock keys.
- Turn on the **Filter keys** switch to set the sensitivity of the keyboard so it can ignore brief or repeated keystrokes.
- Turn on the **Underline access keys** switch to underline access keys when they're available.
- Turn on the Use the **Print Screen button to open screen snipping** switch to use the Prt Scr button to open screen snipping.**Tip: **You can also control your PC with just your voice by using Windows Speech Recognition. To learn more, see [Use voice recognition in Windows](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-voice-recognition-in-windows-83ff75bd-63eb-0b6c-18d4-6fae94050571#WindowsVersion=Windows_11).

[Keyboard settings](easeofaccess-keyboard)