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I want Quick help

When time matters most, Quick Help is an easy way to find information about institutions, trainings, solutions and to connect to the right people.

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    Upcoming Trainings
  2. 2
    Companies hiring visually
    impaired
  3. 3
    Connect to helpline
  4. 4
    Expert speak

I want Job

Are you career ready? Did you know that there are 183 jobs that can be done by visually impaired in 20+ sectors?


Here are 6 easy steps to find the right job for you.
  1. 1
    What do companies feel about
    hiring persons with disability?
  2. 2
    Know jobs done by Visually
    Impaired
  3. 3
    Get to know Role Models
  4. 4
    Enhance your skills
  5. 5
    Apply for a job
  6. 6
    Know solutions to enable
    you at workplace

I want career growth

Explore career options to reach new heights.


There are many persons with vision impairment who have grown in their jobs in the same company where they started. There are others who have worked hard, gained experience and exposure and have grown their careers in different companies. Learn from the experts on how career growth is possible for you.

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    Get to know Role Models
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    Rate your current performance
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    Rate your learning behavior
  4. 4
    Learn to give status to be reliable
  5. 5
    Tips to grow in your career
  6. 6
    Know career options for visually impaired
  7. 7
    Enhance your skills

I want to learn computers

Did you know that there are tools to help you learn computers on your own or with very little help? Are you looking for self- learning manuals and exercises? Do you want to know tips to make you efficient on the computer? Do you know that good formatting is key to getting respect in the sighted world despite your education and skills? Do you know that when you copy information from the internet, you will automatically have bad formatting? Learn about all this and more in this page.

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    How do visually impaired use computers?
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    Can a visually impaired work just like sighted?
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    Can a visually impaired work on MS Office effectively?
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    Do you want to learn computers?
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    Do you want to learn MS Office software?
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    Do you want to learn Internet and Email?
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    What is the EYE Tool and how does it help me?

I want to improve computer skills

Did you know that there are different methods to prevent errors and maintain quality of work? Did you know that it is possible to see the colors in a document? Did you know that an application which is inaccessible can be used by a visually impaired? Find out more about these below.

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    Do you want to practice or become excellent in computers?
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    How to make sighted friendly well formatted documents?
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    How do I maintain quality and prevent errors in my work?
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    Tips to maintain quality in Excel
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    How can I get oriented to a new application?
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    How to see colors in documents made by sighted people?
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    How do I use an inaccessible application?
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    How do I navigate quickly on web tools?

I want to enhance my skills

Do you think your disability is keeping you from finding the right job? Gaining certain attitudinal skills, job related skills, disability related skills and other skills can be stepping stones to gain economic independence, and to lead a quality life with dignity.


To enhance your skills, click here to know more


To get ready for an interview, click here to know more


To understand the journey of companies in hiring persons with disability and expectations of companies, click here to know more


To find videos of persons with disabilities working in different jobs, click here to know more
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Step 1 - Upcoming Trainings

Know the schedules of upcoming trainings to develop skills for gainful employment.

Step 2 - Companies hiring visually impaired

IBM, EMC, CISCO, CapGemini are some of the top recruiters of visually impaired.

Step 3 - Connect to helpline

You can contact the Eyeway Helpdesk for Visually Impaired by dialing 1800-30020469. Here, you can get information about educational institutes for VIs, vendors for assistive technology, assistive aid centers, disability ID card issuing centers, government schemes, braille/computer training institutes, placement and employability training institutes and more.

Step 4 - Expert speak

Wondering how to overcome your newly acquired vision impairment? Not able to explain about your low vision status? Want to overcome inclusion challenges? Are you feeling low in confidence because of your disability? If you have any such concerns or doubts tune into our Expert speak and listen to an expert clarify your concerns. Coming soon!

Step 1 - What do companies feel about hiring persons with disability?

Do you know why companies hire persons with disabilities? Do you know what solutions can be used in the workplace? These videos will help you understand experience of different companies in giving jobs to persons with disabilities, jobs available in different sectors and company expectations.

Watch this 10 minute video to see why Thomson Reuters hire people with disabilities

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Watch this 6 minute video to understand how Total Mall enabled persons with disabilities with the right solutions

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Listen to this 12 minute audio to understand what company expects from you

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Step 2 - Know jobs done by Visually Impaired

Did you know visually impaired are working as MIS executives, network engineers, HR consultants and more?

Watch this 1 minute video to gain awareness on some jobs done by visually impaired.

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Persons with visual impairment are in 183 jobs across 20+ sectors working in 600+ companies

Persons with visual impairment are in 183 jobs across 20+ sectors working in 600+ companies

Listen to these audio files to understand more about jobs done by persons with vision impairment in different sectors.

Listen to Shanti Raghavan explaining employment opportunities for visually impaired

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Listen to K. Ramkrishna giving you awareness about jobs in finance sector

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Listen to Mrs. AnuradhaMohit explaining jobs in civil services.

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Step 3 - Get to know Role Models

Role model journeys will help you understand how to overcome challenges for economic independence and to lead a life with dignity.

Watch this 6 minute video on how Alayna became a counselor

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Watch this 5 minute video of Srinivas journey of becoming a service engineer

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Prasad in SBI talks of his earlier experience.

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Step 4 - Enhance your skills

Extend and expand your skills set to gain dignity and inclusion. For a job, you need to gain certain skills and knowledge such as moving around independently, note taking skills, computer skills, company reality etc.

Listen to Shanti Raghavan, Founder of EnAble India to understand skills and attitude required to become job ready.

Listen to this audio to know the Skills and attitude required to become job ready

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To gain awareness about various skills, click on Enhance your skills tutorials.

Step 5 - Apply for a job

Getting a job is your responsibility. You can approach companies directly and apply for jobs.

Persons with visual impairment are in 183 jobs across 20+ sectors working in 600+ companies

Companies that hire persons with vision impairment Based on your education and interest, you can search for companies which have already given jobs to people with disabilities.
Click here to know more

Apply for Jobs

You can search for jobs on the internet and apply directly. You can visit the following websites to search for jobs: CII Speciality Jobs, EnAble India, Monster and Naukri.

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Step 6 - Know solutions to enable you at workplace

Learn more about solutions you can use at the workplace.

Watch this 5 minute video to know about solutions used by persons with disabi. . .

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Step 1 - Get to know Role Models

Get to know few visually impaired who have had growth/change in career.

Read about visually impaired who have worked on moving up in their careers

This video has the journey of Deepa Narasimhan, a person who can move only her fingers has worked hard to build a career

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Step 2 - Rate your current performance

Career growth is possible only if you perform well in your current job. Some persons with disability think that persons without disability get automatic career growth but their growth is restricted. Many persons think that they cannot have a career due to the lack of support from their team or manager. The truth is companies are always looking to develop reliable employees and employees who are enthusiastic about learning and who love their job.

Watch this one minute video to understand what made Cafe Coffee Day to promote a hearing impaired as a manager

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Reflect on this video and write down your improvement areas if any

Step 3 - Rate your learning behavior

Employees who learn constantly and apply their learnings make fewer mistakes and hence have consistently better performance. Employees who learn about their process, their team's process and understand the various departments and company domain do better than others. Such employees look to change vertical growth alone

Watch this short video to understand how building your learning bank helps you grow in your job.

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Reflect on this video and start maintaining your learning bank

Step 4 - Learn to give status to be reliable

You will be surprised to know that there are some employees who have great performance, good learning behavior and still do not have career growth. Very often, there is a good reason for this. Giving regular updates to your team and your team lead and manager is very critical for the smooth functioning of the team. Employees who understand the importance of statusing regularly are better team players because they understand the needs of the team. Some employees write status reports which helps them track their own performance

Watch this video and learn the right way to status about your work

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Reflect whether you can status better and start practicing better statusing

Step 5 - Tips to grow in your career

You can grow in your job in the same company as well as in a different company. It all depends on how you do your current job and attitude you are having at work place. Working hard and learning every day is key to grow in your job. To learn more about career progression read further.

Listen to Audio where Ms. Shanti Raghavan talks about steps to progress in career

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Step 6 - Know career options for visually impaired

Career growth/change is possible for visually impaired. What is the career you are interested in? Find out what career options are available in your company. Career option has to be your choice not based on what your friend is doing.

Use the below resource link to see jobs done by persons with disabilities. You can filter by disability, education and sectors.

Step 7 - Enhance your skills

Get set to march ahead! Order this publication to improve your skills set.

Learn computers on your own Win 7

Learn computers on your own Win 7

Order this publication to learn computer basics, and MS Office with screen reader NVDA

Feb 2016

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Step 1 - How to convince employer to get screen reader?

Employer is not willing to install JAWS screen reader.

Download this JAWS handbook to make your employer aware

JAWS handbook

Download this JAWS handbook to make your employer aware

Jan 21, 2016

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Step 2 - What is the best way for a sighted colleague to orient me at office?

Colleagues are helping me to move around the office now. But I want to do it by myself.

Watch this 2 minute video to know a good way to request for proper orientation

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Step 3 - I do not like my job. It is boring

Many people find job boring. But, when you learn continuously, your job will become interesting. You should learn to take initiative to understand the impact of your work.

This 13 minute audio play helps you understand the importance of staying calm in a difficult situation and not let it affect your performance.

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This 8 minute audio play helps you learn that you can enjoy your work more when you understand the impact of your job.

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This 11 minute audio play will help you learn that it is important to take pride in the work you do.

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Step 4 - My manager is not happy with my performance

Do you feel that you work hard but still your manager is not happy? Understand what your manager expects from you.

In this audio play, you will learn that the company expects you to perform well and not just complete the task given to you.

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In this audio play, you will learn that to work good quality, you have to practice.

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In this audio play, you will learn that you have to take pride in the work you do.

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Step 5 - Many days I have to work extra hours/holidays and I'm stressed

In your job, there will be situations when you have work longer to meet targets. Don't worry, as you improve in your work, you will get better. Learning takes time and when you are flexible, it will help you learn more and help you in job growth.

In this audio play, you will learn that flexibility helps you to learn more and improve your performance.

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In this audio play, you will learn that every company is different and you must not compare your work in another company.

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In this audio play, you will learn the importance of learning how to multi-task.

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Step 6 - My manager does not understand my work

I do lot of work and complete my work but my manager is not happy. Learn how and when to inform your manager about your work.

This video will help you learn when and how to inform your manager about the work you are doing.

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Step 7 - I am having some doubts about my work. My manager is busy. How do I work?

Don't be shy to ask questions. When you have doubts about your work, ask for help. Get your doubts cleared with the help of your manager or team member. This will help to you avoid making mistakes.

This audio play helps you to understand what the manager expects from you and the importance of asking questions if you have doubts.

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This audio play demonstrates the importance of learning to solve problems and complete your tasks.

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In this audio play, you will learn that it is important to keep learning and improving in your job.

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Step 8 - My peers do not understand my abilities, what should I do?

Do you want your colleague to treat you equally? Do you want to be included in all team activities like meetings, trainings and outings? Do you want to let your colleagues know when to help and when not to and to be comfortable interacting with persons with visual impairment?

Watch this video to sensitize your peers about different aspects of vision impairment and to feel comfortable with visually impaired colleagues

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Step 1 - How do visually impaired use computers?

Persons with vision impairment use computers with screen reading software. Screen reading software identifies and gives the equivalent output in audio format of what is displayed on the screen.

Watch this 5 minute video which shows how visually impaired are using multiple applications

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Watch this one minute video where a visually impaired reads a cheque using computers, scanner and OCR

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Watch this one minute video where visually impaired is reading a printed book

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Step 2 - Can a visually impaired work just like sighted?

The screen reader is designed to give you commands which allow you to see just like a sighted person. It also provides commands to work quickly and to double check your work.

Watch this 2 minute video of visually impaired using the standard keyboard and screen reader

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Watch this 2 minute video of visually impaired multi-tasking between applications, seeing events and working fast

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Step 3 - Can a visually impaired work on MS Office effectively?

The answer is yes. MS Word, Excel, Internet, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint can be used with ease.

See this 4 minute video on some tasks visually impaired can perform in MS Word

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See this 4 minute video on some tasks visually impaired can perform in Internet

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See this 4 minute video on important tasks visually impaired can perform in Excel

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Step 4 - Do you want to learn computers?

The best way to learn computers is to learn the concepts in a systematic order. You can use self-learning student manuals which will give you the need for the concept and use the exercises to practice and become perfect. The EYE tool is also provided to help you practice multiple times.

Learn computers on your own Win 7

Learn computers on your own Win 7

Order this publication to learn computer basics, and MS Office with screen reader NVDA

Feb 2016

Order
Learn computers on your own Win 7

Learn computers on your own Win 7

Order this publication to learn computer basics, and MS Office with screen reader NVDA

Feb 2016

Order

Step 5 - Do you want to learn MS Office software?

Order these publications which have student manuals and practical exercises.

Learn Word 2010 Win 7_NVDA

Learn Word 2010 Win 7_NVDA

Order this publication to learn MS Word 2010 with screen reader NVDA

Feb 2016

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Learn Excel 2010 Win 7_NVDA

Learn Excel 2010 Win 7_NVDA

Order this publication to learn MS Excel with screen reader NVDA

Feb 2016

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Learn Powerpoint 2010 Win 7_JAWS

Learn Powerpoint 2010 Win 7_JAWS

Order this publication to learn MS Powerpoint with screen reader JAWS

Feb 2016

Order

Step 6 - Do you want to learn Internet and Email?

Learn Internet Win 7_NVDA

Learn Internet Win 7_NVDA

Order this publication to learn Internet with screen reader NVDA

Feb 2016

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Learn MS Outlook 2010 Win 7_JAWS

Learn MS Outlook 2010 Win 7_JAWS

Order this publication to learn MS Outlook with screen reader NVDA

Feb 2016

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Step 7 - What is the EYE Tool and how does it help me?

The EYE tool (Educate Yourself Easily Tool) helps the visually impaired learn computer skills by giving different exercises for practicing Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Internet concepts. It also gives instant feedback by evaluating your understanding of concepts and sends reports to trainers via email for detailed analysis.

See this 1 minute video which shows how EYE tool gives feedback when you make a mistake

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See this 2 minute video which shows how EYE tool tells you your exact mistake for you to correct

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See this 4 minute video which shows an example of practicing Excel formatting in EYE tool

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Step 1 - Do you want to practice or become excellent in computers?

You are good at computers and want to become excellent? You have not used computers for sometime and want to brush-up? You want to practice few concepts? EYE tool will be of great help to you. Choose specific exercises from the EYE tool menu as per your need

EYE Tool (English)

EYE TOOL: EDUCATE YOURSELF EASILY

This tool helps persons with disability improve computer skills by practicing computer concepts, get evaluated and see reports.

Feb 2016

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EYE - Tool Hindi

EYE - Tool Hindi

This tool in Hindi helps persons with disability improve computer skills by practicing computer concepts, get evaluated and see reports.

Feb 2016

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EYE Tool - Kannada

EYE Tool - Kannada

This tool in Kannada helps persons with disability improve computer skills by practicing computer concepts, get evaluated and see reports.

Feb 2016

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EYE Tool (Tamil)

EYE Tool (Tamil)

This tool helps persons with disability improve computer skills by practicing computer concepts, get evaluated and see reports.

Feb 2016

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Step 2 - How to make sighted friendly well formatted documents?

To make well formatted documents, learn the keystrokes and the discipline of double checking the formatting

See this 4 minute video where visually impaired formats an excel spreadsheet

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See this 2 minute video on how to check formatting in a document

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Step 3 - How do I maintain quality and prevent errors in my work?

A visually impaired should always be disciplined and double check their work. There are techniques to prevent errors in different applications. See the solutions for the most common errors below.

See this 1 minute video to double check after copying a file

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See this 4 minute video of how to prevent confusion and errors while saving file

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See this 4 minute video to prevent formatting errors while copying text from internet

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Step 4 - Tips to maintain quality in Excel

Quality in MS Excel is possible only if you can visualize the excel screen well. Ask your sighted relative or friend to help you visualize excel by seeing the video below. Learn keystrokes and methods to prevent errors.

See this 1 minute video on visualizing excel via tactile diagram

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See this 6 minute video of MIS Executive working with quality in excel

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Step 5 - How can I get oriented to a new application?

When you are using a new application, you will need sighted help to get the initial orientation. Use the video below to help you explain your requirement to your sighted colleague

See this 2 minute video on getting oriented to a new application

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Step 6 - How to see colors in documents made by sighted people?

It is possible for you to see colors in a document via simple keystrokes. This is important since you may lose vital information. For example an excel cell may only be marked RED to indicate a certain status for the task. If you do not read the color, you may not be aware of the status

See this 1 minute video on seeing colors in document

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Step 7 - How do I use an inaccessible application?

To use an inaccessible application, you will need to label the controls which are not being read by the screen reader. You will need sighted help to do the right labelling. Use the video below to get guidance from sighted person.

See this 1 minute video using inaccessible application

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Step 8 - How do I navigate quickly on web tools?

Learn to use page markers to reach a particular location on the web page which you have to visit frequently

See this 1 minute video to use page markers in internet

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