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Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge

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Immersive Reader for Edge offers the same functionalities as Immersive Reader in other Microsoft applications. You customize how they read online for an easier, more accessible experience. Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge simplifies the layout of text and images and provides amazing learning and accessibility tools, such as Read Aloud, text preferences, grammar tools, and more.

How to use Immersive Reader in Edge

First, look for the Immersive Reader icon in the address bar.

Screenshot of immersive reader icon in the Edge address bar

If the icon is in the address bar, select it, then select "Enter Immersive Reader." Alternatively, you can press the F9 key to enter Immersive Reader

You may not see the Immersive Reader icon in the address bar, you can still enter Immersive in one of two ways:

First, you can add the prefix read: to the URL in the address bar and press Enter (make sure the colon symbol separates "read" and "https" in the address bar. It should look like this: 

read:https

Screenshot of the read prefix in the address bar

Second, you can select the text that you want to read, right-click, and from the context menu, select "Open in Immersive Reader".

Screenshot of highlighted text with right click menu showing

To exit Immersive Reader just select "Exit Immersive Reader" from the address bar or by using the keyboard shortcut F9.

Screenshot of exit immersive reader icon in the Edge address bar

Immersive Reader Settings

Text Preferences

Choose from a wide variety of text and color options such as Text size, Text spacing, and Page themes to enhance your experience in Immersive Reader.

Select the "Text preferences" button in the Immersive Reader toolbar.

  • Text size: Under the label Text size, move the slider right to make the text larger; move it left to make the text smaller.
  • Text spacing: Turn on Text spacing to increase spacing between lines of text.
  • Text column style: Adjust how wide your page's text column spreads.
  • Page themes: Choose from a variety of page themes and color options.
Screenshot of immersive reader settings

Reading Preferences

Reading preferences help improve reading comprehension by splitting words into syllables and highlighting nouns, verbs, and adjectives. 

To open Reading preferences, select Reading preferences from the Immersive Reader toolbar. 

Screenshot of Reading preferences options
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