Microsoft Edge Immersive Reader now supports Wikipedia

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Immersive Reader, a feature of Microsoft Edge that strips down extraneous content on web pages, makes the web more accessible and less distracting.

Today Microsoft announced that the feature now supports Wikipedia, greatly simplifying the presentation of the web pages.

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You can now open all Wikipedia webpages in Immersive Reader by clicking Immersive Reader (book and speaker)ย iconย in the address bar.

Microsoft added some additional features to support the online encyclopedia:

Quickly navigate the page withย Table of Contents

New to Immersive Reader isย aย Table of Contentsย so you canย easily navigate through Wikipedia pagesย whileย usingย Immersive Reader .

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Click on Contents within icon (three lines and dots in the toolbar) to open the navigation pane and see a list of sections based on the Wikipedia webpage. You can click on any of the labels in the pane to navigate to that section of the webpage. You can keep the pane open for as long as you need it and close by either clicking Contents button or cross (x) button when you want to go back to reading the document.

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Expand or collapse data tablesย as you read

Thisย capabilityย will helpย youย to scroll through content easilyย by providing the option to hideย tablesย that might not interest you.

When you open a new webpage in Immersiveย Reader, data tables will display first few rows followed by a button โ€œShow moreโ€. You can click this button to see more rows in the table.

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Immersive Reader does not just make web pages more distracting, but also more accessible for everyone. Read more about the improvements at Microsoft here.

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