Reading with Microsoft Edge (23H2)

Microsoft Edge provides all the standard reading features for the web that you expect, but it also goes well beyond that by offering a Reader mode experience for web articles, comprehensive built-in PDF (portable document format) reading and annotation capabilities, and a Read aloud feature that works with both web articles and PDF files.
Read articles on the web
Microsoft Edge lets you browse the web and read articles of interest as you would with other web browsers. But it also offers integrated tools that make reading more immersive and distraction-free.
Like other web browsers, Microsoft Edge provides a true full-screen mode you can toggle by typing F11. It also supports related keyboard shortcuts for zooming the view:

Zoom in: CTRL + -
Zoom out: CTRL + +
Return to default zoom: CTRL + 0
Enter Reader mode with Immersive Reader
Microsoft Edge offers a unique Reader mode experience for web articles called Immersive reader that hides everything on the web page you're reading except for the article text and graphics.

You can't configure Immersive reader to appear automatically. Instead, you turn it on manually when you're reading a web article. To do so, navigate to a web article you wish to read and then click the Immersive reader icon that appears in the right of the Address bar.

The Immersive reader icon only appears when Edge is displaying a web article.
You can also type F9 to toggle Immersive reader.
When you do, the article reloads in a themed Immersive reader view with just the article text and graphics.

To exit Immersive reader, click the "Back" button in the toolbar.
Or, just type ALT + <.
Immersive reader displays a toolbar by default that provides several useful options.

This toolbar can be configured to auto-hide. If you don't see it, just click anywhere in the browser window.
These options include:

Read aloud. This feature will read the web article aloud to you.
Read aloud is described in more detail later in this chapter.
Text preferences. This item opens a pane that lets you customize the Immersive reader's text size, text spacing, font, column style, and theme so that it looks exactly the way you like.

Reading preferences. Here, you can enable and configure two useful reading improvement tools: A line focus feature that will highlight one, three, or fives lines of text (your choice) as you read, and a language translation feature that can translate the article into the language of your choice.

These features are also discussed later in this chapter.
Pin/Unpin toolbar. To keep this toolbar visible all the time, select the "Pin/Unpin toolbar" button. It works like a toggle.

A> Some browser features, like printing and displaying the browser in full-screen mode, also work well with Immersive reader. If you print an article while in this view, for example, it will print it in the style used by Immersive reader.
Use Immersive reader with a selection of text
While Immers...