Use the Magnifier with a Keyboard Shortcut in Windows 7

Edited by Lukward Thomason, Crystal, Eng

Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to use the magnifier with a keyboard shortcut. In a previous tutorial, we discussed how to access the magnifier through the Windows Start Menu, but there is also a keyboard shortcut.

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Steps

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    To access and use the keyboard shortcut, press and hold the Windows key
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    Then, press the "+" key to zoom in, or the "-" key to zoom out
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    The magnifier bar will appear and the window should have changed
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    We can also change the rate by which the magnifier zooms in or out.
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    To do this, press the Options button, which looks like a gear symbol
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    Then we have to move the slider to set how much the view changes when zooming in or out
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    For the best performance with the keyboard shortcut, it is recommended to keep it at 25%. Press "OK".
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    Now, if we press the Windows key and the "-" key, it will zoom out and go back to normal
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    This concludes the tutorial on how to use the magnifier with a keyboard shortcut on a Windows 7 computer
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Recent edits by: Crystal, Lukward Thomason

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