Make Text and Images Easier to Read with the Windows 7 Magnifier

Do you have impaired vision or find it difficult to read small print on your machine screen?

Magnifier was available in previous versions of Windows, but the Windows 7 version comes with some notable improvements.

There are now three screen modes in Magnifier.

Full Screen and Lens mode, however, require Windows Aero to be enabled.

Alternately, you might pop in magnifier into the Search box in the Start Menu and hit Enter.

On the Magnifier toolbar, choose your View mode by clicking Views and choosing from the available options.

Clicking the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons will zoom in or zoom out.

you’re free to change the zoom in/out percentage by adjusting the slider bar.

it’s possible for you to also enable color inversion and select tracking options.

Click OK when finished to store your tweaks.

After a brief period, the Magnifier Toolbar will switch to a magnifying glass icon.

Simply poke the magnifying glass to display the Magnifier Toolbar again.

The rest of your desktop will remain in its normal state.

you could then control which area of the screen is magnified by moving your mouse.

Full Screen ModeThis magnifies your entire screen and follows your mouse as you move it around.

Lens ModeThe Lens screen mode is similar to holding a magnifying glass up to your screen.

Full screen mode magnifies the area around the mouse.

The magnified area moves around the screen with your mouse.