Now Microsoft does not want you to go through the Settings menu or the Windows Up key all over again. Once you are fully zoomed out, you may want to zoom in again. Either one or both of buttons will be visible. There are those minus buttons on lower left and / or right corners. When you start magnifier using touch, it will be zoomed in. Now you can press the WINDOWS logo on the device and press Volume UP button to start Magnifier. But there is another option just below (green arrow). That’s it.įor some reason, it is not active on my Surface Pro. On the right side you will see a switch called Make everything on your screen bigger. Now choose Change PC Settings option at the bottom. Swipe from the right edge of the screen to get the charms menu… Choose Settings You will have to pan the area and close it – which is definitely cumbersome. It works but now the Keyboard itself gets zoomed. Use the On Screen keyboard and use Windows + shortcut. If I don’t have a keyboard attached, how to do it? Question: How do I invoke magnifier using TOUCH?Īll along we have been using keyboard keys Windows + to invoke magnifier. When you reach the edge of the actual screen, that scrollable border disappears to visually indicate to you that you have reached the end.įor example, here it shows that I have reached the top and left edge. Move your finger along any of these borders to scroll the screen up / down or right to left. Now what about the other border areas? Notice that they are an overlay which is semi-transparent. Touch these icons to zoom in or out easily. On top you see two PLUS signs and at bottom two MINUS signs. There is a thick but transparent border shown. But the moment you touch the screen, something else appears around the screen border… When you zoom using the Windows + shortcut key, zoom in happens as usual. That is why it needs an easy way to navigate using touch. Often touch devices are used WITHOUT keyboard or mouse attached.
But because this is a TOUCH device, the magnifier has another great feature.
Surface Pro and Windows MagnifierĪll the features mentioned earlier work on Surface Pro. Once in zoom mode, the zoom region follows your mouse cursor or keyboard typing. By default the zoom is 200% but you can increase it up to 1600%.
Windows and Plus key zooms in and Windows with Minus key zooms out the entire screen. Please read the earlier articles about Zoom before you read this article. Use it and spread the word – Zoom the benefit! Question: How do I invoke magnifier using TOUCH?.
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