Select ‘Full Screen’ or press ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Alt’ + ‘F’. To select ‘Full Screen’, click on ‘Views’ to open the menu, Fig 5.Click the ‘Plus’ button to increase the magnification or press ‘Windows’ key + ‘+’ (plus). Clicking on the ‘Minus’ button reduces the level of magnification or press the ‘Windows’ key + ‘–’ (minus).When the Magnifier starts, you will notice a magnifying glass icon appears on screen, Fig 3.Ĭlicking on this gives access to the magnifier options dialog, Fig 4. Windows 7 & 8 features three modes of Magnification, Full Screen Magnification, Magnifying Lens and Docked.If you decide not to set the Magnifier to start with Windows, a quick shortcut to start it is to press the ‘Windows’ key + ‘+’ (plus) or ‘–’ (minus) keys.Under ‘Make things on the screen larger’, click to select or press ‘Alt’ + ‘N’ to ‘Turn on Magnifier’ as in Fig 2, select ‘OK’ or press ‘Alt’ + ‘O’.To start Magnifier at login, under ‘Explore all settings’, click on or ‘Tab’ to ‘Make computer easier to see’ then press ‘Enter’.Under Quick Access to common tools press ‘Alt’ + ‘G’ or click to select ‘Start Magnifier’, Fig 1.Open Ease of Access Center press ‘Windows’ logo key + ‘ U’ or click Start button ‘Control Panel’ + ‘Ease of Access’ + ‘Ease of Access Center’.Ease of Access Center has replaced Accessibility Options in the ‘Control Panel’.Tab to the drop down under 'Pressing Windows + Volume Up will turn on' and use the up and down arrow keys to select 'Magnifier'.Tap 'Settings' then tap 'Ease of Access'.Tap 'Settings' then tap 'Ease of Access' from the search results.You can find more settings on the Ease of Access page where you can assign 'Windows' key + 'Volumn Up' quickly turn on 'Magnifier'. Using a mouse move the mouse pointer to the upper right hand corner of the screen, then move the pointer down to select 'Search' and enter Ease of Access in the search box.Tap 'Settings' then tap 'Ease of Access Center' from the search results.On a touch-enabled device, swipe in from the right hand edge of the screen then tap 'Search' and enter Ease of Access in the search box.To open the Ease of Access Center press ‘Windows’ logo key + ‘U’.It is, however, restricted to a small portion of the screen so most vision impaired people find that they require fully-functional magnification software. The Windows magnifier lets you increase text to a very large size.

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