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[sigr]

Is there a function to Zoom In, Zoom out?
I would like to do something like:

^WheelDown::ZoomIn
^WheelUp::ZoomOut

Then I could make Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Project, etc. work the same way as Firefox, Help, GroupWise, etc.

Thanks in advance,
SigR

[jaco0646]

ScreenMagnifier
...probably the best you'll find in AHK. I'm sure there are many 3rd party apps that do the same.
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[SKAN]

[fsnow55]

I don't think this meets the original request, or at least my interpretation of it (or my own need).... what's needed is a zoom feature that appears to work natively with the application being zoomed. e.g. in FF, you can zoom the screen and
everything gets zoomed, even the editable fields. The user can then type with the zoomed fonts. The magnifier cited, and others e.g. Oneloupe only zooms for VIEWING but what's needed is real screen zooming on any application e.g. word/vim/cmd etc and user can type/edit on the increased zoomed application's screen.

Potential Uses:
1. demos e.g. user can zoom editable parts and type on them, without really changing the font sizes.

2. edit documents that are formatted with small fonts but still not change the original font settings e.g. for sight-impaired folks etc.


I saw this zoom feature in an Eclipse/Java tutorial:
http://eclipsetutorial.sourceforge.net/
see total beginner or Persistence sections. The tutor would sometimes zoom and type certain section of the code to highlight teaching points, which is very cool. I don't know if this zoom feature is part of the Eclipse IDE but I couldn't find it in any of the setups.

BTW, the other cool thing in the demo is a highlighted halo around the cursor, making it very easy to follow what the tutor is doing.

Thanks,
fsnow55

[fsnow55]

Just to answer my own question... the instructor replied that the zoom and cool cursor features are part of the presentation tool he used, Camtasia Studio.

I think the zooming should be built in to the OS though, or someone could write an AHK script to replicate it. I don't even know where to begin. I've a workaround though (physical magnifying glass )