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  How to work with iZoomMouse
After starting the application a thin color frame appears around your computer mouse pointer. It is iZoomMouse main window.

It does not have any title bar, system menu or control buttons, only a thin color crosshair on the center of the window which can help you to "take aim" on an "alien" window.

If you move your mouse iZoomMouse follows its moving AND it magnifies a desktop area directly under the mouse pointer.

You can work with your mouse as you used to -
you can double click through iZoomMouse window to run any application on your computer desktop, click on any button on an "alien" window, press the right mouse button to show its popup menu, type some text.

ALL your mouse and keyboard events are transferred to the activated window. Only a few keyboard commands (see below) are reserved for using with iZoomMouse .


NB.  Please be aware that:
  • Since iZoomMouse uses transparancy in its work other transparency-modifying software can interfere with iZoomMouse functionality.

  Lock Window Mode
This mode allows you to type any text in any text editor (i.e. MS Word) and see magnified portion of this typing text.

To use this mode place iZoomMouse above any editor application and click on it to make this window active. Then press Ctrl+L to lock the editor's window. iZoomMouse frame border will change the color to indicate that the program is in the lock mode.

From this moment iZoomMouse screen will be located exactly above the current caret position. If you try to type some text, iZoomMouse will be synchronously shifted too to reflect the typing text. If you press Enter button to move to the next line, the program will repeat this movement. And so on.

To finish up this mode and unlock the editor, press Ctrl+U. iZoomMouse frame border will restore its old color.

NB.  Please be aware that:
  • It is strongly recomended to switch off the Lock mode when you finished typing the text.
  • Unfortunately some text editors (i.e. MS Word 97) do not support the Lock Window functionality.

  Options Dialog
This dialog allows you to:
  • change zoom factor;
  • change height and width of the program's window;
  • change color of the program's window frame and central crosshair;
  • change color of the program's window frame in locked mode;
  • switch on/off dispalying of the central crosshair;

  Program Popup Menu
Use the keybord command (see below) to activate program's popup menu.
Select the corresponding menu item to open Options Dialog, show help file, minimize the program's window and so on.

  Keybord Commands
  Show help file Ctrl+?
  Activate popup menu Ctrl+^
  Minimize the program's window Ctrl+>
  Restore the program's window Ctrl+<
  Lock an editor's window Ctrl+L
  Unlock an editor's window Ctrl+U
  Show central crosshair Ctrl++
  Hide central crosshair Ctrl+-