Starting and Using the Magnifier

The Magnifier accessory program that comes with Windows 98 can make the computer screen easier to read for people who have low vision, or for whenever magnifying screen elements would be helpful. The Magnifier works by displaying an enlarged section of your screen in a narrow window along the top of your screen. The Magnifier allows you to:

• Magnify an area of the screen up to nine times the standard display size.
• Follow the mouse cursor, the keyboard focus, the text editing focus, or any combination of these three.
• Invert colors for contrast.
• Toggle high contrast display for the entire screen.
• Resize and relocate the display area.

When the Magnifier is on, the magnified area is merely a display and not itself an active area. The active focus for cursor, keyboard, and other input devices is always in the unmagnified area.

Note:  The Magnifier is not intended to be a replacement for full-featured magnifiers.

How to set Magnifier options

Note:  If Magnifier does not appear on the Programs menu or one of its submenus, you will need to install Accessibility Options. If you installed Windows 98 with a compact disc, you will be prompted to insert it in your computer.

Exiting the Magnifier

Once the Magnifier is on, the Magnifier Settings button appears in the Windows taskbar. Exiting the Magnifier requires you to access that button, and select the Exit option.