Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Using the Windows 11 Magnifier

I just discovered that Windows 11 has a magnifier function that you can enable under Settings > Accessibility. Once enabled, you open it with the Windows Key + Plus Key combination. 

By default, it gives you a 200% magnification of the full screen. I don't usually need that much so I have set it to 150%. You can set it to magnify an area around the mouse cursor if you prefer. I now have it set to turn on when I log in and have pinned it to my taskbar. 

Full details on all of the Magnifier settings are on the Microsoft website.  

1 comment:

Keith Soltys said...

I did find one annying glitch. Having Magnifier set to load at startup seems to mess up my inverted colour mouse cursor, which I do need. Turning that setting off and just loading Magnfier when want to use it seemed to fix the problem.. (I now have it in my taakbar and start if from them. Leaving it running in the background after manually starting it seems to be OK).