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Tethered
View in ZoomText and Fusion
Tethered View is
a new feature available in ZoomText and Fusion. When using higher zoom levels
(magnification), there is often an activity that occurs on the screen that is
outside of the magnified viewing area. This is where Tethered View is helpful.
It opens a new window inside the magnified area that brings the activity into
view. Tethered View currently supports the Windows Start menu search, Excel
formula bar, Word Comments pane, and links list on a web page (Fusion only). It
is enabled by default for these items.
To toggle Tethered View on and off, or change settings, do the following:
1. In the ZoomText or Fusion Magnifier toolbar tab, select the Window
button.
2. Choose Tethered View.
3. Choose Enable or Disable to toggle Tethered View on and off.
Choose Settings to
customize Tethered View settings as desired.
Windows Start Menu Search and Tethered View
When you use the
search box in the Windows Start menu, you may notice that you cannot see
the
top search result in the magnified view. With Tethered View enabled, the best
match appears in a window next to the search box. You can click the result or
move through the list to see other items.
The following keystrokes are available when using Tethered View with the
Windows Start menu:
• Expand or collapse Tethered View window: CAPS LOCK+T
• View the result at the top of the search list: CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+T
Excel
Formula Bar and Tethered View
In Excel, a
similar scenario occurs when working with formulas. Excel displays the formula
related to a cell in the formula bar located at the top of the worksheet. This
position is far away from the actual cell. The Tethered View brings the formula
to you and displays it next to the cell that has focus. If you want to switch
to the formula field, you can click it or use the CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+T
keystroke.
Other times you may want to read the Excel spreadsheet without the formula
displayed. In this case, you can toggle the Tethered View with CAPS LOCK+T.
The following keystrokes are available when using Tethered View with Excel:
• Expand or collapse Tethered View window: CAPS LOCK+T
• View the Formula bar: CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+T
Microsoft
Word Comments and Tethered View
If you
distribute a Word document for review, others may add comments to the document.
The Comments pane or list is positioned to the far right
side of the screen. In Tethered View, each comment is placed next to the text
where it is inserted. This eliminates the need to move across the screen, find
and read the comment, and then return to the text.
The following keystrokes are available when using Tethered View with Word:
• Expand or collapse Tethered View window: CAPS LOCK+T
• View the comment: CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+T
• Return to the text at the insertion point: ESC
Fusion
Links List and Tethered View
When reading a web page while running Fusion, you can press INSERT+F7 to
display a list of links that are on the page. With Tethered View, as you move
through the list, the current link’s URL appears next to the item in the list.
You can click or press ENTER to select the link.
The following keystrokes are available when using Tethered View with the Fusion
links list:
• Expand or
collapse Tethered View window: CAPS LOCK+T
• View the URL for the link: CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+T
• Open the links list: INSERT+F7
Enhancements in ZoomText 2023.2212.21
and Fusion 2023.2012.5 (December 2022)
The following describes new features and improvements made
in the December 2022 update.
Early Adopter Program
The Early Adopter Program lets you preview
new and updated product features that are in development. As we gradually
introduce features, you can evaluate them and provide feedback that will help
us make improvements before the final release. The Freeze View Update is our
first feature available for evaluation using the Early Adopter Program. It's an
update to the existing Freeze View in ZoomText and Fusion, that provides you
with additional functionality.
Using the Early Adopter Program
To turn on or off Early Adopter Program
features, do the following:
1. In the ZoomText or Fusion menu, choose Early Adopter Program.
The Early Adopter Program dialog appears and shows the features available to
evaluate. The dialog is empty if no features are currently available.
Select one or more check boxes to activate
features. Clear one or more check boxes to deactivate features.
Note: If you are evaluating changes to an existing product feature,
it will revert to its original operation when you clear the check box.
Click OK and restart the software. Features that were turned on are
available for use.
Submitting Feedback
While evaluating a feature, you are
encouraged to give feedback about your experience. Feedback can be given
whether the feature is activated or not.
To give feedback, do the following:
1.
In the ZoomText menu,
choose Early Adopter Program.
The Early Adopter Program dialog displays the features available to evaluate.
2.
Select the Send
Feedback button for the feature you are evaluating.
The Early Adopter Program
Feedback form appears.
3.
Complete the Early Adopter
Program Feedback form and click Send Feedback.
Freeze View Update
Freeze View, currently in ZoomText and
Fusion, is our first feature available for evaluation using the Early Adopter
Program. The following describes how to use Freeze View when it is activated
using the Early Adopter Program.
Freeze View Overview
In a magnified view, it is impossible to see
the entire screen at once. As a result, items of interest, such as the clock
and Start menu, cannot be seen at the same time since they are on opposite
sides of the screen. Freeze View solves this problem by letting you draw a
window around an area of the screen that you want to monitor. When you've
completed your selection, the Freeze View automatically appears on top of the
Full zoom window displaying the selected area. The Full zoom window continues
to operate normally, tracking all on-screen activity and allowing you to
navigate and work in all areas of the screen.
When Freeze View is activated using the
Early Adopter Program, you can create and display up to four Freeze Views
simultaneously. Freeze Views can be placed anywhere on the screen. For example,
you can create a view of the ZoomText app icon located in the system tray and
drag it to an area on the screen that is convenient for you to access. This
lets you quickly bring the ZoomText toolbar into view instead of scrolling with
the mouse pointer to the system tray and then clicking the app icon. Another
example is to create a view of the clock, which is located in
the notification area. Again, you can position it on the screen so that it is
always in view.
Note: Freeze View is only available when
the Zoom Window Type is set to Full and you are using
one monitor or a single display duplicated across multiple monitors.
Early Adopter Freeze View and Current
Freeze View Operation
The table below describes the differences
between the Early Adopter Freeze View and the current Freeze View operation.
|
Freeze View - Early Adopter Program |
Freeze View |
|
Up to four Freeze Views can appear
simultaneously on the screen |
One Freeze View |
|
Assign a name for each Freeze View |
Not available |
|
Option to keep the mouse pointer in front
or behind the Freeze View. |
Always behind |
|
Toggle Freeze Views 1...4 on and off: CAPS
LOCK+CTRL+1...4 |
Toggle Freeze View on and off: CAPS
LOCK+E |
|
Create a specific Freeze View: CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+1...4 |
Not available |
|
Resize and move Freeze View: CAPS
LOCK+A |
Not available |
Create a Freeze View
Note: Freeze View is only available when
the Zoom Window Type is set to Full and you are using
one monitor or a single display duplicated across multiple monitors.
To
create a Freeze View, do the following:
1.
Make sure the Zoom Window Type
is set to Full.
2.
On the Magnifier toolbar tab,
click the arrow next to Window or navigate to Window and press the down arrow
key.
Note: You
can also press CAPS LOCK+N to
create a new Freeze View. When you do this, the Freeze tool becomes active as mentioned
in step 3.
3.
In the Window menu, choose Freeze
View > New Freeze View.
The Freeze tool becomes active.
Note: You
can have up to four Freeze Views. If you try to create a fifth Freeze View, you
must first delete an existing Freeze View.
4.
Move the mouse pointer until
the area you want to freeze is scrolled into view.
5.
Hold down the left button and
drag a selection rectangle around the desired freeze area and release the
button.
When you complete the drag, the Freeze View will appear with sizing handles on
the frame.
6.
To size the window, drag any
handle. To move the window, drag inside the window frame. To scroll the
contents of the window, hold down CTRL and drag
inside the window frame.
7.
To exit the Freeze tool, right
click or press ESC.
8.
To create additional Freeze
Views, repeat steps 1-7. You can have a total of four Freeze Views.
Note: If
you try to add a fifth Freeze View, the Freeze View Settings dialog opens. You
must delete at least one Freeze View from the Views list before adding another.
9.
To save Freeze View changes, in
the ZoomText menu,
choose Configurations > Save
As Default.
Enable and Disable Freeze View
To enable or disable a Freeze View, do one
of the following:
Press the Freeze View On/Off hotkey:
o
CAPS
LOCK+CTRL+1 for Freeze View 1
o
CAPS
LOCK+CTRL+2 for Freeze View 2
o
CAPS
LOCK+CTRL+3 for Freeze View 3
o
CAPS
LOCK+CTRL+4 for Freeze View 4
·
On the Magnifier toolbar
tab, choose Window > Freeze
View > Enable (or Disable).
Note: This only enables and disables the
first Freeze View that is in the Views list in the Freeze settings tab.
Delete a Freeze View
To delete a Freeze View using hotkeys, do
the following:
1.
Press CAPS
LOCK+A until the Freeze View you want to delete is
selected.
2.
Press DELETE.
The Freeze tool appears.
3.
Press ESC to
restore the mouse pointer
4.
Repeat steps 1-3 to delete
other Freeze Views.
To
delete a Freeze View using Freeze View settings, do the following:
1.
On the Magnifier toolbar
tab, select the Zoom Window Settings button,
which appears in the lower-right corner of the Zoom Window group.
The Zoom Window Settings dialog appears.
2.
Select the Freeze tab.
3.
Choose a Freeze View from the
Views list and click the Delete button.
4.
Repeat steps 1-3 to delete
other Freeze Views.
Customize a Freeze View
To
customize a Freeze View, do the following:
1.
On the Magnifier toolbar
tab, select the Zoom Windows Settings button,
which appears in the lower-right corner of the Zoom Windows group.
The Zoom Windows Settings dialog appears.
2.
Select the Freeze tab.
3.
Choose a Freeze View from the
Views list and do any of the following:
o Assign a name
o Choose a zoom level
o
Decide if you want the mouse pointer to appear in front of or behind
the Freeze View. When in front, you can click and use the items in the Freeze
View. When behind, you can only view what is in the Freeze View.
4.
Repeat steps 1-3 to customize
other Freeze Views
5.
Click OK.
6. To save Freeze View changes, in the ZoomText menu, choose Configurations > Save As Default.
Other Changes
·
ZoomText now supports Estonian.
·
Improved performance when running
ZoomText on laptops with a dedicated video card. By default, ZoomText will now
use the dedicated video card if it exists.
·
Resolved an issue in Outlook
where focus tracking was constantly jumping between the To or Cc fields and the
list of suggested contacts.
·
Resolved an issue in Word where
cursor enhancement tracking would stop working when toggling between the
Navigation task pane and the document.
·
Resolved an issue where tracker
alignment would jump between edge alignment and center alignment when moving up
and down the contents of a list box.
·
Resolved an issue where the
Layered Keys Banner did not display correctly when using multiple monitors.
·
Resolved an issue with Tethered
View where the Excel formula bar and the Word Comments pane were not displaying
on the correct monitor. This occurred when the zoom window type was set to
Span.
· Resolved an issue where the Tethered View window would not display properly after expanding it with CAPS LOCK+T.
Senast uppdaterat December 2022