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Zoomit from Microsoft Sysinternals is a nifty little screen-zooming and annotating tool for presentations. It's free, portable, and compatible with all versions of Windows from XP up as well as Server 2003 and above. It sits in the System Tray until you activate it with customizable hot keys. You can use it to zoom in on portions of the screen, move the zoomed portion, and even draw on the screen, with or without zooming. Zoomit's drawing mode accepts digital pen input and is compatible with tablet PCs.
When you first run Zoomit, the Options dialog appears; there you can set your hot key choices or accept the defaults. We chose the default settings, Ctrl-1, 2, 3, and so on, for toggling the Zoom, LiveZoom (only in Vista and Windows 7), Draw, Type, and Break functions. These settings include various other options, such as Fonts on the Type tab and a Timer as well an Advanced options on the Break tab. We tried Zoomit's main Zoom function by clicking the program icon in the System Tray as well as via the hot key combination; both worked smoothly. We clicked Zoom, selected a portion of the screen with a left mouse click, and scrolled the mouse wheel; the screen image zoomed in and out, and we were able to move the zoomed portion easily by right-clicking the mouse, dragging the image, and left-clicking to fix it. Pressing Esc or double-clicking the image restored the screen to normal. The Drawing tool worked fine with the mouse and a Wacom pen, producing a customizable line on any screen image on which we activated it. We set the Break Timer for 1 minute, activated it, and a blank white screen appeared with a digital clock displaying a 1-minute countdown. When the break time was over, the screen returned to normal, and we went back to work.
Timing and smoothness are critical in presentations, and no audience likes to sit still while you fumble with file menus and awkward image slideshows. Zoomit can give you a magic touch. With a little practice, you could probably become as proficient with Zoomit as the average teenager is with texting.
Publisher's Description
From Microsoft:
ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. I wrote ZoomIt to fit my specific needs and use it in all my presentations.ZoomIt works on all versions of Windows and you can use pen input for ZoomIt drawing on tablet PCs.
What's new in this version: Version 4.42 fixes a bug that caused static zoom to snap to the top and left side of the screen in some cases.
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"Excellent tool for zooming screen (ctrl+1)"
Version: ZoomIt 4.4
Pros
Very nice
easy to use
prtable and free
many options tu use for presentation and drowing on the screen.
customizable shortcutCons
No con that i have found about it
Summary
This little program is a must have.
Little amall program, but great functions.
It does woth it says
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"Great easy to use program"
Version: ZoomIt 4.2
Pros
works, easy to use, no installation, free. Possible to type as well (besides drawing).
Cons
Thouhg simple it does lack some options to make it spectacular. (Unable to save your beatiful art other than a screenshot, you can't change the color of your typing without leaving the writing modus.)
Summary
Easy to use, free, no installation required. You have nothing to lose so give it a try. You'll be convinced in under 5 minutes.
And than you can use it to zoom as well. (No more too small letter when showing a website.) -
"Excellent program that I need"
Version: ZoomIt 4.2
Pros
Very useful zoom tool for anyone who is using Windows
Easy interface. It's sufficient launch program and move mouse.
The sreen becames more and more greatestCons
No cons at thlismoment
Summary
It i a must have for read little characters that sometime appear in internet or in some window programs page
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"A very nice and handy prgr."
Version: ZoomIt 4.1
Pros
A very nice and handy prgr.
Cons
I cant find anything wrong with ZoomIt
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"Excellent!"
Version: ZoomIt 4.1
Pros
Highly Recommended
Cons
No complain
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"Simple perfection"
Version: ZoomIt 4.1
Pros
It does exactly what you need it to do. No more, no less.
Cons
Nah, can't seem to find any cons at all.
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"Excellent tool for presenter !"
Version: ZoomIt 4.1
Pros
Very useful zoom tool for anyone who is using Windows - I have tested using Vista and 7, 32 and 64 bit. It works like charm. The live zoom feature also work with video (movie). Can replace the built in zoom tool from Windows 7. Highly recommended.
Cons
The software is so good, I don't have any complain
Summary
Must have tool for presenter
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"match my need"
Version: ZoomIt 4.0
Pros
I'm IT professional, I really love this software help my presentation on stage. SW from Microsoft it self , I never found error
Cons
zoom is ok, but 'zoom and draw' might be better (may be on next version?)
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"Pretty basic, but still good."
Version: ZoomIt 4.0
Pros
Allows you to zoom by pressing CTRL + 1, then zoom further with the middle mouse button. Allows you to draw on the screen (good for presentations).
Cons
Very basic magnifying program.
Summary
For a very small size, this program is still good, despite being a very basic zoom program.
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"No Help in menu (a bit in Options). Prog not obvious."
Version: ZoomIt 4.0
Pros
Nothing at all.
Cons
Not sure WHAT prog is meant to do (except Zoom which is all I want - not the Draw option etc.) and not clear on HOW to do it. Help almost nil. Can't seem to pick an area of the screen to zoom (just the lot). Screen pixels become huge quickly.
Summary
Can't spend more time on it & probably not worth it anyway.
