What is ZoomIt?? How it works???

Introduction

ZoomIt is a 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.

Using ZoomIt

The first time you run ZoomIt it presents a configuration dialog that describes ZoomIt's behavior, let's you specify alternate hotkeys for zooming and for entering drawing mode without zooming, and customize the drawing pen color and size. I use the draw-without-zoom option to annotate the screen at its native resolution, for example. ZoomIt also includes a break timer feature that remains active even when you tab away from the timer window and allows you to return to the timer window by clicking on the ZoomIt tray icon.

Shortcuts

ZoomIt offers a number of shortcuts which can extend its usage greatly.

Function	Shortcut
Begin Zoom In Mode	Ctrl+1
Zoom In	Up Key
Zoom Out	Down Key
Begin Drawing (While zoomed)	Left-Click
Begin Drawing (While not zoomed)	Ctrl+2
Red Pen Color	R
Blue Pen Color	B
Yellow Pen Color	Y
Green Pen Color	G
Show Meeting Timer	Ctrl + 3
Live Zoom Mode	Ctrl + 4
Zoom In (Live mode)	Ctrl + Up
Zoom Out (Live mode)	Ctrl + Down

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By Mark Russinovich

Published: December 11, 2019

 Download ZoomIt (448 KB)
Run now from Sysinternals Live.