# Screen Magnifier App recommendiations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054 "2017-01-24T18:50:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054/1 "2017-01-24T18:50:39Z")

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Does anyone have recommendations of good magnifying glass app for a Windows PC ?

I do a lot of screen share work and getting a bit tired of squinting at the fine print by the time I see things on my PC. I am checking things out in Google but am leery of downloading something without some recommendations.

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054/2 "2017-01-24T19:17:40Z")

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It comes with Windows. Just push Start and type Magnifier.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054/3 "2017-01-24T19:49:26Z")

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Or just use the zoom on your phones camera, works for me at restaurants. 🙂

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054/4 "2017-01-24T20:15:58Z")

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In my Windows 7, just hold down the Windows logo key and press + , a magnifier will automatically open, which will follow your pointer around the page and can be zoomed in or out using the WKey with + or -.

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054/5 "2017-01-24T20:47:35Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> In my Windows 7, just hold down the Windows logo key and press + , a magnifier will automatically open, which will follow your pointer around the page and can be zoomed in or out using the WKey with + or -.

Cool. Works with Windows 10 too!

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-magnifier-app-recommendiations/778054/6 "2017-01-25T00:54:21Z")

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You can also enlarge or shrink many applications by holding down the Ctl key and rotating the knurl knob on the mouse.