Contents
1 Introduction 1
ZoomText Magnifier 2
ZoomText Magnifier/Reader 4
What's New in ZoomText 9.1 6
System Requirements 9
About the ZoomText User's Guide 10
Documentation formatting 11
2 Getting Started 13
Installing ZoomText 14
Downloading Program Components 17
Automatic Updating 18
Starting ZoomText 9.1 20
Activating ZoomText 9.1 21
Preparing to Activate ZoomText 22
The Activation Process 23
Activating a Magnifier/Reader installation
with a Magnifier serial number 26
Activating ZoomText on more than
one computer 26
Transferring Your ZoomText Software License 27
Frequently Asked Questions About
Product Activation 28
Registering ZoomText 9.1 30
The ZoomText User Interface 32
Minimizing and Restoring the User Interface 34
Enabling and Disabling ZoomText 35
Using the Tray Icon 36
Using Tools with the Keyboard 37
Exiting ZoomText 38
Uninstalling ZoomText 39
Windows Vista Logon Support 40
The ZoomText Logon Support Toolbar 40
Enabling and Disabling ZoomText’s
Logon Support 42
Windows Vista User Account Control 43
Getting Help 45
3 Magnification Features 47
The Magnifier Toolbar 47
Setting the Magnification Level 50
Mouse Wheel Zooming 53
Zoom Windows 55
Selecting a Zoom Window 56
Adjusting a Zoom Window 60
The Freeze Window 62
Using View Mode and the View Locator 66
Dual Monitor Support 69
Dual Monitor System Requirements 71
Required Display Settings 72
Using ZoomText's Dual Monitor Support 73
Advanced Dual Monitor Settings 77
Using ZoomText with Dual Monitors Disabled 78
Primary Monitor and Physical Arrangement 79
Using the Dual Monitor Feature with
Three or More Monitors 80
Dual Monitor Troubleshooting 81
Screen Enhancements 88
Color Enhancements 88
Pointer Enhancements 94
Cursor Enhancements 98
Focus Enhancements 102
Font Enhancements 106
Excluding xFont in Problem Applications 111
Finders 113
Desktop Finder 113
Web Finder 117
Text Finder 121
Text Finder Toolbar 122
Text Finder Settings 123
Navigation Settings 126
Tracking 126
Turning tracking on and off 129
Alignment 130
Mouse 133
Smooth Panning 135
Smooth Scrolling 138
4 Screen Reading Features 141
The Reader Toolbar 141
Speech Settings 144
Turning Speech On and Off 144
Adjusting the Speech Rate 145
Synthesizer Settings 146
Text Processing 150
Hints 153
Echo Settings 156
Typing Echo 156
Mouse Echo 159
Program Echo 161
Verbosity 164
Reading Tools 171
AppReader 172
AppReader Settings 174
AppReader Hotkeys 176
DocReader 178
The DocReader Toolbar 180
DocReader Settings 182
DocReader Hotkeys 185
Reading Zones 187
Reading Zones Toolbar 187
Creating, Editing and Deleting Reading Zones 189
Using Reading Zones 192
Reading Zones Settings 195
Reading Options 200
SpeakIt Tool 205
Reading the Windows Clipboard 206
Text Reading Hotkeys 207
5 Preferences 211
Program Preferences 211
User Interface Preferences 215
Windows Vista Preferences 217
6 Hotkeys 221
Hotkey Combinations 221
Hotkeys Dialog Box 222
Changing Hotkey Settings 224
Passing Hotkeys to the Current Application 225
ZoomText Hotkeys 226
7 Configuration Files 239
Saving and Loading Configurations 240
The Default Configuration 241
Configuration Hotkeys 242
Application Settings 243
Naming Applications 246
8 Scripting 249
What are Scripts and Scripting Languages? 250
Writing ZoomText Scripts 251
Other Sources of ZoomText Scripts 251
Scripting Documentation for Script Writers 252
Managing Scripts 253
Registering Scripts 257
Script Hotkeys 262