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CloseView Magnifier ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An OmniDesk Utility by Richard G. Hallas CloseView Magnifier is similar in concept to Acorn's magnifying glass utility, except that you can use the computer as normal while it is operating. It makes a very useful alignment tool (especially when used in conjunction with OmniDesk's cursor-key activated pointer movement) as it also provides a pair of optional cross-hairs. Opening the main menu over the magnifier window presents the main utility menu: 'Info' leads to a standard information window. 'Magnification etc' leads to a window in which you can set the magnification factors, as well as whether a cross-hair appears. You can also set whether the magnifier window should magnify itself! This 'Recursive Viewer' option can lead to some very interesting effects. When this settings window is open, you can use function keys <F1> and <F2> to turn the cross-hairs and recursive magnification (respectively) on and off; and clicking <Select> and <Adjust> on the magnifier window itself has the same effect. 'Window position' leads to a window which lets you determine where the magnifier window appears on the screen. This corresponds to an invisible grid, and when you change screen mode the window will snap to this grid. (This feature can be disabled by clicking <Adjust> on the small window icon, which makes it disappear.) 'Save settings' will save all the contents of the 'Magnification etc' window in addition to the screen location of the magnifier. RISC OS 3 users will find that colour dithering is used to simulate the screen border colour in the magnifier window.
00000000 43 6c 6f 73 65 56 69 65 77 20 4d 61 67 6e 69 66 |CloseView Magnif| 00000010 69 65 72 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |ier.~~~~~~~~~~~~| 00000020 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 0a 41 6e 20 4f 6d 6e 69 |~~~~~~~..An Omni| 00000030 44 65 73 6b 20 55 74 69 6c 69 74 79 0a 62 79 20 |Desk Utility.by | 00000040 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 47 2e 20 48 61 6c 6c 61 |Richard G. Halla| 00000050 73 0a 0a 43 6c 6f 73 65 56 69 65 77 20 4d 61 67 |s..CloseView Mag| 00000060 6e 69 66 69 65 72 20 69 73 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 |nifier is simila| 00000070 72 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 70 74 20 74 6f 20 |r in concept to | 00000080 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 6d 61 67 6e 69 66 79 69 |Acorn's magnifyi| 00000090 6e 67 20 67 6c 61 73 73 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 |ng glass utility| 000000a0 2c 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f |, except that yo| 000000b0 75 20 63 61 6e 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f |u can use the co| 000000c0 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 61 73 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c |mputer as normal| 000000d0 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6f 70 65 | while it is ope| 000000e0 72 61 74 69 6e 67 2e 20 49 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 |rating. 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