How to open Windows Magnifying glass & Keyboard
This is a trick that brings up a magnifying glass (Microsoft calls it the magnifier), or a virtual keyboard under Windows.
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Utility manager (Using shortcuts)
You need to open up the utility manager, to do this, simply push on the following two keyboard keys : which we call ( Windows )+ U
Or
proceed as follows: then All Programs then Accessories then Accessibility and finally Utility Manager .
Magnifying glass
Select Magnifier is not running and then on Start . This opens a window that allows you to change the magnifier settings.
Virtual Keyboard
Select On-screen keyboard is not running then on Start .
If you went to the French version of this illustration, you would notice an AZERTY keyboard instead of the standard English QWERTY keyboard. The keyboards are named so because of the letter order on the top line.
- Foreign language settings:
To do this, you must have the language bar selected in the toolbar. Just on a blank area of the tool bar
and this image will appear:
By (left clicking the mouse) on the down arrow you will be lead to these options:
Once you choose Settings... your options page will come up:
Just select Add... and choose your language. In this example we added French and German.
The next step is to first bring up the virtual keyboard as described above, and then to select the desired language in the toolbar. In this example, we opened a German virtual keyboard.
Turning the magnifier or keyboard off
Press on these two keys + U to get to the utilities manager again, and select Stop .
Utility Manager (Traditional method)
All of the above tricks can also be reached via traditional methods under windows.
Just select Magnifier, Narrator or On-screen Keyboard