Helpful Tools to Use
Zoom It - See Your Screen Up Close!
Zoom It
ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for presentations and demonstrations. It is a free download. Click the links for the download. You can select your own hotkeys when you set it up, if you wish.
Default hotkeys for ZoomIt:
- Toggle: Ctrl + 1
- zoom in with the mouse wheel or with up and down arrows
- Exit Zoom: Esc or pressing the right mouse button
- for Windows Vista or higher Toggle: Ctrl + 4
- Toggle while zoomed : pressing the left mouse button.
- Erase last entry: Ctrl + Z
- Erase All Writing: 'e'
- Change pen colors: 'r'(red), 'g'(green), 'b' (blue), 'o'(orange), 'y'(yellow), 'k'(black)
- Draw a straight line: holding down Shift
- Draw a rectangle: Control Key
- Draw an elipse: Tab Key
- Draw an arrow: Shift + Control
- Clear the screen: 'w'(white), or 'k'(black)
- Type in Drawing Mode: 't' (type); exit by pressing esc or left mouse button. Use mouse wheel to change font size.
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Screencast-O-Matic
This is a free online program to capture your screen and your voice and makes a video with audio and be able to upload it for free! There is nothing to download! There is a demo video on their website, near the bottom of the page. Click here for the demo.
I created a quick screencast to try it out. Click here to go to my demo of opening up Word 2007 and changing the font and its size.
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I created a quick screencast to try it out. Click here to go to my demo of opening up Word 2007 and changing the font and its size.
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