This tutorial will show you how to quickly reset zoom in Magnifier for your account in Windows 11.
Magnifier makes part or all of your screen bigger so you can see words and images better.
Microsoft added a new keyboard shortcut CTRL + ALT + Minus for Magnifier users to quickly toggle between the current zoom and 1X zoom.
Microsoft added buttons in Magnifier to reset zoom to fit to screen and reset zoom to your last/preferred magnification.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26340.9354 (Experimental 26H2) for Insiders, Magnifier now understands each of your displays. Every screen keeps its own view at its own zoom. In earlier versions of Magnifier, zooming in stretched a single magnified view across all of your displays, so one screen's zoom followed you everywhere and screen edges blurred together. With this update, each monitor's boundary is respected, and each monitor can have its own zoom percentage. Your writing screen can be at 300% while your reference screen stays at 150%, and the magnified view no longer spills from one display into the next. This behavior matters because different tasks and screen resolutions often require different levels of magnification to remain comfortable to read.
References:
Use Magnifier to make things on the screen easier to see | Microsoft Support
Learn how to make items on the screen appear larger by using Magnifier in Windows.
support.microsoft.com
Windows keyboard shortcuts for accessibility | Microsoft Support
Learn more about keyboard shortcuts for accessibility in Windows, including shortcuts for Narrator, Magnifier, and more.
support.microsoft.com
Contents
- Option One: Toggle Reset Zoom in Magnifier using Keyboard Shortcut
- Option Two: Reset Zoom to Fit Screen in Magnifier using Button
- Option Three: Reset Zoom to Last/Preferred Magnification in Magnifier using Button
1 Open Magnifier (
+ Plus).2 Move the mouse pointer onto the display you want to change the zoom level for.
3 If the zoom level is above 100% in Magnifier, you can press the Ctrl + Alt + - (minus) to change the magnification to 100% ("fit to screen" or "1X zoom:").
4 If the zoom level is 100% in Magnifier, you can press the Ctrl + Alt + - (minus) to revert back to the last/most used magnification state.
1 Open Magnifier (
+ Plus).2 Move the mouse pointer onto the display you want to change the zoom level for.
3 If the zoom level is above 100% in Magnifier, click/tap on the Reset zoom to fit screen button to change the magnification to 100% ("fit to screen" or "1X zoom:"). (see screenshot below)
The last/preferred magnification is from the PreviousMagnification DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ScreenMagnifier
1 Open Magnifier (
+ Plus).2 Move the mouse pointer onto the display you want to change the zoom level for.
3 If the zoom level is 100% in Magnifier, click/tap on the Reset zoom to last/preferred magnification button to revert back to the last/most used magnification state. (see screenshot below)
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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