AeroZoom 2.0 Official Download Is Out!

A full introduction hopefully will come soon. For now, enjoy some screen shots (taken from the beta version) and a readme. (Skip to version 2 features) You may download it now on AeroZoom's page.

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                          [ AeroZoom 2.0a ]

        The smooth wheel-zoom, keyboard-free presentation tool


#  AeroZoom enhances upon the new smooth-zooming Magnifier in Windows
   7 to simulate a presentation mouse, where zooming in/out and 
   positioning is a breeze without a keyboard.

#  Enhances mouse operations of Snipping Tool and ZoomIt too since v2.

   [ Main Features ]
     
#  Binding keyboard controls commonly used in presentations to mouse 
   buttons and 'AeroZoom panel' buttons.

#  Zooming in/out or reset any time without using a keyboard; handle 
   more operations with one hand.

#  AeroZoom panel is made of large buttons designed to quickly toggle 
   sub-magnifier settings or to add more functionality. Upon calling
   by mouse buttons, it pops up where the cursor is, without the need
   to locate the Magnifier window minimized in taskbar.

   [ New Features ]

#  Mac OS X zoom -- Achieved with modifier key support: Ctrl, Alt, 
   Win, Shift. Added more mouse button support: Middle, Back, Forward
   and Left, Right. (Lefthanders don't need to run a separate program
   anymore.)

#  'Single-finger zoom' -- No need to use 2 buttons to zoom anymore. 
   Simply zoom by holding and pressing the middle button. 

#  Powerpointing while zooming live -- Thanks to AeroZoom Pad (aka 
   Misclick-preventing pad) that prevents sending clicks to apps
   behind.

#  Sliders -- Slide it to zoom in/out or adjust how deep each scroll 
   zooms (Or, watch it indicate changes as hotkeys are being used to
   zoom.)

#  Hold Middle mouse button as trigger -- Do more with a mouse, and
   dynamically switching operations between zoomed/unzoomed states.

   -  While zoomed, quickly preview the whole screen and move to 
      other areas without zooming out.

   -  Capture regions of screen for annotation with Snipping Tool --
      By holding Middle button and drag. (Like Compiz's Winkey+drag.)

   -  Optional Sysinternals ZoomIt enhancements -- Access non-live 
      zoom (aka still zoom), draw, break timer, black/white board,
      all without a keyboard.

   [ More Features ]

#  New Tool menu containing lots of useful accessories, such as:

   -  Windows Tools: Access common tools right from the menu.

   -  Run on Startup: e.g. Have the screen color inverted at startup

   -  Click-n-Go: In old versions, when a panel button is pressed, 
      AeroZoom Panel hides itself at once for efficiency, but now
      this feature is optional to help beginners.

   -  Always-on-Top: Make panel and tools run from it on the front.

   -  Advanced Options: Lots of customizations for tweakers, e.g.
      define a custom text editor, delay the triggers.

#  All Windows Magnifier settings can now be accessed in the panel.

#  Specially optimize mouse with a Back/Forward button to do more.
   (See '? > Quick Instructions > Extras')

#  Supports more keyboard shortcuts (See [Quick Instructions] below)

#  Many subtle improvements, e.g. redesigned algorithm to enhance
   precision and performance. Magnifier runs in the background at
   once after AeroZoom is started. Settings from last time are also
   applied automatically.

#  Portable and now installable. (See [Special Installation] below.)

#  Native 64-bit support.

#  As always, free and open source. Written with AutoHotkey.

   [ Quick Start ]
 
#  Basically, just run AeroZoom.exe. Try zooming with [Left]+[Wheel-
   up/down] mouse buttons, preview full screen by holding [Middle],
   reset zoom with [Left]+[Middle]. (The latter are added functions
   which the original Magnifier does not offer.) Then, when more
   functions are needed, call the AeroZoom panel with [Left]+[Right]
   buttons.

   [ Quick Instructions ]

#  AeroZoom binds common keyboard controls to these mouse buttons
   and keys.

    - Keyboard Shortcuts -

   Full Screen          => [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]
   Lens                 => [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L]
   Docked               => [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D]
   Preview full screen  => [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Space]

   Zoom level           => [Win] + [Alt] + [F1 to F6]
   Invert color         => [Win] + [Alt] + [I]
   Follow mouse         => [Win] + [Alt] + [M]
   Follow key           => [Win] + [Alt] + [K]
   Follow text          => [Win] + [Alt] + [T]

   Reset zoom           => [Win] + [Shift] + [-]
   Reset magnifier      => [Win] + [Alt] + [R]
   Show|hide magnifier  => [Win] + [Shift] + [`]
   Show|hide panel      => [Win] + [Shift] + [Esc]
   New snip             => [Win] + [Alt] + [S]
   Turn off|on hotkeys  => [Win] + [Alt] + [O]

    - Modifier (User-defined Mouse Button/Key) -

   Zoom in              => hold [Modifier] + [Wheel-up]
   Zoom out             => hold [Modifier] + [Wheel-down]
   Reset zoom           => [Modifier] + [Middle]
   Show|hide panel      => [Left] + [Right]
   Preview full screen  => hold [Middle]  *when zoomed
   New snip             => hold [Middle]  **when zoomed out
   Still zoom on|off    => hold [Middle]  **requires ZoomIt
 
   
   Note:    In Middle button mode, hold [Middle] + [Right] to reset
            zoom, [Middle] + [Left] to snip/still-zoom/preview.

            In Back/Forward mode, more hotkeys are supported for use
            use of unused buttons, see 'Quick Instructions > Extras'
     
   [ Special Installation ] 

#  AeroZoom by default installs into Local App Data, To install to
   All Users or perform unattended installation, see Setup.exe /?

   [ Usage and Tips ]

#  There's a lot I want to tell you, so I did a Startup Tips feature
   in AeroZoom 2.0. Also, see this page for a walkthrough and video:

   wandersick.blogspot.com/p/aerozoom-for-windows-7-magnifier.html

   [ System Requirements ]

  1. Windows 7 Home Basic/Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate/Enterp.
     
  2. Aero (theme) is required. Windows 7 Starter does not support 
     Aero at all, so it cannot use Lens and Full Screen views.

  3. AeroZoom needs administrator rights to run. If non-admin, it
     elevates itself. (Note: However, the Installation is per-user 
     and does not require admin rights). 'Run on Startup' and some
     parts don't fully support standard user accounts (even after
     elevation).

  4. For Sysinternals ZoomIt enhancements, please download zoomit
     .exe and put it into 'AeroZoom\Data' folder.

   [ Limitations ]

  #  If you've encountered any bugs or any of the following and 
     think it is a bug. Please leave a message via the link above
     to let Wandersick know.

  1. Sometimes, the 1st click (holding [Middle] button) for still 
     zoom (of Sysinternals ZoomIt) has no effect. The 2nd time does.

  2. In middle button modifier, scrolling too 'awkwardly' may cause 
     duplication ('ghost frames') of misclick-preventing pad.

  3. Zoom Pad may be inaccurate for some types of window. You may 
     try fine-tuning offset settings in 'Tool > Advanced Options'.

  4. Zooming may be jerky when both misclick-preventing pad and 
     'follow keyboard' are on. ('Follow text' is OK though.)

  5. Turning ZoomIt on and off frequenly may leave lots of phantom
     tray icons.

  6. In unknown situations, the pad suddenly turns untransparent.

  7. The Magnification slider gets jerky or does not work. Try to
     avoid using keyboard hotkeys and see if it improves.

  8. Tip for ZoomIt's Zoom/Draw/Timer. While a ZoomIt window is 
     activated, do NOT press [Alt + F4] to leave; otherwise ZoomIt
     .exe might hang without ending the process, leaving a phantom
     ZoomIt.exe that causes problems. Instead, press [Esc] or right
     click or press [Timer] on the panel to leave.

  9. 'Run on Startup' fails to automatically run magnifier at
     startup if there are UAC prompts caused by other programs
     during boot.

 10. After using AeroZoom, Magnifier cannot be launched separately.
     Solution: At 'Tool > Advanced Options', change 'Magnifier' to
     Min/Show.

 11. Pressing buttons on the AeroZoom panel has no effect at times?
     You may have to set 'Button delay' in 'Tool > Advanced Options'
     to a higher value for your system. (Some tweaking is required.)

   [ Releases ]
     
    v1.0    Private release
    v1.5    Added [Calc], [Draw] and [Type] buttons
    v1.6    First public release.
            Added [Off] button to temporarily disable mouse hotkeys.
    v1.7    Fixed a nasty bug that seriously affect usability and
            beauty when run with UAC on. Sorry for any inconvenience.
            Significantly improved performance during operations.
            Fixed keyboard alt texts of help menu and [hide] button.
    v1.9    Private release
    v2.0    Big release with a complete redesign. See top of this doc.
            Some fixed bugs are listed here:
            - After pressing [Kill] or externally closing Magnifier,
              [Invert Color] needed to be pressed 2 times.
            - Ease Of Access Center pop-ups on first zoom.
            - Titles matching don't work in non-English systems
            - Changes aren't reflected on AeroZoom at once after 
              changing settings in Windows Magnifier.
            - Tray icon doesn't bring up AeroZoom Panel.
    v2.0a   ZoomIt Enhancements Setup and subtle improvements
            Fixed bug of original keyboard zoom hotkeys

   [ Credits / Attributions ]

#  Icon by Oliver Scholtz - www.iconfinder.com/browse/iconset/humano2

#  Many thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions that made what
   AeroZoom is today.

   [ Suggestions ]

#  Do you have one? Please drop me a line at wandersick@gmail.com, or:
     

(c) 2010-11 Wandersick | http://wandersick.blogspot.com

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