Virtual Magnifying Glass is an

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, screen magnification tool for Microsoft Windows and

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. Virtual Magnifying Glass is designed for the

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and others who need to magnify part of the computer display. Unlike most similar programs, it does not open a separate program window for the magnification but instead puts a movable

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on the screen. Virtual Magnifying Glass works on a variety of platforms (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS) due to being developed with the

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compiler. There is no charge for the software.

External links

Virtual Magnifying Glass
on SourceForge.net

References

Screen magnifiers Utilities for Windows

See also

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