{"id":6390,"date":"2020-06-07T19:38:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T19:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2020-06-07T19:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T19:41:18","slug":"free-zoom-screen-sketch-win-10-tool-zoomit-to-do-note-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=6390","title":{"rendered":"Free Zoom\/screen sketch win 10 tool ZoomIt &#038; To Do note app."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watching YouTube vids I see people zooming in on their screens to highlight a specific part of the screen, which is usful sometimes, I think its done on Mac&#8217;s. I&#8217;ve wondered about a Windows tool that will allow you to Zoom in to part of the screen, also sketch on the screen and to clear it as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ZoomIt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a free tool for that, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/sysinternals\/downloads\/zoomit\" target=\"_blank\">ZoomIt<\/a><\/strong>.  There is a video about it, and it goes through all the aspects of the tool, rather slowly in my opinion, but very comprehensively:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to Use ZoomIT Software to make Effective Presentations ( By - Passionate Learning )\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bqmp2z6q8Js?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Fast Keys <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ctrl + 1<\/strong> takes you to zoom mode, you can preset your zoom level by going into setting is the Taskbar Tray:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"649\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6391 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress.jpg 730w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress-50x44.jpg 50w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress-56x50.jpg 56w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress-100x89.jpg 100w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress-112x100.jpg 112w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress-720x640.jpg 720w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-08-17_16_03-Add-New-Post-\u2039-Vast-\u2014-WordPress-640x569.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 730px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1008\/841;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esc<\/strong> <strong>gets you out of the programme<\/strong>,<strong> &#8220;E&#8221; cleans the screen<\/strong> of what you&#8217;ve drawn &amp; <strong>&#8220;W&#8221; gives you a white screen, &#8220;K&#8221; a black screen, and &#8220;T&#8221; gives you text. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can <strong>save the screen markup <\/strong>by using<strong> Ctrl + C  and then Ctrl + S<\/strong> (Copy\/Save) and then give a file name and it will give you a PNG image file of your screen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For colours R=red, B= blue, Y= yelow, G = green &amp; P= Pink, also hold down Ctrl &amp; scroll wheel of mouse to get bigger or smaller dot\/line size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For other fastkeys watch the video above, that goers through a lot more of the functionality of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free Microsoft To Do<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SuperNote is Ok, also I tried <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/simplenote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SimpleNote<\/a><\/strong> (which ia free), that was OK as well, then I came across<strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/todo.microsoft.com\/tasks\/\" target=\"_blank\">MicroSoft To Do<\/a><\/strong> that has extra functionality over the other 2 notetaking apps mentioned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add dates to it, also there are a few ways of ordering\/sorting your notes and also it has an interface to other MicroSoft products. Its not too fussy but not that smooth to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few negatives, 1\/ No dark mode, 2\/ It takes a while to load in the browser. 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