 Hello everyone, this is Amit Dan of amitdan.com. Today I'll have another episode of Chromebook Tips and Tricks video and I'll talk about how to use magnifier on your Chromebook. On this channel I'm always trying new and different ideas. If that is something you're interested in, please visit for more. If you're only interested in Chromebook videos, there will be links in the description box below. So Chromebook magnifier is very simple but it can get some complicated. So I have everything written down on these cards and I'm going to be actually using them as I go through. So I'm going to just keep them right here and if you need to take a look at it, I'll also put them in the description box below and also you can just pause the video if you need to check something later on. So what I'd like to mention first thing that you know, it can get a bit complicated as you go through and I'm going to start with the simple instructions or simple tips and then it might get slightly complicated. But what you can do that there's no way you're going to be using all of them. So if you find something useful, just write it down and only write down those you are interested in or you think you're going to be using. You don't have to like, you know, write down everything or use everything and basically like if you just need one or a couple, just, you know, put it down and then that's what you'll be using. And most of the Chromebook users use only some of them, not all of them, but I'll just go through most of them in case you need to get something from here. So there are four different levels of magnification you can have on your Chromebook. So the first one is you can just magnify your browser and the second one is that you can magnify everything. And after that, you can magnify more if that's not enough for you, which is going to, you know, give you more magnification. Actually, it's right here. And then the last one I'm going to be talking about is how you can magnify the top one third, which would show the lower two thirds of your Chromebook. So this is the order I'm going to go through. So let's start with the first magnification, which is, you know, how to use your browser or how to magnify your browser. So in order to magnify your browser, you're going to be using very simple, you know, keyboard shortcuts, which are control plus control minus and control zero. So let's open up a browser, which I have it right here. So the first commands, I'm going to be showing how to magnify when you have a browser open. And this is very simple. So you're looking at your control keyboard, this keyboard right here, control. And then you're going to be using the plus, which is right here, the minus and zero, which are next to each other. So let's say you'd like to magnify the browser. So what do you do? Hold on to the control and hit plus. And you can see that, you know, it's keep getting bigger. If you hit again, and it's going to get bigger and bigger. And then you can see that here, it's also created a magnification button. So here you can see that, you know, there's a magnification button right here, very small. And then you can see that, you know, it's at 175%. So you can also control from here, just by, you know, entering the plus or minus, or you can just, you know, use the keyboard command, which is control, right here. And then hit minus or plus. Now, if you're done, then in order to reset it or go back to the original, you can always just hit control, which is going to be right here and zero. And that puts everything back to normal. So that's the first thing about the magnification, which only deals with the browser. And here are the instructions again. So if you need this, you can just, you know, pause it and take a look at it later. Or you can just, you know, write down, or you can just check the description box below. So I'm going to just, you know, put this side here. So the next magnification we are talking about is right here. So this way, let's say you don't want to magnify your browser, but you want to magnify the whole Chromebook or your whole screen, then these are the commands. So here we are looking at control shift plus, minus and zero. So it's kind of similar with the before, what we had, but now you're adding just the shift button to the control button. So the shift button is right here. And the control button is right here. So let's do it. So you're going to be holding control, shift and plus. And then what's happening, actually, the whole Chromebook is getting magnified. So if you just like, you know, minimize the browser and let's say minimize everything, then you can see that your whole Chromebook is getting bigger. So for example, if you're looking at these, you know, icons or shortcuts, then you can see that, you know, they're getting bigger and bigger. And then if you put minus, then they're getting smaller. And let's say if you'd like to go back to normal or reset everything, then again, you can just do control shift and zero. So we'll hit control shift and zero. Then you can see that everything went back to reset mode or normal mode. So that's the second step. And I'm going to just, you know, hold this for a few more seconds again. And you can either write it down or pause the video, or you can just check the description box later on. So this is the command. So just, you know, set it aside. So the next card I have here is for more. Let's say you're not just happy with, you know, the magnification and you want more control of your magnification, then you're going to be using these commands. So these might get slightly complicated, but they're basically the same idea. So here you can actually have the magnification two ways. The first way is that you can use the keyboard shortcuts, which I have written down everything here, or you can just do the same thing going to the settings and then going to the, you know, advanced then accessibility and then the display. So I'm not going to be going to the settings today, because basically I'm going to be just showing you the same thing, just using the shortcuts. But definitely if you don't want to use the shortcuts, then you can go to settings, then advanced then accessibility and the display and you can get to the same thing. So the same idea. So now you're going to be using a slightly different keyboards. So control search and M to activate the magnification. So let's do that. So here we have the control button. And here we have the search button. And here is the M. So let's hit control search and M. And then you can see right away that, you know, your whole Chromebook is getting bigger. And even it's giving a message right here that, you know, full screen magnification, your full screen magnifier is enabled. Plus control search and M again to turn it off or to toggle it. So now you have a few more options. So for example, you can use the control, alt and two fingers on your touchpad. You can use control, alt and brightness to go up and down. So the brightness screen are right here. This is for going down. And this is for going up. And then you can use control, alt and pinch zoom. So what is this that, you know, I'm going to just show you what is pinch zoom. It's just like, you know, doing like this or this. So zoom out. And so zoom out is going to be this way. Zoom out is going to be this way and zoom in is going to be this way. But just a little, you know, let's take a look at them. So we hit already control and search and M. So now I'm going to hit control, alt, which is right here. And if I use two fingers on touchpad, then you can see that, you know, it's going up or down. So if you look at the screen, then take a look here is going up or down. Okay, and then control, alt and brightness. So control, alt and here again brightness right here. So up same thing. But you're just pressing the brightness button instead of your two fingers. And then again, you're hitting control, alt and pinch zoom. So control, alt and pinch zoom. So here control, alt and then you're zooming in or zooming out. So here and here you can see that, you know, it's working. And I'm just like, you know, moving pinch zooming on the trackpad. And then also you can use like, you know, control alt and arrow key, which I have it right here. So move to the left or right up or down. So control alt. And if you hit the arrow key, the arrow keys are right here. So control alt. So you're gonna go left, or you're gonna go right. So left arrow, right arrow, up arrow, or down arrow. And let's say you have the browser. And now you can have the same functionality on the browser as well. So whatever is on the screen is going to work that that way. And that's the purpose of this as, you know, full screen zoom. And now let's say if you'd like to get rid of the, you know, full screen mode. So all you have to do is just, you know, hit control, search and aim again, or you can just go back to the settings and you can turn it up from the settings. But you know, I find it much easier to control it from the keyboard shortcuts or from the top of the computer. So hit control, search and aim. And you can see that, you know, everything is back to normal. So that's the instructions for more magnification. And I have everything right here. So you can just like, you know, look at it later, you can, you know, pause your screen, or you can just, you know, check the description box below. So that was our third card. So our last card is the Chromebook Magnifier, which is called, you know, Dock Magnifier. So the idea is the lower two thirds of your screen is going to be fixed. And the upper one third is which is about like, you know, this part is going to be where you're going to see the magnification. So you can activate it by using these comments, or you can activate this by going to the settings and then advanced accessibility display. And this is called docked magnification. So let me show you what what I mean. So the comments are here going to be control search and D here. It's kind of very similar like the third one, which we're just talking about. But here, what's happened that, you know, the two third, the lower two third of your Chromebook screen is going to be steel. And the upper one third of the Chromebook screen is going to be where you're going to see the magnification. So the purpose of this that, you know, when you have this docked magnification on, instead of looking at the whole screen, you're just looking at the one third. And you're just looking at here to magnify something. So you don't have to like, you know, look around the whole page, which can be confusing for some people. So you're just like looking pointing here to magnify something, but you're looking here to see what you're magnifying. So that's the purpose of the docked magnification. But personally, I don't like docked magnification. I find it actually more confusing than the others. So I do not use it, you know, that often. And in order to turn this off, so just hit control, search and D button again, then you can see that, you know, it's back to normal. So these are the four different types of magnification on Chromebook. And again, I'm going to be putting all these comments on in the description box below underneath. And if you need something more just, you know, pause the video and look at it where I showed the curves one by one. So thank you for watching this video. There'll be more videos coming up. I'll see you shortly. Thank you.