Using Close View in Macintosh
What is Close View?
Close View is a program that allows the screen to be magnified up to sixteen
times. It also allows you to change the screen from standard black-on-white to
white-on-black. Some of the Close View settings have keyboard shortcuts.
However, if you want to change the display to white on black, you will need to
use the mouse.
Note that while using Close View for screen magnification, the motion of the
mouse pointer corresponds to the motion of your eyes. This means that when you
move the mouse pointer to the right, the objects on your display move to the
left. If you use Close View to magnify the screen more than 2x, you will
probably need to adjust the mouse sensitivity as well.
If you don't need a lot of magnification, you can also try
adjusting your monitor resolution.
Close View settings
The following options are available with Close View. Any of them can be
enabled or disabled without affecting the basic use of Close View.
Screen Magnification
Close View allows you to magnify the screen anywhere from 2 to 16 times its
normal size. This means that your display will only show a certain percentage
of the screen at one time. Moving your mouse will change which part of the
screen is showing on your display.
Note that the motion of the mouse pointer corresponds to the motion of your
eyes. This means that when you move the mouse pointer to the right, the objects
on your display move to the left.
Color Scheme
Close View allows you to view the screen either as black on white (standard)
or as white on black. This setting has no keyboard shortcut. You will need to
use the mouse to switch from one color scheme to the other.
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can use keyboard shortcuts to turn Close View on and off, and to set the
magnification. You may also disable these shortcuts. You will need to use the
mouse to turn the keyboard shortcuts on and off.
Setting up Close View
Note that on the Macintosh keyboard, the Command key is the one
with the picture of the apple on it.
- Bring up the Close View window. (You may skip this step
if the keyboard shortcuts are turned on and you do not want to change the color
scheme.) You can do this with the mouse, which is the
easiest option, but it is also possible to do this using
only the keyboard. When you are done with this step, you should see a
window like this:
- The top portion of the Close View window controls the Close View status. If
Close View is turned off, click the "on" button or press Option
+ Command + k. At the end of this step, a black-framed rectangle will
appear on the screen.
- The screen magnification options are on the right middle portion of the
Close View window. If you want to magnify the screen, click the "on"
button or press Option + Command + x. You can change the
magnification with the arrows in the spin box. You can also change the
magnification using keyboard shortcuts. Press Option + Command + plus
(+) to increase the screen magnification, or Option + Command +
minus (-) to decrease the screen magnification.
- The left middle portion of the Close View box contains options that can
only be set using the mouse. If you are using keyboard shortcuts only, you are
now finished setting Close View. You can turn it off and on at any time using
Option + Command + k. If you opened the Close View box using the
keyboard and do not want to use the mouse, skip to step 7
now.
- The color scheme is on the top of the left middle portion of the Close View
box. Use the mouse to select black on white or white on black.
- The keyboard shortcuts are on the bottom of the left middle portion of the
Close View box. Use the mouse to turn the keyboard shortcuts on or off.
- Hit Command + w to close the Close View
window. If you opened this window using the keyboard, the focus will switch to
the Control Panel. You can continue using Command + w to close
windows until all of the desired windows are closed.
Open the Close View window using the mouse
- Choose the apple menu in the upper left corner of your screen.
- Select the Control Panel.
- Choose Close View from the Control Panel submenu.
- Go back to step 1 above.
Open the Close View window using the keyboard only
- Move the focus to the desktop. You should be able to do this using
Command + d, but it does not always work.
- Hit Tab until the focus is on the hard drive.
- Press Command + o to open the hard drive.
- Hit s and then Tab until the focus is on the system
folder.
- Press Command + o to open the system folder.
- Hit c and then Tab until the focus is on the control
panel.
- Press Command + o to open the control panel.
- Hit c and then Tab until the focus is on the Close
View icon:
- Press Command + o to open Close View.
- Go back to step 1 above.
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