ZoomText – Disable sound when pointer crosses monitors

ZoomText – Disable sound when pointer crosses monitors

Problem

When using ZoomText with multiple monitors ZoomText plays a sound to indicate transition from one monitor to the other even when this feature has been disabled in Multi Monitor Options dialogue.


Affected products

  • ZoomText

Resolution

Please use the steps below to prevent a sound being played when the mouse pointer crosses a boundary between monitors.

  1. Click the ZoomText taskbar button to opwn the ZoomText window.
  2. Then click the Magnifier toolbar tab.
  3. Click the black arrow next to Window and choose Settings.
  4. Then click the Window tab.
  5. Then choose Multiple Monitor Options.
  6. In the Multiple Monitor Options dialogue click to uncheck Play sound when pointer touches and crosses the border.
  7. Then click to uncheck Display a border marker between desktops.
  8. Then click OK button.
  9. Then click ZoomText menu > Configurations > Save as default, then click Yes when prompted rto overwrite.


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