ZoomText/Fusion - Utility/support commands

ZoomText/Fusion - Utility/support commands

Problem

You may wish to know what useful utility commands are available for supporting ZoomText/Fusion.


Applies to

  1. ZoomText

Resolution

Below are some useful commands for different troubleshooting scenarios connected with ZoomText or Fusion.

FuctionHotkey
AHOI On/OffCtrl + Alt + Shift + A
AHOI ReportCtrl + Alt + Shift + R
Capture ScreenCtrl + Alt + Shift + C
Detect CursorCtrl + Alt + Shift + D
Pass Next HotkeyCtrl + Alt + Shift + P
Tracking On/OffCtrl + Alt + Shift + T
Refresh Screen ModelCtrl + Alt + Shift + U
ZoomText InformationCtrl + Alt + Shift + I

Command details

Detailed description of utility commands.

AHOI on/off

This can be useful if you suspect the AHOI application support model may be responsible for problems, you can toggle AHOI off to see if it helps with a problem.

AHOI Report

Displays a report of AHOI status.

Capture Screen

This hotkey can be useful to take a screenshot of the magnified view, this can be especially helpful for magnification faults that cannot be viewed over remote connection.

Detect Cursor

This can be used in situations where the editing cursor tracking is not working. Some apps will not work with this customer either because a custom definition is already created or that you create a definition but ZoomText/Fusion is still unable to track the cursor.

Pass Next Hotkey

This is useful when you wish ZoomText to let the next hotkey to pass to the underlying application rather than be processed by ZoomText. This may be useful where hotkey conflicts arise between ZoomText and other applications.

Tracking on/off

This might be useful for any user who wishes to suspend tracking whilst using Zoomtext.

Refresh Screen Model

This may be useful if ZoomText/Fusion is providing erronious information using this hotkey will refresh the screen model.


ZoomText Information

This may be useful to display information about ZoomText.

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