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Stop carpal tunnel from mice; I hate ‘meeces’ to pieces: enlarging tips using PCs

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:57 pm
by mdpmedia1
My comments present some opinions to consider from both a medical and computer tips point of view. My discovery for enlargement of .jpg s on any PC screen evolved as a result of me continuing to develop carpal tunnel syndrome from using a mouse. I went through two mice :shock: (sounds kind of odd but I did feel like killing those plastic mice). ::paranoid::

I got the adverse medical condition in my finger from excessive repetitive movements from rolling the spinning wheel of the mouse for enlargements. I also developed the syndrome for a similar reason except in the wrist area.

So I switched from using a mouse with my right hand to one with the left hand. Then the same pains then started to happen there. So I broke out some Terminix, threw it with the mice in a blender (excessive rage I guess from a lightning bolt slamming me ::lightening:: After that little hissy fit I then started to exclusively use the finger pad in the middle below the keys on my PC: problem solved.

Re: Stop carpal tunnel from mice; I hate ‘meeces’ to pieces: enlarging tips using PCs

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:03 pm
by mdpmedia1
Part two

So then I got on the horn with the techies at Microsoft and they suggested a better and quicker method for .jpg enlargements w/o the use of a rolling wheel on a mouse that most likely would never cause the above medical conditions in Part one:

1) a. Simply place the cursor on a web page with a .jpg or .png and quickly double click; this will provide you with the 1st level of enlargement.

1) b. Then if you're some type of pre-med student wanting to see through crying/watering eyes the dried up microscopic blood vessels from dead frogs bathing in formaldehyde ::teary_eyes:: in your histology class, do the following for an even closer gander. After the 1st double click, you should see a small circle with a + sign in it. Put that over the picture w/ a click for the next higher magnification level. This + sign will then turn to a - sign that can be used to shrink the photo back down to where it was etc.

Re: Stop carpal tunnel from mice; I hate ‘meeces’ to pieces: enlarging tips using PCs

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:15 pm
by mdpmedia1
Part 3:

So I called back to thank the techies for helping me to ‘kill two birds w/ one stone’ (sorry bird huggers ::shrug:: ): ridding the carpal tunnel threat and magnifying w/o the mouse.

Then while only the phone with this sincere gratitude call, this other tech. taught me an even neater and quicker way to enlarge and reduce pixel count dimensions:

2) a. Since I personally like even further extreme magnifications for other projects besides knives, I now just hold down the Ctrl key while tapping the + key next to the 'backspace' key. This way quickly gives ‘many’ more levels of 'increased' magnifications; the mouse got booted from the house without any toxic chemicals ::handshake:: .

2) b. Holding down the Ctrl key while tapping the - key will likewise quickly 'reduce' the size to the next lower magnification(s) ... etc

These Ctrl key, +/- taps actually enlarge/shrink the 'entire' page which, in and of itself, can be extremely useful for other somewhat related applications besides only the.jpg section of the page.

Re: Stop carpal tunnel from mice; I hate ‘meeces’ to pieces: enlarging tips using PCs

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:49 pm
by kootenay joe
Very helpful information. Thank you.
kj

Re: Stop carpal tunnel from mice; I hate ‘meeces’ to pieces: enlarging tips using PCs

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:01 pm
by jerryd6818
Pressing the Control key and tapping the "0" key on the top row of the keyboard will return your screen to the original magnification (no magnification).

Re: Stop carpal tunnel from mice; I hate ‘meeces’ to pieces: enlarging tips using PCs

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:43 pm
by mdpmedia1
...tapping the "0" key on the top row
Now, that's what I call adding something positive to a thread: a short'er'cut to a shortcut. ::tu::

Re: Stop carpal tunnel from mice; I hate ‘meeces’ to pieces: enlarging tips using PCs

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:08 am
by orvet
Jerry is our resident "Old Guy Tech Genius."
He remembers old tricks and work arounds that the young techies never learned!

The big + for Jerry is that under that gruff exterior beats a heart of gold, though it is painted Marine Corps green!