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How to invert colors of a specific application, or window, only using Magnifier

The magnifier allows a user to invert the colors of the entire Desktop. Does anyone know how to invert the colors of just an application, or a specific window?
Nicolas
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How to zoom in Windows using the mouse? (like in OS X)

In OS X, you just assign Cmd or ctrl + mouse scroll for zooming in. This works anywhere, in any app. Windows 7 also has a nice magnifier, and has some hotkeys: Magnifier keyboard shortcuts The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working…
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Apply display magnification to just one monitor

Possible Duplicate: Dual monitors on Windows 7 - How do I set a different DPI or text size on each monitor? I recently got a new work laptop. It supports a really high widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080. I have an external monitor too, so I…
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How to invert colors of a specific application, or monitor on multi-monitor setup?

As in topic. How to invert colors of a specific application, or monitor? Windows magnifier inverts colors on whole desktop. This article: How to invert colors of a specific application, or window, only using Magnifier does not answer my question.
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How do I disable Magnifier's "smoothing" filter in Windows 7?

I would prefer to have a "nearest-neighbor" scale mode in the Magnifier (where each original pixels is rendered as a large square, not blurred between eachother). Is there an option to change that, or a Registry tweak even to do this?
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How to hide Windows 10's magnify glass (zoom)?

when turning on the magnify glass there is an icon of magnifier on the screen. How can we hide it while keep the magnify feature enabled?
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Windows 7 magnifier not fullscreen

I don't have the option to set the Windows 7 magnifier full-screen (it's gray), it is docked on top of the screen, and that's it can't change it. Anybody know how to fix this ?
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How to disable some of Win 10 Magnifier's shortcuts?

On Win 10, there is a built-in Magnifier. You can use Win++ or Win+- to zoom in or out. Howerver, there are also some other shortcuts: I want to know, how can I disable the three shortcuts in the screenshot and keep the zoom in & out shortcuts?
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How do I enlarge a game but not make it full screen?

Possible Duplicate: How to stretch or scale a windows to fit resolution height and width sizes? I'm playing a game in windowed mode, unfortunately my screen is huge 2560x1440 or something and the game window is tiny. If I use fullscreen it blows…
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Disable/enable Windows magnifier for specific applications

I need to use Windows Magnifier with inverted color most of the time. However, there are specific applications in which I prefer to use the application's high contrast settings (Chrome's high contrast extension, Visual Studio's dark theme). Is there…
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Being able to see the tracks and bits in a CD-ROM

I have 3 copies of a CD-ROM that came with a book, and all of them came cracked. By the third time, I thought that I could probably recover the information using these 3 different discs and completing the missing bits from one another. It seems that…
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win7 magnifier keyboard shortcuts deactivation

I'd like to get rid of win7 magnifier keyboard shortcuts but use magnifier. I tried to find an option in magnifier's options for deactivating keyboard shortcuts to no avail.
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Are there any tools to scale/magnify a given window or application?

I recently purchased a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, which sports a high-dpi 13" screen with a resolution of 3200x1800, running under Win8.1. The issue I sometimes face is that some applications will not scale properly and will look tiny on screen, making them…
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Is there a way to use ZoomIt / Magnifier for Touch Devices?

I have Windows 7 on my Tablet, and hitting the right buttons is a pain. Anyhow, I thought about using something like ZoomIt, but it is Keyboard-Controlled. Is there some way to make it work with gestures or something that would work similar on a…
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Magnification that doesn't follow mouse on Mac?

So my eyes are terrible and I'm in a coding bootcamp where the instructors don't zoom in their coding environments to make the code readable to people with terrible eyes such as myself. Edit: The coding environment is being viewed through the Zoom…
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