When you lose the mouse pointer - use myPoint tools
- Mouse Locator: a momentary or permanent visual effect around the mouse pointer.
- Mouse Halo: an image shown around or aside the mouse pointer.
- Crosshair: on all monitors or only on monitor with mouse pointer.
When the mouse is hidden
- Press the hotkey to show the mouse locator, thus visualizing the mouse position.
- Or show the crosshair to get the exact mouse position.
When you read books or large documents
- Select a wide glass reading line from the halo module.
- Do the line few text rows high and almost transparent.
- Place the line few rows below the current text row.
- Read the text above the reading line, read through the line and few rows below the line.
- Move the reading line few rows below the new current text row.
- Try different wide glass lines from Reading lines section of online gallery.
When you work with large tables and charts
- Select a thin reading line from the halo module.
- Toggle the halo on and off by hotkey or myPoint menu.
- Use the crosshair if you should emphasize row and column or mouse position.
- Play with crosshair's transparency and cleared space around the mouse.
- Our customer recommends: “Disable javascript crosshairs and use myPoint on the web”.
When you write documents and not look often at screen
- A discrete momentary assistant.
- Use momentary mouse locator: animated or static.
- Set the visibility period about 1 second.
- Set locator activation on mouse move after inactivity period around 10 seconds.
- Or an obtrusive permanent assistant.
- Static mouse locator.
- Unselect the “Locator" checkbox under the "Hide tools when mouse pointer is invisible" label in General view.
- Select "Do nothing" radio button under the "Locator action on mouse click" label in Locator activation view.
- Or an appropriate halo.
- Unselect the “Halo" checkbox under the "Hide tools when mouse pointer is invisible" label in General view.
- Or crosshair.
- Tune up the transparency to get the best experience.
When you align objects on the screen
- Use the crosshair – toggle it by hotkey or myPoint menu.
- Use halos from Rulers section of halo gallery: Protractor; decimal & binary crosshairs; grills.
- Use horizontal & vertical rulers from preinstalled halos.
When you work with multiple misaligned monitors with different resolution
- Use momentary mouse locator: animated or static.
- Set the visibility period about 1 second.
- Select “When mouse is crossing between screens” checkbox.
- Or an obtrusive permanent assistant.
- Static mouse locator.
- Unselect the “Locator" checkbox under the "Hide tools when mouse pointer is invisible" label in General view.
- Select "Do nothing" radio button under the "Locator action on mouse click" label in Locator activation view.
- Or an appropriate halo.
- Unselect the “Halo" checkbox under the "Hide tools when mouse pointer is invisible" label in General view.
- Or crosshair.
- Select “On mouse screen only” checkbox.
- Tune up the transparency to get the best experience.
In classroom or on presentation
- Prepare a permanent mouse locator.
Use it to highlight a point at the screen.
- Select the “Static ring” radio button.
- Set red color.
- Set locator activation by a modifier key – ability to work with one hand.
- Prepare a halo set.
- Large thick red reading line to underline text or table row.
- Small sized wide glass reading line without transparency to emphasize separate words.
- Big red arrow to emphasize a point.
- Thick red crosshair to point at table rows and columns.
- Thick red circle if you prefer not to change current mouse locator.
- Prepare hotkeys to cycle and toggle halos or use myPoint menu.
- Prepare the crosshair.
It's useful for diagrams and charts.
- Make it thick
- Set red or other vivid color.
- Tune up the transparency.
Show your logo aside or around the mouse
- Create a new custom halo.
- Select your logo or mascot picture.
- Tune up size, transparency, offset.
- Decide to include in current halo set or just set it as current halo.
- Set mouse locator with your company or organization colors.
Fun time
- Set mouse locator with some vivid colors.
- Prepare a halo set with some of our arts.
- Create custom halos with your fun pics and add them in current halo set.
- Change halos with hotkey or from myPoint menu.
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