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Tool to blank the screen except for selected area

By Kari, 15 August, 2017

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Can anyone make any recommendations for Mac apps that enable you to blank the screen except for a selected area or window? I would like to have this functionality for my iMac. There are a few apps within the PC world that effectively do this, such as Zorro and TunnelVision, but so far, I haven't found anything similar for Mac. Essentially, in a text-heavy document (such as an essay or article), I need to be able to blank all surrounding text with the exception of a selected area that I can move as I read through the document. This would be somewhat similar to the Loupe tool in Acrobat, but ideally, I would like to have an app that accomplishes this with any text via hotkey activation. Thanks in advance for any help!

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This doesn't exist. (I don't think)

By crayton

5 years 5 months ago

I don't think a tool like this even exists. I'll have to take a look into this

Thanks so much for responding

By Kari

5 years 5 months ago

In reply to This doesn't exist. (I don't think) by crayton

Thanks so much for responding, Crayton. As I mentioned in my original post, I know there are PC options out there for this type of visual aid, but I love my Mac, and I'm grateful for any help in finding something similar to the tools noted below.

I wish this existed!

By musicmxn

5 years 2 months ago

Hi Kari, I've been looking for something for a Mac that does just what you described.. Have you found anything that works? Zooming does an alright job, but definitely not what I'm looking for. Maybe you read this article too about apps that exist for PC https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-blank-the-screen-except-for-a-user-selected-area/

Thanks!

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