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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: Lincslass on Saturday 21 January 12 13:49 GMT (UK)
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Yesterday I pressed something whih has made the text and everything else so small, I can hardly read it. In fact I can hardly read this post. How do I get the text back to normal size. That assuming I will be able to read any replies.
Many thanks in advance
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I am always doing that. ::) If you are on IE Go to View at the top of the page and select Zoom, then 100%.
Rosie
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I can change text size in XP by pressing "Crtl" and "+" or "-", simultaneously.
'Hat.
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Many thanks Roger, that seeems to have worked. I think. Well I least I can read things now. That is what I did yesterday I think. Pressed ctrl and "-" .
Cheers
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Another "I did something or other and don't know what" occurence that often happens is when you are fiddling with the mouse scroll-wheel (as one does ;D ) and don't notice that you have accidently got a finger (or book, or something) on the Ctrl-key .....
.... then the text can get bigger or smaller ;D
Bob
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Another "I did something or other and don't know what" occurence that often happens is when you are fiddling with the mouse scroll-wheel (as one does ;D ) and don't notice that you have accidently got a finger (or book, or something) on the Ctrl-key .....
.... then the text can get bigger or smaller ;D
Bob
That must be what I do ;D ;D
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Well I have vista but remember pressing the ctrl and "-" key and the text went miniscule. Future trys have produced that ctrl and "+" make the text larger. So seems to work for Vista or XP. Just for future reference BTW, the procedure can be repeated to enhance or reduce the font. Thanks for the assistance.
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Here are a few more keyboard key combinations, this list is not exhaustive.
You may find some of these helpful and others you might already be using.
Windows system key combinations:
F1: Help
CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
ALT+F4: Quit program
SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
Windows program key combinations
CTRL+C: Copy
CTRL+X: Cut
CTRL+V: Paste
CTRL+Z: Undo
CTRL+B: Bold
CTRL+U: Underline
CTRL+I: Italic
CTRL+: Increase font size
CTRL-: Decrease font size
Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects
SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
ALT+double click: Displays properties
SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
General keyboard-only commands:
F1: Starts Windows Help
F10: Activates menu bar options
SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
ALT+F4: Closes the current window
CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
Enjoy ! ! !