Increase or Decrease Web Page Text Size

Are you having difficulty reading this web page? or any web page? Many people do not realize how simple it is to increase and decrease the display sizes of web pages. Here's how you can easily zoom in (magnify), zoom out, and reset the zoom level back to its default condition in seconds:

• To zoom in, press and hold down the CTRL (CONTROL) key while pressing the + key.
• To zoom out, press and hold down the CTRL (CONTROL) key while pressing the - key.
• After zooming in or out, to reset your web page’s zoom settings back to their original / default size, press and hold the CTRL (CONTROL) key while pressing the 0 (zero) key.

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel situated between the left and right mouse buttons, as an alternative to using the keyboard, you can press and hold down the CTRL (CONTROL) key, while turning the scroll wheel forward to zoom in or backward to zoom out.

NOTE: Macintosh users should use the Apple key (also called the Command key) instead of the Control key. Otherwise, operation on a Mac is identical to that of Windows and Linux.

This method of zooming in and out has been tested with and works well with the following web browsers:

• Mozilla Firefox v3.X and later.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer v7.x and later.
• Google Chrome v0.2.149.29.
• Apple Safari v3.1.2.
• Opera v9.5.1.   

Comments

[BIll Bienia]

Thanks Dick, what an innovation. I noticed that I had to use the ZERO on the top row of keys, rather than the ZERO on the numeric keypad, but the + or - could be in either place.

Bill

[Selma Neubauer]

Terrific! The older I get the smaller the websites get. Thanks, Selma

[Russ]

Thank you Dick. It was great to meet you at the FGS Conference in Philadelphia. And, thank you for this hint. It was a great reminder. (or should I say Duh). Thanks for posting this.

Russ

[Oma L. Rose]

Dick, I am glad for the tip and to know I am not the only one with aging vision problems. Keep in mind that diabetes also affects vision. We need all the help we can get. Thank you, Ms Oma L. Rose

[CalifGMom]

I knew there had to be a way to do this. Leave it to you to let me know how. THANKS FOR EVERY little and BIG thing you do.

[Brian]

Bill: The numeric keypad ZERO works if "Num Lock" is activated.

[Brian]

Bill: The numeric keypad ZERO works if "Num Lock" is activated.

[Brian]

Bill: The numeric keypad ZERO works if "Num Lock" is activated.

[Dick Eastman]

---> Keep in mind that diabetes also affects vision.

Yes, I became aware of that last year when I was diagnosed as having Type 2 diabetes. (sigh)

- Dick Eastman

[Bob Schimmel]

This method also works for Netscape Navigator V. 9 browser. Very useful and beats trying to read Microsoft's 'help' files. Dick, how about occasionally providing other tips, genealogy or not.

[Bob Schimmel]

This method also works for Netscape Navigator V. 9 browser. Very useful and beats trying to read Microsoft's 'help' files. Dick, how about occasionally providing other tips, genealogy or not.

[Della]

Thanks for the info on changing text size! Now if someone who uses Microsoft Windows XP would tell me (us) 1) the setting that permits one to select either single-side or two-sided printing, and, 2) when a document or article is pasted into Word, the setting that keeps the URLs and Email adddresses as such instead of permitting them to turn into a bracketed bunch of computer-ease beginning with the word "Hyperlink"? Yes, I have searched under Help! Thanks so very much.

[Eileen]

Whoa!!!! Thanks for the great information. Now I will spend more time researching and less time squinting.

[Bob]

> tell me (us) 1) the setting that permits one to select either single-side or two-sided printing,
Not built into XP as that it very dependend on the printer you are using. Most typical printers don't do double sided..