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| wtm442 |
01-09-2009 07:16 PM |
Computer Tip
I was just helping a friend with a computer problem via the phone .... and I told him to increase the size of the object he was viewing in Explorer. After a few seconds I said OK ... and he said rather loudly ...
WAIT A MINUTE, WILL YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was in the control panel and changing the font size.
Noooooooooooooooooooooo I said.
Just hold down the CONTROL key and spin the wheel on you mouse or press the + or - keys on the keyboard.
I thought everyone knew this ... I guess not. He is a big computer geek and could not believe what I told him. He said it was the best Christmas present.
Try it, you'll like it ... especially if your eyesight is not what it used to be. **)**)
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| Silverback51 |
01-09-2009 07:22 PM |
Doesn't change anything on mine.%/
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| wtm442 |
01-09-2009 07:28 PM |
Are you using Internet Explorer or Firefox?
Just hold down the CTRL key and then press the plus or minus sign key, or turn the range wheel on you mouse.
If you are a MAC user, hold down the COMMAND key and then use the + or - sign keys (NOT the mouse wheel).
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| RodgerH |
01-09-2009 08:04 PM |
That's a new one for me too. Thanks....great tip!
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| Doug I |
01-09-2009 08:08 PM |
coooooooooool
or is that coooooooool
or is it cooooooool
:)
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| Tommy |
01-09-2009 08:40 PM |
How do you get back to the default size?
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| wtm442 |
01-09-2009 09:08 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
(Post 911757)
How do you get back to the default size?
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Push the other key or turn the wheel the opposite way.
DUH. Anything close is enough.
Sorry, I had to be a ba$tard. Do not worry, no matter what size you leave the page, once you close out your browser and then relaunch it, the size will default back to normal. |
| wtm442 |
01-09-2009 09:12 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug I
(Post 911740)
coooooooooool
or is that coooooooool
or is it cooooooool
:)
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ROTFLMAO
:eek:
:eek:
:eek: |
| 427 S/O |
01-10-2009 04:48 AM |
Thanks Warren, new for me as well. Now to get a handle on all those 'F' keys.....
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| strictlypersonl |
01-10-2009 06:33 AM |
In Firefox, you can return to the Default zoom view with Control-NumPad zero (with numlock turned on).
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| wtm442 |
01-10-2009 11:03 AM |
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| 427 S/O |
01-10-2009 11:31 AM |
Thanks again......
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| trularin |
01-10-2009 01:09 PM |
Wait a few months and Windows 7 will be out. Then we can learn a new way of doing it.
:D :D :D
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That is so cool. I teach computers and didn't know that. Don't tell my supervisor!
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At least I know how to change it by clinking in the lower right corner to change the magnification so I don't feel that dumb.
The mouse wheel is so quick and easy.
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| wtm442 |
01-10-2009 02:26 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by jams
(Post 911939)
At least I know how to change it by clicking in the lower right corner to change the magnification so I don't feel that dumb.
The mouse wheel is so quick and easy.
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Yeah, but did you know that you can do the same thing (quick size charges) using the same techniques discussed here for Excel and Word documents? |
| CalHusker |
01-19-2009 11:27 AM |
Thank you for the tip......
CalHusker
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| Joe Wicked |
01-19-2009 11:40 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by wtm442
(Post 911953)
Yeah, but did you know that you can do the same thing (quick size charges) using the same techniques discussed here for Excel and Word documents?
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yep, thats how I stumbled on it to begin with. I was holding cntl to select mulitple items and scrolled down with the wheel and just resized everything. It is quite handy actually.
I use the ctrl shortcuts a lot as well. In any program I look at the commonly used items and they usually list the keyboard shortcut in the menu bar next to the item. It is so much faster to use shortcuts. |
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