# Changing font size, need answer fast

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382>\
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**Created:** [October 21, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382 "2012-10-21T04:16:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382/1 "2012-10-21T04:16:53Z")

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One of my cats ran over my keyboard and now the font is so small that I can’t read it. How to fix, please?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382/2 "2012-10-21T04:23:50Z")

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Is this in your browser? Ctrl 0 (zero) will bring it back to normal size.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382/3 "2012-10-21T04:24:46Z")

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If you have Firefox, go to View - Zoom - Reset.

I think with most browsers you can hold down CTRL and “+” (either on the number pad or on the top row of keys) and it’ll zoom the text. CTRL and “-” goes the other way.

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**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382/4 "2012-10-21T04:25:33Z")

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Wow, thank you so much. Everything else was normal, so I assumed that it was board related. Silly me for assuming.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382/5 "2012-10-21T04:27:59Z")

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CTRL + will work but you won’t be able to read this without letting the cat stomp around some more.

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**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-font-size-need-answer-fast/638382/6 "2012-10-21T04:56:52Z")

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I have a cage over my UPS because the cats used to stomp over it and shut my system down. I really don’t want to have to put a cage over my keyboard. Maybe the cats are the ones who need the cage 🙂

All is good now. Thanks so much.