# IE font size

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-font-size/170503>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-font-size/170503 "2003-04-23T03:00:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-font-size/170503/1 "2003-04-23T03:00:01Z")

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So I’m at work earlier today and noticed the IE font size was way to big for my taste. Anyways, I hit control and scroll the wheel mouse to get it back the way I want, well as soon as I clicked something (before the page even had a chance to load) the font went right back. This happened several times before I gave up, any ideas???

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-font-size/170503/2 "2003-04-23T03:03:54Z")

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I had no idea you could change the font size that way! Sorry, but I have no idea how you might fix it, except to try the View \> Text Size menu.

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-font-size/170503/3 "2003-04-23T05:16:04Z")

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If you’re using Outlook 2000 [click here](http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q242984) for info on what might be causing it & how to fix.

Although the article says it only applies to Win98 and IE5 it worked for me on Win2K and IE6.