# Internet Explorer display issues

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-display-issues/317515>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 18, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-display-issues/317515 "2005-08-18T01:32:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-display-issues/317515/1 "2005-08-18T01:32:45Z")

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So I was using my aunt’s computer today at work. All was well and good, until I tried to use Internet Explorer. The text displays on many websites(yahoo for example) as huge. I can’t find any accessibility options or anything like that that might have been accidently been selected. Even stranger to me, when I tried to print out one of the pages, the font came out just as large as it was on the screen. I installed Mozilla, and the pages display fine. Help!  
-Lil

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-display-issues/317515/2 "2005-08-18T01:56:45Z")

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Did you try selecting “medium” under **View/Text Size**?