# SDMB reduced to tiny print on my laptop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-reduced-to-tiny-print-on-my-laptop/482291>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 21, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-reduced-to-tiny-print-on-my-laptop/482291 "2009-01-21T13:41:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-reduced-to-tiny-print-on-my-laptop/482291/1 "2009-01-21T13:41:44Z")

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The print is all but unreadable—teeny tiny—and I seemd to have caused it by rolling the wheel of my mouse. Suddenly the print was reduced to the size of ants…

Help, please.

(Using my desktop for this query.)

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-reduced-to-tiny-print-on-my-laptop/482291/2 "2009-01-21T13:43:07Z")

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Using Firefox?

Go to View.  
Then Select Zoom In.

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**Author:** ![chromaticity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@chromaticity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chromaticity)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-reduced-to-tiny-print-on-my-laptop/482291/3 "2009-01-21T13:47:14Z")

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Ctrl + “+” also lets you zoom in.  
Comman + “+” on a mac.

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**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-reduced-to-tiny-print-on-my-laptop/482291/4 "2009-01-21T13:49:57Z")

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Press and hold the ‘ctrl’ key, then scroll up.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-reduced-to-tiny-print-on-my-laptop/482291/5 "2009-01-21T13:50:32Z")

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> [@An\_Gadai](#):
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> Using Firefox?
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> Go to View.  
> Then Select Zoom In.

Bingo!!

Thanks very much, **An Gadaí**!

And my thanks to all of you!!!