# Um, cat malfunction \[adjusting font size on computer screen\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 29, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877 "2014-11-29T05:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/1 "2014-11-29T05:41:32Z")
My cat just decided to lay across my keyboard. Now everything is super huge. I’m using Chrome. Settings? Yeah right. How do I set it back to normal size? ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/2 "2014-11-29T05:49:16Z")
Try \ and \<-\> ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/3 "2014-11-29T05:50:01Z")
Try hitting Ctrl and 0 (numeral, not capital O) on your keyboard at the same time. It should restore the default size. I believe it works for all browsers. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/4 "2014-11-29T05:52:32Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > Try \ and \<-\> One side of the mushroom makes you bigger, the other side makes you smaller. CTRL along with + or - or 0 adjusts font size in IE and Firefox, so probably works for Chrome too. [ul][li] Ctrl + displays font one size larger.[/li][li] Ctrl - displays font one size smaller.[/li][li] Ctrl 0 sets display size back to its normal default.[/ul][/li] This doesn’t necessarily work with all fonts or in all web pages. Depending on how the font size is specified in the HTML code, it will either work or it won’t. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/5 "2014-11-29T05:52:46Z")
That worked. Sort of. Is this going to stay, or what? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/6 "2014-11-29T05:58:41Z")
Okay, thank you everyone very much. I hate computer newbs who ask obvious questions but Chrome has no obvious answer for this. I think it’s fixed. Thank you! Damn cat. He’s like a million years old in human years and I let him do whatever he wants. He’s not long for this world. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/7 "2014-11-29T06:05:55Z")
If it is your cat itself that has become super-huge, key presses will not work. Your best bet is probably to get out of your house immediately (if at all possible), and leave things to the armed forces. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/8 "2014-11-29T06:09:44Z")
You have no idea how right you are. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/9 "2014-11-29T06:13:34Z")
Also holding the Ctl key and using the mouse wheel knob will enlarge and shrink the pages in steps at least in some browsers on a PC. I’m not sure about a Mac. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/10 "2014-11-29T06:15:56Z")
My old Mac would fire a little electric bolt to chase the cat away. Windows sucks. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/11 "2014-11-29T06:19:04Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Damn cat. He’s like a million years old in human years and I let him do whatever he wants. He’s not long for this world. Obviously your cat needs glasses, possibly bifocals. That’s the reason for the large type. He should have gotten them long before the “million years old” age. And where’s the pic? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/12 "2014-11-29T06:24:54Z")
I have a computer with a camera and a phone with a camera. You’d think I’d be right on that, but I feel like I’m a million years old too. I used to be all over this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/13 "2014-11-29T06:25:17Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > Also holding the Ctl key and using the mouse wheel knob will enlarge and shrink the pages in steps at least in some browsers on a PC. I’m not sure about a Mac. This works in my old version of Firefox on Linux too. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/14 "2014-11-29T15:26:18Z")
I am pleased to report that your cat is not malfunctioning. It is functioning exactly as designed. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/15 "2014-11-29T15:52:36Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > Also holding the Ctl key and using the mouse wheel knob will enlarge and shrink the pages in steps at least in some browsers on a PC. I’m not sure about a Mac. I was trying to figure out how the cat had done this. Ctrl-+ makes a little more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/16 "2014-11-29T16:09:03Z")
Maybe your cat is just getting old? Although I’m not a feline myself, I too started increasing the font sizes on my computer before finally resigning to the bitter fact that I needed glasses. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/17 "2014-11-29T16:23:26Z")
cataclysmic? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/18 "2014-11-29T16:35:47Z")
Thread title edited to better indicate subject. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/19 "2014-11-29T17:17:26Z")
Thanks **Colibri**. Yeah, I’m getting old too. I think I knew about the ctrl plus minus thing, but forgot. My eyes are going to crap, and now I know how to increase the font size. The cat, Scooter, is getting old and he’s slowing down. I don’t know how much longer he’s got so I baby him. He doesn’t usually lay on the keyboard, although he does like to lay on top of the mouse so I have to stick my hand under him to move the mouse around. My mouse is a cat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877/20 "2014-11-30T16:45:27Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > … He doesn’t usually lay on the keyboard, although he does like to lay on top of the mouse so I have to stick my hand under him to move the mouse around. My mouse is a cat. 🙂 Even at an advanced age he wants to chase & subdue mice. At least he’s found one he can still handle. Lots of other elderly cats aren’t so fortunate and are \*very \*frustrated. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-cat-malfunction-adjusting-font-size-on-computer-screen/705877.md?page=2)