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How to change the size of text and graphics in
web pages for easier viewing


7-3-2007

If you are like me, you may find it hard to read some web pages where the text is rendered in too small type sizes. This problem can be easily overcome, if you just follow technique described here.

How to enlarge/reduce size of type fonts & graphics

Click here if you are using mac

 

To make everything in a web page larger:

[ctrl] [+]

To make everying in a web page smaller:

[ctrl] [-]

Explanations:
To make the size of font larger:

[ctrl] [+]

Holding down the [ctrl] with you left hand, while typing the [+] key with the right hand. Then let go.

[ctrl] key is located at the lower left corner of the keyboard.
[+] key is located in the top row of the keyboard, to the right of 8,9,0,- keys.

To make the size of font smaller:
[ctrl] [-]

Holding down the [ctrl] with you left hand, while typing the [-] key with the right hand. Then let go.

Photo showing the locations of [CTRL], [+] and [-] keys:

You can do this right now, and see the web page change.

There is no limit as to how large or how small you can enlarge/reduce the size of the type fonts.

You can make the words larger and larger by repeatedly typing [ctrl][+], or to reduce the size of words by repeatedly typing [ctrl][-].

What happens when a line of text becomes wider than the width of my monitor?

No problem. The line will be reformated and wrapped around to the next line, just like how wp program does it.