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To enlarge print on any internet page, hold down Control key and move middle wheel of mouse up or down to enlarge print. I found this by accident and have found it so useful.

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  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    On a Mac, doing this zooms the whole screen in and out.
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    This also works in browser.
  • anudeglory
    anudeglory Posts: 86 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    The shortcuts are:
    Ctrl with + to magnify or Ctrl with scroll up on the mousewheel
    Ctrl with - to minimize or Ctrl with scroll down on the mousewheel
    Ctrl with 0 to return to normal.
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  • Bowling_4_Gold
    Bowling_4_Gold Posts: 1,771 Forumite
    I often do this with Word documents and Desktop Publishers. It allows me to see quickly how the whole project will be laid out. Very useful tool. :D
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  • timbim_2
    timbim_2 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Not so good in photoshop, where it makes you scroll sideways. :(
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  • mr_fishbulb
    mr_fishbulb Posts: 5,224 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    If you use firefox you can use NoSquint to set default zoom levels for different sites:

    https://urandom.ca/nosquint/
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