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Text on web pages are tiny!!!!!

Hi, just logged into my Ebay account and everything is tiny......even when i set the text size on largest, it's still really small!
I thought it could just be an Ebay glitch, but on every site i go to the text is really small. :confused:
My browser is Internet Explorer 8.

Anyone else having this problem?

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  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396
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    edited 14 January 2010 at 8:50AM
    In the bottom right hand corner of the IE Browser you should see a picture of a magnifier and a percentage number with a little drop down arrow, it should be set at 100% for normal viewing.

    ieperecent.jpg
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • PROLIANT wrote: »
    In the bottom right hand corner of the IE Browser you should see a picture of a magnifier and a percentage number with a little drop down arrow, it should be set at 100% for normal viewing.

    ieperecent.jpg


    I don't see it.

    Can it be in another location? Thanks.
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396
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    I don't see it.

    Can it be in another location? Thanks.
    Try holding the Ctrl key while scrolling your mouse wheel.
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    I don't see it.

    Can it be in another location? Thanks.
    From the menu...

    View/Toolbars enable the status bar

    CTRL together with + increases text size and CTRL - decreases it.

    Failing that maybe it's the weather - lots of things shrink with the cold
  • supersaver09
    supersaver09 Posts: 635 Forumite
    edited 14 January 2010 at 9:09AM
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    Try holding the Ctrl key while scrolling your mouse wheel.

    Yes, that allows me to magnify the text, but when i go into View> Text Size to change the sizing, i can't.

    Edit: I've just noticed that when i change the text to Largest (for e.g) only certain text on the right hand side of this webpage enlarges. The actual text within these posts stay small. :confused:
  • Update:

    I just closed and re-opened the page and everything seems back to normal now (?!!!). :rolleyes:

    Thanks for your help guys.
  • zenmaster
    zenmaster Posts: 3,151 Forumite
    That's very naughty programming. That particular text will be specified at a fixed size rather than relative. It will not change regardless of your selection.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Edit: I've just noticed that when i change the text to Largest (for e.g) only certain text on the right hand side of this webpage enlarges. The actual text within these posts stay small. :confused:
    I don't use IE and resizing the text is fine in FireFox.

    I took a look at IE and it seems to work using View/zoom or the zoom tool in the status bar but View/Text Size doesn't seem to work properly..
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