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UncleErnie

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on: November 13, 2008, 04:21:22 am
I'm guessing at least half the people here are as old as I am.  I have to use a magnifying glass to read what I'm typing right now.  Some of the tool bar things like "New Topic" are downright microscopic.

Does anyone else have this problem?  Any solutions I might attempt?
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Reply #1 on: November 13, 2008, 05:40:02 am
Your browser should have an option for making the pages/print larger.  On Internet Explorer 7.0 on the upper right click the drop down screen on Page and select one of the test options.
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Reply #2 on: November 13, 2008, 05:42:02 am
   hit the control key and the + key.

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Reply #3 on: November 13, 2008, 02:56:00 pm
Can't find one, and the other doesn't do anything.
Thanks, though.  I'll just keep my magnifying glass at the ready.
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Reply #4 on: November 13, 2008, 03:10:05 pm
Ernie,

Try holding the Control Key while hitting the + Key.

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Reply #5 on: November 13, 2008, 10:57:30 pm
"cTRL" is at bottom far left under the "shift" key. ?
"+" key is far right top over "=" to the left of "Backspace"?

Nothing happens.  Like I said- magnifying glass. 
Someone needs to make a video of me holding the glass with one hand while trying to type!
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Reply #6 on: November 14, 2008, 02:36:02 am
press the Ctrl key extreem left hand lower corner  then twirl the little center dial on the mouse.
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Reply #7 on: November 14, 2008, 05:33:04 am
UncleErnie, what OS do you have?

Holding "Ctrl" and pressing "+" or "-" (or using the mouse wheel) works on browsers (IE and Firefox) under XP and Vista. Also, XP has a monitor "magnifier" under "Start / All Programs / Accessories / Accessibility".
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Reply #8 on: November 14, 2008, 03:00:44 pm
This is really funny!  The type on my browser and Google is much bigger now.

I found that magnifier thing, but haven't figured out how to keep it up.  I'll figure it out! 
Thanks ~
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Reply #9 on: November 18, 2008, 06:16:42 pm
Yes using control plus the plus sign makes it bigger... thanks for the tip, I just got out my strongest reading glasses whenever I wanted to reply to this forum!