how to make this page bigger

Tomorrow's World was a show on BBC TV about innovations and tech stuff and I thought a good name for our computing and tech section.
Post Reply
User avatar
Andy Hamilton
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 6631
Joined: Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:06 pm
Location: Bristol
Contact:

how to make this page bigger

Post: # 28265Post Andy Hamilton »

I use safari and firefox to surf the web so I am not sure if this works with all browsers but if you press apple key and + you can make this page bigger- well the font size bigger. This I asume works on a PC if you use control key and + or indeed minus to make it smaller.
First we sow the seeds, nature grows the seeds then we eat the seeds. Neil Pye
My best selling Homebrew book Booze for Free
and...... Twitter
The Other Andy Hamilton - Drinks & Foraging

User avatar
the.fee.fairy
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 4635
Joined: Fri May 05, 2006 5:38 pm
Location: Jiangsu, China
Contact:

Post: # 30695Post the.fee.fairy »

works on mine...i use firefox too.

JasonP71
margo - newbie
margo - newbie
Posts: 11
Joined: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:35 pm
Location: Liverpool, UK

Post: # 46649Post JasonP71 »

Firefox on the PC still uses the CTRL and + or - keys (or mouse scroll button) to change text size, as does Internet Explorer 6.

With Internet Explorer 7, holding down the CTRL key and pressing + or - zooms in and out (or holding CTRL while moving scroll wheel on mouse), difference being that the graphics zoom in and out too, not just the text size. There is a indicator at bottom right corner to show zoom level.

Jason.
Liverpool.

Shirley
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 7025
Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:05 am
Location: Manchester
Contact:

Post: # 46652Post Shirley »

Nice one!! Thanks Jason.

F11 on a windows system will give you full screen viewing too - wont' affect text size or anything but will allow you to see a bit more at the top and bottom of the page. F11 again to resume to normal view.
Shirley
NEEPS! North East Eco People's Site

My photos on Flickr

Don't forget to check out the Ish gallery on Flickr - and add your own photos there too. http://www.flickr.com/groups/selfsufficientish/

User avatar
Millymollymandy
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 17637
Joined: Tue May 10, 2005 6:09 am
Location: Brittany, France

Post: # 46697Post Millymollymandy »

ooh how exciting - I didn't know any of those things! That zoom might come in handy sometimes for those (strange) people on forums who decide to change the font and font size to tiny. :roll:

User avatar
Muddypause
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 1905
Joined: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:45 pm
Location: Urban Berkshire, UK (one day I'll find the escape route)

Post: # 46706Post Muddypause »

Firefox users:

Install the All-In-One Gestures extension. With the mouse over an image, hold down the right button and draw an anti-clockwise square, starting at bottom left. The image will double in size.

Install the Custom Buttons extension, and make your own toolbar buttons. Then visit this thread for dozens of different codes people have written for it, including Resize Text in this post (click on the Resize Text link - it'll downlad the code into the Custom Buttons extension). Very useful for those of us who refuse to admit we need to wear glasses.
Stew

Ignorance is essential

metricben
margo - newbie
margo - newbie
Posts: 17
Joined: Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:06 pm
Location: Sussex, UK

Post: # 51439Post metricben »

Yep, works on Ubuntu with Firefox. Thanks for the useful shortcut!

User avatar
frugalbelle
margo - newbie
margo - newbie
Posts: 5
Joined: Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:24 am
Location: Riverina - Australia

Post: # 79256Post frugalbelle »

I've only been using my computer for 4yrs,I click on view, go to Text size and click on largest does'nt seem to alter very much the font size, have'nt been able to use the data shown here I use XP
open to everything - atttached to nothing

User avatar
marshlander
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 1323
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:45 am
Location: Cloddygate Farm, North Linconshire coast.

Post: # 86534Post marshlander »

Oooo your all sooo clever!
f11 i understand and it works. :cheers:
Instructions for posting photos - dont even understand the instructions! :? Have to ask stepson when he comes to visit!
Terri x
“I'd rather be a little weird than all boring.”
Rebecca McKinsey

tim&fatima
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 507
Joined: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:35 pm
Location: uk

Post: # 92020Post tim&fatima »

Millymollymandy wrote:ooh how exciting - I didn't know any of those things! That zoom might come in handy sometimes for those (strange) people on forums who decide to change the font and font size to tiny. :roll:
Don't know what you mean. :iconbiggrin:
It's nice to be important,
But it's more important to be nice.

User avatar
Millymollymandy
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 17637
Joined: Tue May 10, 2005 6:09 am
Location: Brittany, France

Post: # 92146Post Millymollymandy »

Hang on whilst I get my magnifying glass! :mrgreen:

scrap
Barbara Good
Barbara Good
Posts: 195
Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:28 pm
Location: Artificial swamp area of North-Holland

Re:

Post: # 212183Post scrap »

marshlander wrote:Oooo your all sooo clever!
f11 i understand and it works. :cheers:
Instructions for posting photos - dont even understand the instructions! :? Have to ask stepson when he comes to visit!
Computers aren't that hard to work with...its the instructions,that's where I usually smeg up... :oops:
''I'm riding a pig and trashing things,I dunno what else I'm supposed to do here.''
(My wife, while playing Lego pirates of the carribean.)

''If you open your mind too far your brain will fall out''

Post Reply