How to Instantly Take Control of Web Page Text Size

As active computer users and web publishers, most of us will most likely use a mouse often. However arguably, some tasks can be completed more easily using a keyboard.

For example, you may discover that text on a web page is perhaps too small (or too large) to read comfortably. Although some forward-thinking websites may provide text resize buttons or controls as part of their web design, now there's a quick and easy way to adjust a web page to how you prefer.

Here's how you can easily zoom in (magnify), zoom out, and reset the zoom level back to its default condition in seconds:

• To zoom in, press and hold down the CTRL (CONTROL) key while pressing the + (plus symbol) key.
• To zoom out, press and hold down the CTRL (CONTROL) key while pressing the - (minus symbol) key.
• After zooming in or out, to reset your web page zoom settings back to their original / default size, press and hold the the CTRL (CONTROL) key while pressing the 0 (zero) key.

Moreover, if you have a mouse with a scroll wheel situated between the left and right mouse buttons, as an alternative to using the keyboard, you can press and hold down the CTRL (CONTROL) key, while turning the scroll wheel forward to zoom in, or backward to zoom out.

Tip 1 above has been testing using the following web browsers:

• Mozilla Firefox v3.X and later.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer v7.x and later.
• Google Chrome v0.2.149.29 (at the time of writing, just released).
• Apple Safari v3.1.2.
• Opera v9.5.1.

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