How to zoom in and out to change the size of content in the browser
Is text looking a bit small nowadays? Eyesight not as good as it used to be? To zoom in and out, and increase or decrease the size of the content in the browser, press Ctrl on the keyboard, and scroll the mouse wheel up or down. You can also press Ctrl on the keyboard, and tap the + or – keys on the num pad.
Edge, Chrome, Opera, etc.
If you do this in Microsoft Edge (or other Chromium-based web browsers like Chrome or Opera), you will notice that Edge brings up a tab that tells you the zoom level percentage. You can click on the tab to increase or decrease the zoom percentage, or reset it back to 100%.
You can also reset the zoom to 100% by pressing Ctrl+0.
Ctrl + 0 – Reset size to 100%
Firefox
The Firefox browser looks a little different but does the same thing. As you can see, Firefox also lets you know that you can reset the zoom level by pressing Ctrl+0, which you can do with the other browsers too.
Change the size of text, apps, and other items in Windows 10
The above info was focused on changing content size within the web browser. Windows 10 also has the option to scale the size of text, apps, and other items. To do so, try the following:
a. Press the Windows key, keep your finger on it and then press the I key (I for Information). This opens the Settings screen.
Windows + I – Settings
b. Then click on System:
c. Select a scale from the Scale and layout menu:
Another way
You can also press the Start menu and type Size. This searches for the keyword size:
If you see the Make text size bigger listing, click on it or hit Enter. This will show the Make text bigger slider. You can move the slider to adjust the size of the text.
Summary
This was a quick tip for how to increase the size of content in the browser, and in Windows 10. If you have any other preferred ways to adjust content size in Windows 10, let us know in the comments.
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