Zoom in and out (make text bigger) in Windows 10

Change the size of text and other items in the browser
Change the size of text and other items in Windows 10

Change the size of text and other items 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 text and 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.

Microsoft Edge (Chrome, Opera, etc.)

If you do this in Microsoft Edge (or other Chromium-based web browsers), 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. Click the reset button, or press Ctrl+0 to go back 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 and other items in Windows 10

The section above focuses 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). The Settings screen will open.

Windows + I – Settings

b. Then click on System:

System choice in Windows 10 Settings - Windows 10 tips for beginners

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 page provided quick tips for how to increase the size of the content in the browser, and Windows 10. If you have any other preferred ways to adjust the content size in Windows 10, let people know in the comments.