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did ya know...

by Andie
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If you hold down your Ctrl key and use the scroll button (center) on your mouse - you can zoom your screen in/out.

that is my trivial trivia for the day


Andie
  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Sorry andy, it doesn't work on THIS version of XP PRO!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
    Works for me. Firefox on openSuse 11.2
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Wow Andie! Thanks! Yet another thing that I can play with!

      It's sort of like my computer binoculars!

      Terra
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    OK, I have to check out my other computer I guess. It doesn't work with this dell. My eee CAN, for example, magnify an area if you hover over it for a time. To the best of my knowledge, the level of magnification isn't settable.

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author Andie
      Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

      OK, I have to check out my other computer I guess. It doesn't work with this dell. My eee CAN, for example, magnify an area if you hover over it for a time. To the best of my knowledge, the level of magnification isn't settable.

      Steve
      My son's desktop is dell....but his mouse is only 2btn w/no scroll button..might play with it when he gets home see if there is another way.. does come in handy at times<for me at least>
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    eee with XP doesn't work for me EITHER! WAAAAA! 8-( It seems to work for everyone else, and I have TWO DIFFERENT computers! One created by DELL, another by EEE! BOTH pretty much STANDARD configuration of XP.

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Doesn't work for me either, Steve - don't know if it's the xp pro or my intellimouse (the mouse may be too smart to do that trick).
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      • Profile picture of the author Andie
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        Doesn't work for me either, Steve - don't know if it's the xp pro or my intellimouse (the mouse may be too smart to do that trick).

        Yes, I'm guessing it is more the mouse type than comp/OS...must not work on those ~fancy~ ones :p

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  • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
    Another way of doing the same thing is to hold down Ctrl and press + or - on the numeric keypad or the top row (Ctrl Shift + if you use the top row). It works with or without numlock.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by Lawrh View Post

      Another way of doing the same thing is to hold down Ctrl and press + or - on the numeric keypad or the top row (Ctrl Shift + if you use the top row). It works with or without numlock.
      It took a *****LONG***** time for this to finally start working. It isn't that efficient anyway. 8-(
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    It's a feature of certain applications, not the operating system. It only zooms the current application, and only if that application supports control-wheel zooming.
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  • Profile picture of the author ladyspinner
    It works for me...I don't have too much use for it, but it's good to know if i needed it.
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