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My screen keeps expanding when I use the laptop mousepad and I cannot seem to make it go smaller!!!!

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robtkeegan
robtkeegan

Sometimes as I move the cursor the page expands and right now I cannot seem to keep it "normal sized"

Sometimes as I move the cursor the page expands and right now I cannot seem to keep it "normal sized"

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You may have zoomed web page(s) by accident. Make sure that you do not press the Ctrl key while scrolling a page.

Reset the page zoom on pages that cause problems.

  • View > Zoom > Reset (Ctrl/Command+0 (zero))
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FredMcD
FredMcD

Are you talking about the whole screen, or a window? What window?

cor-el
cor-el
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You may have zoomed web page(s) by accident. Make sure that you do not press the Ctrl key while scrolling a page.

Reset the page zoom on pages that cause problems.

  • View > Zoom > Reset (Ctrl/Command+0 (zero))