Enlarging my computer's font

[MissyC]

Hi Joi and all

Could someone tell me how to enlarge the font on my computer. I did this a few weeks back on one of my PCs and can't remember how the heck I did it!

Thanks

[GrannyT]

Hi MissyC,
I am not sure if I will explain this correctly; however, here goes.
On your tool bar at the top of your screen there should be a "button" that either says font or size or an Aa with a line under it. This is on my MSN toolbar. If you use IE there should be an Aa with an arrow underneath it. When you click on either of these, it should say something about large, larger, small, smaller. Click on one of them and the text size should change. If you are talking about THAT platform, let me know, and I will put the directions for that on here as well.

GrannytT who is sure (or at least hoping) someone will correct me if I am wrong.

[MissyC]

Thanks

That is basically what I was looking for I used View-text size-largest in my IE tool bar. Sometimes the AA is showing and sometimes not. I tried them both but they don't seem to be enlarging the font on the web page itself. The toolbars are enlarged.

I went into my start menu-my computer-control panel-accessibility options and changed it from there too. Still just not seeing any difference in the web page font, should I be? It is really bugging me because I know I have done this before...lol.

Thanks, and maybe it is just my computer! Just had to reboot my work PC. Seems to freeze up often anymore. I think I need a good popup blocker on it too. Major pain with popups lately. My MSN popup isn't doing its job. Any suggestions?

Thanks as always

[beachlovingmom]

This is regarding the pop-ups. If you are willing to pay $20, I downloaded Stopzilla from Stopzilla.com (29.99 less $10 that took less than 3 weeks to get). This was rated #1 by PCNet and believe me, it works GREAT. Keeps track of how many popups are blocked. I suggested it to my brother and more than 3000 were blocked the first day!!! He has DSL (I have cable), cannot explain what the huge number means, but his computer was virtually not usable until he put this on.

Regarding your font size, a few months ago, on one of these web sites, there was mention of using, I believe, your control key and the scrolling button of your mouse to increase/decrease the font, but you will have to check this out to verify. Anyone else remember?

[MissyC]

Hey, thanks everybody and that is just too cool. I love the control-mouse scroll. How simple is that! That one I did not know about. Great! It works!

Thumbs up on the StopZilla too. I have already downloaded it for a 15-day trial until I can order it by phone. It picked up 10 ads in less than 5 minutes. I have it on personal PC and am going to put it on my work PC right now. The ads have been driving me nuts. I Google alot and get slammed with ads while I am trying to get here and there. Very time consuming and frustrating. I will order it by phone tomorrow (today now).

Thanks again