How to change the font size?

Productive work at a computer or laptop is practically impossible if the personal device settings do not meet the needs of the user. How to change and configure font size?

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How to change the font size on different operating systems?

This method of configuring the font allows you to change the size of the latter in all programs, folders and device applications, menu lines as well as on the computer screen itself.

Windows XP.

Install the mouse cursor on the free desktop field and click on its right key.
In the dropout, select the item "Properties".
Next, go to the "Design" tab.
Next you are interested in the floor "font size" (at the bottom of the tab).
Depending on the wishes among the lines of the drop-down list, choose the usual, large or huge font size.
Next click "Apply" and "OK".

Windows 7.

In the presence of Windows 7, follow action will be as follows:

Click the Start key and go to "Control Panel".
Next, among the list that appears, select "Design and Personalization".
Click the string "Screen".

Choose the desired font size - small, medium or large - and click the "Apply" key.
Next will go off the offer to leave the system and close all working applications to activate new parameters.
Go out from everywhere, while retaining the changes made.

Windows 8.

If the 8th version of Windows is installed, the transition will be the following:

Menu "Start".
Next, select from the list "Computer Settings".
In the left column of the computer parameter, find the "Control Panel" in the bottom and click this key.
Among the items of the opening list click the "Screen" string.

Next, using a string with a runner, set the desired size (from small to large) text and other elements of the desktop.
Click the Apply key.
After you save the changes and restart the device.

After rebooting the device, the changes made will affect not only pictograms and text on the computer screen, but also in all folders, registers and device programs.

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Special parameters - scaling

Not always of the 3 proposed options - small, medium or large - can be enough. If the user wants to set his own font size, you must use the scaling function.

Being in the font settings section, select (depending on the Windows version) item "Other Font Settings" or "Special Parameters".
You will appear in front of you with the ability to select the font scale relative to the standard size (100%).
From the drop-down list, choose the necessary - 100%, 125%, 150% or 200%.
Click "OK" and reboot a personal device.

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How to change the font size in separate programs?

Regardless of which software product in front of you, a specific key combination is a versatile "key" to a font change.

Press the "Ctrl" key with my finger, and start scrolling the scroll (wheel) of the mouse to scroll through the hand.
You will see how each scrolling reduces or increases the text size. The change interval is about 10-15%.
At the same time, the scrolling of the scrolling "to oneself" leads to a decrease in the size of the font, while the reverse movement of the wheel leads to an increase in the font.
Once you achieve the desired result, release the "Ctrl" key. The set size will be fixed.

An alternative to the scroll can serve as the "+" and "-" keyboard keys, clicking on which will also lead to an increase or decrease in the font, respectively.

Such a change in the size of the font will allow you to use the settings installed only within the current session and only when working with this application.

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Changing the font in Microsoft Office applications

To reduce or enlarge the font of the text in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint need:

Climbing the mouse cursor, allocate the necessary text or the contents of the cells of interest. If you want to highlight the entire text of the document, use the combination of "Ctrl + A".
Next, go to the toolbar of your document and search for the "Font" section (depending on Word or Excel version, this section can be placed in various tabs).
In the "Font" block you are interested in the field "font size".
Install the required size. In this case, the user can select the size of the above drop-down list or set its own (by entering from the keyboard) in the following intervals: