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How to magnify pages

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railroad101
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How do I magnify a page with firefox so I can read small writing and switch back again? In Explorer 11 it had a place in the bottom right corner. I need it on some e-mails and some web pages so I can see and read it.. 

                 New to " FireFox "... Tried reading and checking things and couldn't find where to do this
                                                                                                   Thank You.
How do I magnify a page with firefox so I can read small writing and switch back again? In Explorer 11 it had a place in the bottom right corner. I need it on some e-mails and some web pages so I can see and read it.. New to " FireFox "... Tried reading and checking things and couldn't find where to do this Thank You.

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Firefox's Zoom controls are on the graphical application menu, the one that appears if you click the "3-bar" button on the right end of the toolbar.

You can move them to the main toolbar if you like -- right-click any part of that row and choose Move to Toolbar.

Alternately, you can use keyboard shortcuts:

  • Ctrl + enlarges
  • Ctrl - reduces
  • Ctrl 0 resets to 100%

More info on zoom: Font size and zoom - increase the size of web pages

There is one significant difference from IE (at least the versions I have used), and that is that Firefox remembers the zoom level on a site-by-site basis. If you want to make a global change for all sites, the easiest way to do that is using an add-on, but give the regular zoom a try and see whether that takes care of it.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Chosen Solution

Firefox's Zoom controls are on the graphical application menu, the one that appears if you click the "3-bar" button on the right end of the toolbar.

You can move them to the main toolbar if you like -- right-click any part of that row and choose Move to Toolbar.

Alternately, you can use keyboard shortcuts:

  • Ctrl + enlarges
  • Ctrl - reduces
  • Ctrl 0 resets to 100%

More info on zoom: Font size and zoom - increase the size of web pages

There is one significant difference from IE (at least the versions I have used), and that is that Firefox remembers the zoom level on a site-by-site basis. If you want to make a global change for all sites, the easiest way to do that is using an add-on, but give the regular zoom a try and see whether that takes care of it.

cor-el
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You can look at the Default FullZoom Level or NoSquint extension to set a default font size and page zoom on web pages.