Tip #8 - Grow or Shrink the Font Using the Keyboard

100 Computer Tips in 100 Days

Tip #8 - Grow or Shrink the Font Using the Keyboard

This tip works in most programs where you enter text such as Word or your email program. It works on both the PC and Apple and is really easy to learn.

First you need to type some words and then select the text you want to make larger or smaller (see the blog entry on selecting text). On your keyboard find the following keys - Shift, Ctrl (Command for Apple) and the Greater Than key (>) or the Less Than key (<). Are you getting any idea of where we're going yet?

With the text selected hold down the Shift and Ctrl (Command) keys at the same time. With both of them depressed, strike the greater than key to make text larger (greater??) and the less than key to make the text smaller (lesser). That's it. The reason this is pretty cool is that you don't always have access to the grow/shrink feature in the program but you can use this keyboard alternative anyway. Give it a try.

Happy Computing! See you tomorrow. - Diane