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Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts) Thu Sep 13, 2012, 07:59 PM Sep 2012

My screen resolution changed when I unintentionally ran my hand across the

mouse. How do I get it back using the same process?

I know how to do it by going into Control Panel, I just want to know how I fugged it up.

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My screen resolution changed when I unintentionally ran my hand across the (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 OP

You mean the zoom...print is bigger or smaller, right? CurtEastPoint Sep 2012 #1

I think it's some kind of magnifier. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #2

Yes, it's a magnifier. It's on the right side of the mouse. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #3

Windows key + Esc ChromeFoundry Sep 2012 #4

CurtEastPoint

(18,643 posts)

1. You mean the zoom...print is bigger or smaller, right?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:44 PM

Sep 2012

Try holding CTRL down while using the mouse wheel. That zooms in and out.
I don't know a way of changing the resolution for the whole computer with the mouse gesture you described.