Hi Eleanor, Can you please just positively confirm that you have tried both my suggestions regarding the zoom size? I'll paste them below in case they got lost - please let us know whether this fixes it: Toolbar > View > Zoom > select 100% (or bigger!) Assuming you have a scrollwheel mouse, press CTRL on the keyboard, and roll the wheel down to zoom out, up to zoom in (applies to most apps on a PC). Regards, Jonathan -- Providing support to Britain's 500 talking newspaper services http://www.talking-newspapers.co.uk/ On 7 May 2010 15:06, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I appreciate what you are saying Jackie and took on board your > suggestion/recommendation in any case. What happened was that someone > converted a pdf file for me into a word file. I then tried to copy and > paste from that file which had the tiny on-screen writing and it seems to be > happening now in every word document I open. The default is set correctly > to Ariel and the font size to 12. Very strange indeed. > > > Eleanor > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" < > jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 2:59 PM > > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Font Size > > > Hi Eleanor >> >> Then I honestly don't know. I have no sight to notice if the size on >> screen is diminishing, only when I check the style and attributes I am using >> within Word itself. >> >> >> Jackie Cairns >> Braille Specialist >> Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sight and Sound Technology Ltd >> Welton House North Wing >> Summerhouse Road >> Moulton Park >> Northampton >> NN3 6WD >> Tel: 01604 798024 >> Mob: 07887 883815 >> www.sightandsound.co.uk >> -----Original Message----- >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >> Of Eleanor Burke >> Sent: 07 May 2010 14:29 >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Font Size >> >> Jackie I have tried what you said re the font size and it has made no >> change on screen. It is coming out OK in print but I want to get it back to >> the correct way on screen. With my magnification the font is absolutely >> minute. >> >> Eleanor >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:44 PM >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Font Size >> >> >> Hi Eleanor >>> >>> If you use Microsoft Word, go into the font menu, change your size to the >>> number you want, and tab along to the default button. You will be asked >>> if you want to make the style and size default, so just accept, and it >>> should open in that way each time. >>> >>> >>> Jackie Cairns >>> Braille Specialist >>> Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Sight and Sound Technology Ltd >>> Welton House North Wing >>> Summerhouse Road >>> Moulton Park >>> Northampton >>> NN3 6WD >>> Tel: 01604 798024 >>> Mob: 07887 883815 >>> www.sightandsound.co.uk >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >>> Of Eleanor Burke >>> Sent: 06 May 2010 16:35 >>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [access-uk] Font Size >>> >>> Something has happened to my font size and though it is saying Ariel 12 >>> it >>> is absolutely tiny on the screen. I think something happened when I >>> opened a document with this type of writing and now it is happening in >>> all >>> my word documents. It must be a default somewhere that I need to change. >>> It looks a bit like a subscript or footer type of print on the screen. >>> Any ideas please. >>> >>> Eleanor >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >>> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >>> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> ** and in the Subject line type >>> ** unsubscribe >>> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >>> ** immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >>> ** or send a message, to >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >>> >>> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > -- Providing support to Britain's 500 talking newspaper services http://www.talking-newspapers.co.uk/