There is also at the bottom of your screen (lower right hand corner) a 100 % with an arrow.
CLICK on the arrow and it allows you to go up to 400%.

Mine either, still trying though because I have tried to enlarge before, so I can see everyones quilts larger. They are all so pretty.

Well, I'll be jiggered - it really does work and I've been using a computer for years.
Dodee

WOW!!! Now I can actually see what is written on the screen! It enlarges the text too!!!

Thanks for saving me from future headaches!!! :)

Can't find one on mine1!

Wow, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks

It didn't work for me. I put the curor on the pic hold down ctrl then use my tough pad to try to enlarge. NOTHING?

maybe you need to press a + OR - key while holding down the control key?

That's for that tidbit. I too was wondering if you could enlarge the avatar to see them better. Thanks

aaaarrrrgggg, I just did that on my pic. Talk about scaring myself - lol

I just tried this ..........and it WORKS....thanks for the tip.

nope still not working????
But thanks.

Besides the zoom to 400% and the + to 150% and - to 100% on the right task bar, there is another method if one really wants to see a quilt pattern...

If you have Windows 7 or Vista version, there is a Snip It tool. You click on the "snip it" then drag the cross bar around the image, it copies to the "clipboard" and then you can paste to Word or some other software package screen. After that you can drag the handles as large as you wish. Then save the doc. I do this often when I see one of these "dream quilts" I would like to make - like that daisy quilt that keeps popping up on the recent posts.

What would we do without one another to help?

Mine didn't work either just holding down the control button, but when someone else said to hold CTRL then hit the + or - key to enlarge, reduce - it worked and it's great! Woohoo!

Thank you for this tidbit .... learn something new everydayfrom you wonderful quilters .... and techies too !!

That was agreat and useful tip - thanks so much.

Thanks....it works for me and will come in handy. :thumbup:

Cool, finally worked for me

On my Mac I hold down the command button and then press + to enlarge the page or - to decrease it. Works great!

WELL~~~~learned something new today~~~thanks!

It worked
I finally figured out how to do it.

Didn't know it did that - thanks for the tip!
Jackie

Thanks for the neat tip, now I will be zooming my day away LOL

OMGosh.. I didn't know that!! How could I have been on a computer for years and not known that?? Goes to show.. you can learn something new every day! Thanks!!

I just love coming here with all the great people who help each other out and not just with quilting. I have problems with my eye sight and learning how to do this is going to help me a lot. Thanks

So if you can't do this, do you try another mouse?

Wow, thanks. There is so much to a computer yet to learn. I didnt know that trick,lol.

Yes there is...highlight what you want to enlarge ie picture, 'copy then paste it' to write mail, then right click on it to get those little white boxes, then go to a corner to get the double arrows to stretch the picture...however, if you try to make it really big, it will just become blurry...Naomi :thumbup:

Thanks, that finally work for me...All the other ways didn't

This works for me, too....
OR you could highlight the picture you want enlarged - COPY(CTR C) - open the MS Word program and PASTE (CTR V)...then enlarge THAT picture by pulling out the corner.

Aren't you absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!! Thanks so much

OK! That worked. I was holding down the + key. Thanks for pursuing this subject matter.

Do you like your Mac and have you ever used a PC? I'm considering switching next time I have to update anything else.

Also, if you want at the top of your screen, you can go to view and zoom in or out.

Hobby Sue, thanks for the tip. That works great. You see, you learn something new every day.

I'd like to reply about the PC/Mac question, but it probably should be a new topic. How do we start a new topic?

Well, I'll be darn. Learn something new everyday

I posted the question, "PC or Mac" under the GCC catagory. I can usually find the rules to post, but I have to stumble upon the "Create a new topic" link. I would really like to hear a comparison from everyone who has tried both the PC and Mac.

For some reason, no matter how hard I try, I can't do the trick with the Ctrl and rolling the mouse over it...that's why I use the way I described above... :thumbup: