Something was downloaded to my computer while I was away this week. (My husband probably thought it was ok.) Now when I open an email thru Outlook it's huge - it goes way off the screen to the right. I don't know how to resize this or fix this.
Can you please tell me in simple one and two syllable words just what to do?
Oh, those husbands. Can't leave 'em alone for a minute, much less a week.
The too-wide window could be the result of a download, but it's also possible that it's not his fault. Even though it's not supposed to, sometimes it can happen for other reasons. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to fix.
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Normally, of course, you can resize a window by using the mouse and clicking on and dragging the border of the window. In a case like this, though, the border is off the screen, and there's no way to move the mouse over to click on it. The result is that we have to use the keyboard interface.
When you're in one of those too-wide windows, do the following.
Type ALT+spacebar: this should pop up a menu at the upper left of the window that should look something like this:
Click on Size (or just type s): the cursor should change to a 4-pointed compass
Press the right arrow key (or the key that "points to" the window border that is off the screen): the cursor should jump to that window border - which of course you can't see right now, since it's off the screen.
Press the left arrow key (or the opposite of whatever key you pressed in the previous step) to resize the window: the edge of the window should move in the direction you've chosen.
Press Enter when done resizing.
I believe it's still the case that while a mouse is technically listed as a requirement for Windows, there is a keyboard interface for everything. (Sadly, while Windows meets this criteria, not all applications do.) It's not always elegant, and sometimes downright cumbersome, but in cases like this it can be quite handy to at least have some familiarity with it.
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Article C2627 - April 20, 2006
I fixed it by right clicking the desktop and navigating by hitting alt tab and using the scroll on my mouse then i played with the tab button using alt f4 to close what I didn't want to open. WHat a pain in the ass.
Posted by: Mike at March 1, 2009 7:35 PMI have ubuntu will I be able to correct the resolution of my screen the same way as windows?
Posted by: gmari at March 15, 2009 10:41 PMI had the same problem when viewing a web page (that I had developed), on the Internet, even though it fitted my screen in Internet Explorer in development in my PC. After trying many of the solutions offered above - unsuccessfully, I noticed, by chance, that there is a zoom button in the bottom right of my screen. It had been set to 120%. Resetting to to 100% fixed the problem.
Posted by: Brendan at March 25, 2009 12:53 PMI am also having the screen picture too big
Posted by: Joyce Small at April 17, 2009 11:37 AMbut only on Netscape..Safari..Internet Explorer
are fine..but I use Netscape a lot and
it really bothers me when I can't see
the images on my screen background. I
tried that alt/spacebar but nothing happened.
This didnt work for me. what i did was went to PROPERTIES then i went to SETTINGS
Posted by: lauren at April 18, 2009 8:34 AM...buy a larger monitor? (lol)...seriously, that would fix the problem, wouldn't it?
Posted by: J at April 21, 2009 7:16 PMHappened to me twice. One time I just changed resolution, and moved window. The other time, I just went into video control panel and changed the center of the screen. (french benefits of a $500.00 video card - even tho it's seven years old)
Posted by: Paul at April 21, 2009 11:18 PMWhat is plan B ? alt-space bar got the little box menu but wouldn't let me change anything.
Posted by: MaryAlice Nelson at April 30, 2009 9:10 AMI can not make my screen smaller and letters are oversize. I tried alt+spacebar and nothiong pops up. Llease help. t.u.
Posted by: Debra at May 18, 2009 8:20 AMI have the same problem and when I pressed alt plus the spacebar the window popped up, but the size option was not available to me. What else can I do?
Posted by: April Marchant at July 2, 2009 4:37 PM