Help please! 7yr old did something to desktop

jkerry06 · jkerry06 #1 (**permalink**)

11-09-2011, 08:57 PM

My 7yr old was playing games and did something to the computer. I now have to scroll left and right and up and down to get to destop documents, tool bar at the top and dock on the bottom. The desktop picture has not been zoomed in. That was my first thought. Any help would be greatly appricated!

Thank You in advance!

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

11-09-2011, 09:10 PM

System Preferences - Universal Access - Seeing tab - turn off Zoom

toMACsh · toMACsh #3 (**permalink**)

11-09-2011, 09:13 PM

My Zoom has always been on.
Try Option Command - to zoom out until it won't zoom any more. That should get your Desktop back to normal.

jkerry06 · jkerry06 #4 (**permalink**)

11-09-2011, 09:16 PM

The Universal Access route worked. For future refrence: How did he turn it on?

bobtomay · bobtomay #5 (**permalink**)

11-09-2011, 09:16 PM

Or hold down the option and command keys, then toggle the 8 key.

toMACsh · toMACsh #6 (**permalink**)

11-10-2011, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkerry06

The Universal Access route worked. For future refrence: How did he turn it on?

Like this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobtomay

Or hold down the option and command keys, then toggle the 8 key.

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jkerry06 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 09, 2011 Posts: 2	11-09-2011, 08:57 PM My 7yr old was playing games and did something to the computer. I now have to scroll left and right and up and down to get to destop documents, tool bar at the top and dock on the bottom. The desktop picture has not been zoomed in. That was my first thought. Any help would be greatly appricated! Thank You in advance!
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jkerry06 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 09, 2011 Posts: 2	11-09-2011, 09:16 PM The Universal Access route worked. For future refrence: How did he turn it on?
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