Size of document on the screen

[El Cazador]

"Help" was no help. Couldn't find the magic words, alpha index was
worse.
So, how do you resize a Word document so that it appears larger on the
screen? My eyesight sucks. Take my advice and don't get old.
Thanks for any, uh, help. Microsoft oughtta be payin' some of you
more experienced people.

 

[CyberTaz]

If you're only wanting to magnify the appearance of the document on screen
within a window of whatever size you have a couple of ways to go about it;

1- View> Zoom, or
2- Click the Zoom button on the Standard Toolbar

Either lets you pick from various presets *or* specify your own % value.

If you mean the size of the window, itself;

1- Click the green stoplight button (left end of the window's title bar), or
2- Window> Zoom Window, or
3- Use the lower right corner to stretch to preferred size.

Depending on how serious you are about the eyesight, you may also want to
investigate the Accessibility option of OS X: Apple Menu> System
Preferences> Universal Access.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Elliott Roper]

"Help" was no help. Couldn't find the magic words, alpha index was
worse.
So, how do you resize a Word document so that it appears larger on the
screen? My eyesight sucks. Take my advice and don't get old.
Thanks for any, uh, help. Microsoft oughtta be payin' some of you
more experienced people.

For me, the most convenient method of adjusting the displayed type size
is to choose view » zoom... » page width. Then drag the bottom right
corner of the window rightward for larger characters and leftward to
see entire page layouts.
It works best if you have a large screen with lots of pixels of course,
but it is quite usable even on this 12" Powerbook. Choosing view »
normal as well might be useful on a smaller screen. That view wastes
less on the stupid irritating blue background that comes with page
view, which I otherwise prefer.

On my Mac Pro with its two 20" monitors side by side, this trick shows
14pt characters more than 1/2" high at full width but that *is* being
silly for the sake of it.

 

[El Cazador]

Thank you again for the help.
V.R. S.