You can change your screen resolution, zoom in, or magnify your screen to find items on your Chromebook screen better.
Make a page bigger or smaller
You can make the page you look at bigger or smaller, but keep other parts of your screen the same size.
- Make the page bigger:Press Ctrland +.
- Make the page smaller:Press Ctrland -.
- Reset zoom:Press Ctrl+ 0 .
Make everything on your screen bigger or smaller
You can make everything on your screen bigger or smaller, which includes your row of apps and tabs, by changing your screen resolution.
- Make your screen bigger, decrease resolution:Press Ctrl+ Shiftand +.
- Make your screen smaller, increase resolution:Press Ctrl+ Shiftand -.
- Reset resolution:Press Ctrl+ Shift+ 0.
Tip:On your touchscreen, you can touch and hold an area with 2 fingers, and then pinch open to zoom in, or pinch close to zoom out.
Magnify your screen
You can zoom in on your screen, like when you use a magnifying glass.
Magnify your whole screen
To quickly magnify your entire screen, press Ctrl+ Search + mor press Ctrl+ Launcher + m.
To manage screen magnification:
- At the bottom right, select the time.
- Or press Alt+ Shift+ s.
- Select Settings A ccessibility.
- Under "Display," turn on F ull screen magnifier.
- Choose how you want to move around the magnified screen.
- Move around continuously:Turn Move screen continuously as mouse moveson.
- Keep your mouse centered:Turn Move screen keeping mouse at center of screenon.
- Move the screen when the mouse touches the edge:Turn Move screen when mouse touches edge of screenon.
- To choose your zoom level, next to "Fullscreen zoom level," select Down arrow.
Tips:
- To move around, press Ctrl+ Alt+ Up, Down, Left, or Right. You can also press Tabto move from item to item on your screen.
- In full screen zoom mode on your touchscreen, use 2 fingers to move around the screen.
Magnify part of your screen
You can find the magnified section at the top third of your screen. Your default screen shows underneath. To magnify the top section of your screen, press Ctrl+ Search+ dor press Ctrl+ Launcher+ d.
- At the bottom right, select the time.
- Or press Alt+ Shift+ s.
- Select Settings A ccessibility.
- Under "Display," turn on D ocked magnifier.
- To choose your zoom level, next to "Docked zoom level," select Down arrow .
- To change the part that’s magnified, move your cursor or press Tab.
Tip:When you type at the bottom section of your screen, it’s zoomed in at the top of your screen.
Change the magnification level
- I ncrease magnification:Press Ctrl+ Alt+ Brightness up
.
- You can also press Ctrl+ Alt, then scroll with 2 fingers up on the touchpad.
- Decrease magnification:Press Ctrl+ Alt+ Brightness down
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- You can also press Ctrl+ Alt, then scroll with 2 fingers down.
Magnify the words you hear
When you read text aloud with Select-to-speak or Chromevox, the screen magnifier automatically follows the words, so you don’t lose your place.
Important:Review your settings first.
- In the “Accessibility” settings, select Display and magnification.
- Turn on either:
- Docked magnifier
- Full-screen magnifier
- Go back to “Accessibility” settings, select Text-to-speech Select-to-speak. Learn how to use Select-to-speak .
To magnify the words you hear with Select-to-speak:
- On your Chromebook, open a page you’d like to read.
- On the page you’d like to read:
- Adjust your preferred zoom level with Ctrl+ Alt+ Brightness upand Ctrl+ Alt+ Brightness down.
- You can adjust the docked zoom level in the "Accessibility" settings. Under “Display and magnification,” next to “Docked zoom level,” select your preferred zoom level.
- Select the text you want to read outSelect-to-speak
or Search+ S.
- Adjust your preferred zoom level with Ctrl+ Alt+ Brightness upand Ctrl+ Alt+ Brightness down.
To magnify the words you hear with Chromevox:
- On your Chromebook, at the bottom right, select the time.
- Select Settings
.
- On the left, select Accessibility Display and magnification.
- Turn on either:
- Docked magnifier
- Full-screen magnifier
- Select your preferred zoom level:
- For docked magnifier:To select your preferred zoom level, next to “Docked zoom level,” select the dropdown.
- For full-screen magnifier:To select your preferred zoom level, next to “Zoom level,” select the dropdown.
- Turn on Magnifier follows ChromeVox focus.
- This is turned on by default.
- Open a page you’d like to read.
- To turn “Chromevox” on or off, through your keyboard, press Ctrl+ Alt+ z. Learn how to use the built-in screen reader .
Tip:If you turn on the full-screen magnification feature, you can track the word level reading focus and keep it centered on the screen. To turn on, in the “Accessibility” settings, select Display and magnification Full-screen magnifier.
