my screen seems to be in a permanent zoom

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my screen seems to be in a permanent zoom

my screen seems to be in a permanent zoom, and whenever i move my curser, the screen moves with it. how do i get back to a normal screen?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Mar 28, 2013 1:11 PM

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Niel

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Mar 28, 2013 1:12 PM in response to CrooksKel

Turn off Zoom from the Universal Access and Keyboard & Mouse panes of System Preferences.

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Mar 28, 2013 1:16 PM in response to Niel

thank you so much. this was driving me crazy and i was about to pack everything up and head for the apple store. so you saved me an afternoon.

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kel

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Mar 28, 2013 2:19 PM in response to CrooksKel

If you have toddlers or cats Zoom can accidentally turned on by hitting a group of keys that include Option + Command + 8.
To prevent this being accidentally activated in the future go to System Preferences>Keyboard>Keyboard Shortcuts>Universal Access and uncheck all the boxes.

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