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How do i reduce the font size of the text editor in VS 2022
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SuperCoder
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How do i reduce the font size of the text editor in VS 2022?
While working in VS 2022, I accidentally hit two keys that caused the font in the text editor to become HUGE. I tried to fix this by using Tools | Options but could not. Any help would be appreciated.
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RLWA32 50,576 Reputation points2025-08-29T00:27:23.9066667+00:00 -
SuperCoder 236 Reputation points
2025-08-29T15:05:46.1466667+00:00 I tried this but it did not make a difference. After some time I found a drop down control in the lower right hand corner of the text editing screen.
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RLWA32 50,576 Reputation points
2025-08-29T15:28:33.28+00:00 @SuperCoder What you found doesn't set the font size. It is a control for magnifying/shrinking the appearance of the editor's display. The keyboard shortcuts for this are documented at View: global shortcuts and the commands are referred to as Zoom In and Zoom out.
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SuperCoder 236 Reputation points
2025-08-29T16:16:44.7966667+00:00 Key board short cut worked! Thank you so much.
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