Display too big for the monitor

Suddenly it seems as though I have a dispaly for the visually impared. As if the monitor that would be needed to see the whole dipaly at once would be 32' instead of the 17" available. As a result, I can only see a small portion of the window at any one time. Is this a bug? or did something get turned on that I can turn back off? Please help!!
Ps. This started just after my son watched a dvd on my computer.
imac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hello Pieman18,
Glad to hear that it worked for you
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Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you found my solution helpful. It's nice when you can find a simple fix for the odd problems
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