Screen display went crazy- help

I have been using this MacBook Pro for over a year. It has worked fine.
I printed a piece from an Adobe site.
I walked away from the computer while I was printing.
When I returned, the piece had printed, but the screen size had doubled. It is difficult for me to read and to move
around the screen. I tried to change the display size from 1280 X 800. This made little difference.
I am unable to get back to my original screen size. I shut the computer off and re booted, but the large
screen size remained.
I disconnected the power supply, and worked on battery. the screen size remained.
What else can I do? I want my computer back.
Please assist.
I have a kitten. He may have walked on some key stroke. I don't think so, but it is possible.

I don't know exactly what you've done so far, but I'll start from scratch.
1. First (and I suspect you've already done this), go to System Preferences/Displays, and choose 1920 x 1200 resolution. You can pick another resolution later, but let's start at the max and move down later, if you choose.
2. If you cannot change your screen resoution, please enclose some more detailed info, i.e., what happened when you tried to go to different resolutions. Did it stay the same size? Get any error messages?
Oh, and leave your responses here, so others can give their input!

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