Larger Font Preview

Is it possible to increase the size of the font preview?
There is no way to really see the subtle differences between
fonts with such a small preview.
I am currently looking into a font manager but increasing the
size of the font preview in Fireworks eliminate that need for me.
Thank you for your help.

Select your text. On the menu, click on Text> Editor...
If you check the "Show font" and "Show size & color"
checkboxes, the preview will show you how your text will look as
you change fonts using the drop-down box in the dialog.
As you change the font, the text in your image will change.
(You may need to arrange your image and the dialog box.) When I'm
experimenting, sometimes I like to click in the font drop down box,
select the first font, and then press the down arrow key repeatedly
to see text in all my fonts.
Joey's suggestion is to select the text, right-click on it
,and select Editor... It brings up the same dialog. If you're on a
Mac, you may have to hold down a key (Option?) while you click to
get this context menu, I don't know how that works. But the menu
select
will work.

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Message was edited by: Robert Mcclintock

Ah! Good question.
I had assumed I had the same version on each computer because I always keep both up-to-date.
Also, with the new CC, I no longer knew where to find the version number. Now I know :-)
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DESKTOP:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 14.2.1 (14.2.1 20140207.r.570 2014/02/07:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
LAPTOP:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 2014.1.0 20140730.r.148 2014/07/30:23:59:59 x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
I am going to guess that is what makes the difference.
Even if so, I prefer being able to see the font menu list, rather than using the up/down arrows.
Looking forward to your feedback/response.
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