Screen moves as I move the mouse

Hello,
I am working on my work mac (G5 - OSX 10.4.11) and was working in Photoshop when this problem occurred. I don't believe I hit any keys but may have. Basically, the desktop/screen image (including all open apps) is now larger than my screen and moves around as I move my mouse. If we switch to another user then the problem goes away. Not sure if my user account has been corrupted or if this is a setting I don't know where to change. Please help.
Thank you.

Woo Hoo!
I had the same problem and found this fix on the forum! I must have accidentally zoomed!
Thanks a million-
Marc

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