Screen scrolls up and down / left to right

My wife has the old white glossy 13" macbook. About 4 years old, but with her service contract, has the latest software and all that jazz.
Our one year old got to hitting a bunch of keys on her keyboard and disrupted some settings, that we can't figure out how to get back to normal.
Now, when my wife uses the trackpad, the whole screen will move with her finger movements...up and down, and left and right...
How do we stop this?
Also, everything on the screen is almost doubled in size as well? What is the normal screen settings for a 13" macbook?
I hope that is clear. Not sure how else to really explain what has happened.
Much thanks for any input!

You have accidentally triggered the Zoom feature.
If you hold down ctrl and scroll on the trackpad upwards with two fingers, the screen will zoom larger and you'll get the effects you describe.
To zoom back, hold down ctrl and scroll on the trackpad DOWNWARDS with two fingers until everything on the screen becomes normal again.
This is actually a useful feature, but you're not the first to get caught out this way
Bob

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