Something really strange with iMac G5 screen
My friend has an iMac G5, and he has a strange problem. He was trying to find a shortcut for something in Quark, he was hitting the command key and something else (he can't remember what) and suddenly, his 20" iMac screen doesn't fit the contents of the screen anymore. It's like the dock on the bottom is off the screen, ditto for the menu bar at the top and side to side. When you move the mouse, it shifts the whole screen left, right, up or down. Again, it's as though the contents of the screen are bigger than the 20" screen itself. I've checked resolution, and it's set to native; we've rebooted the computer, but the problem persists. I have no idea what's going on; can anyone please help?
Thank you.
He might have turned on Zoom. If you look in System Preferences->Universal Access, you'll see the controls there. You can turn it on or off without having that Preference window open, though. Use ⌘-⎇-8 (Command-Option-8).
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