When I move my mouse my screen moves

I apologize as this is probably a dumb question but I'm a new user. I must have accidentally hit some button and now wherever I move my mouse, my my screen moves all over too. I've searched everywhere to try and solve this but I can't. For example when my arrow goes to the bottom I eventually get to the see the icons but then the stuff at the top disappears.I just want my old screen back where I see everything and the screen stays still when I move my mouse.
Thanks.

Welcome to the discussions. Perhaps you inadvertently entered this mode by holding down the Ctrl key whilst scrolling up with the mouse. If so, to return to normal, hold down the Ctrl key whilst scrolling down. ...From a comment in this _Magnifying With a Touch_ article:
"...if you have a mouse with a scroll wheel. Just hold down the control key when when you scroll up to magnify, and scroll down to return to normal."
Settings are in the Mouse tab of +Keyboard & Mouse+ System Preferences with an Options button for more settings. Also:
"You can use keyboard shortcuts to control zooming. To make the screen image appear larger (zoom in), press Command-Option-equal sign (=). To make it appear smaller (zoom out), press Command-Option-hyphen(-)."
...quoted from this Apple doc:
_Making it easier to see what’s on the screen_
For portables, see this Apple doc:
_Apple Portables — How to use trackpad screen zooming_
...although it's a little out-of-date as 10.5.6 introduced a dedicated Trackpad pane in System Preferences.

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