Windows tips

Using the mouse wheel to zoom: if you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, simply hold down the "Control" key and slide the scroll wheel up to enlarge and down to shrink the window. This feature works with web pages and most applications, including Microsoft Office applications like Word. I know this works with XP and Vista – not sure whether it works with older versions of Windows or not. I use this a lot when viewing newspaper articles on the web. And of course it works on my blog.