AzureFeeds

Access now lets you zoom in and out when you’re working with forms, tables, and queries in Form View or Datasheet View. Zoom in for a closer look at your data or zoom out to see more on screen at once. You can adjust the zoom level using the Zoom button on the ribbon, the zoom slider on the status bar, or keyboard shortcuts. Zoom is also available in Print Preview for reports. Zoom isn’t supported in Report View or Design View. This feature is available in Access for Microsoft 365, version 2605 and later.

Choose a magnification setting from the ribbon

On the Home tab, select Zoom and choose one of the following options: 50%, 75%, 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, or 500%.

To return the view to 100% zoom, click Zoom 100%. If you prefer to use the keyboard, you can press Ctrl + Alt + 0 (zero).

Use the zoom slider to quickly zoom in or out

On the status bar in the lower right-hand corner of Access, select the zoom slider.

Slide to the percentage zoom setting that you want. Press – or + to zoom in gradual increments.

Use zoom keyboard shortcuts or mousewheel

To zoom in, press Ctrl + Alt + Plus (+).

To zoom out, press Ctrl + Alt + Minus (-).

To return to 100% magnification, press Ctrl + Alt + 0 (zero).

To use the mousewheel and scroll to zoom in or out, press Ctrl + mousewheel.

Change your default zoom percentage

Access doesn’t save zoom settings on closing and reopening a form. Instead, it opens your form using the default zoom setting. To set your zoom default percentage, choose File > Options > Current Database > Application Options and choose the Default Zoom setting.

Note   Content inside of ActiveX controls, such as the text in a TreeView control, doesn’t resize when zoomed. Zooming in Access only affects Access-native controls. If a form uses ActiveX controls, consider replacing them with native Access controls so they scale with the rest of the form.