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Hover Enlarge on an iMac does not enlarge the text in a MS Word Document.

Anonymous
2021-12-07T22:37:55+00:00

I'm using an iMac with the hover enlarge text accessibility feature turned ON. (When I hover over text while pressing the command key it will enlarge the font WITHOUT having to constantly zoom in / out.)

Hover enlarge words for MS Word menu bar and navigation panel, but not text.

This image shows hover enlarge works for menu bar.

This image shows that hover enlarge works in navigation panel

However, this image shows that when I hover over the actual text in the document, while pressing the command key, the actual text does NOT enlarge. 

Is there a way to get the magnifier to work with text in MS word documents on an iMac or Macbook?

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Anonymous
2021-12-08T05:45:28+00:00

Hi YoTeach314,

I go through the post carefully, I think you are using Zoom accessibility feature in Mac to enlarge elements in Word document: How to zoom in or out on Mac - Apple Support. I test on my side and I can repro the same behaviour, it seems that the feature cannot magnify text in document. I am sorry for the inconvenience this causes and would suggest you give feedback on the issue by post in Word Feedback community: Word · Community (microsoft.com), your feedback will promote the related developer team of Word to improve Word to work well with Zoom feature from Mac. Thanks for your efforts and understanding!

As a workaround, you may try Zoom in/out to enlarge text in document by Press CTRL and scroll up/down mouse wheel. You may find more details from the link: Zoom in or out of a document, presentation, or worksheet (microsoft.com)(the feature is similar on Word for Mac.)

Best Regards,

Clark

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-08T16:28:31+00:00

    Thank you for the response. I believe you accurately described the zoom feature I was using. I will follow up with a post in the Word community. Constantly zooming in and out is a hassle. The hover enlarge is a great feature and it would be nice if it worked on the text in a word doc.

    YT

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