Word – Making CTRL+(mouse scroll) work with word 2007 for zooming

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I am using Word 2007 and am trying to use the combo:

Ctrl + mouse scroll

To zoom in and out of the doc.

This function works fine in other programs (like google-chrome)

Is there a place to fix this ?

edit: I found out that when I scroll the mouse FAST the desired effect happens. I would like it to also work with slower scrolling. The thing is also that on any other program – the scrolling acts as normal. (so this is not a system wide preference)

Best Answer

The following solution (from this blog post) worked for me:

I am using Microsoft Mobile Mouse 6000 and the zoom function (by using CTRL + Scroll) did not work normally. What I did to overcome this problem is:

  • Open Control Panel -> Mouse
  • Select Wheel tab, then select Identify programs that don't scroll correctly... -> Click Add -> Browse for Microsoft Word -> Click OK -> OK.
  • Now, come back to Ms Word, it will work perfectly.

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