Question

Is there a way to increase the font size on a Windows Help file (CHM file) with recent versions of Internet Explorer? You used to be able to, but I think after IE7 the option was removed from the UI.

Answer 1

Official chm reader in windows doesn't have this feature in it's options but options for ie8 effected chm reader .

Answer 2

I'm a bookworm and some eBooks come as CHM, so no longer being able to change the font size was most annoying. Since then I'm using HelpExplorer.

There is a little problem though. The program is shareware but you can't really pay for it since the company seems to have vanished from the face of the earth and all links are dead. However, it does the job and I'm quite happy with it.

Answer 3

I think it's an option the creator of the CHM specifies. In an old job we used to supply our help files as CHM (among other formats) and I'm sure that there was an option we had to set to get the "change font size" on the toolbar.

I've just opened one of the files and the option's still there and it works. Unfortunately I don't have access to the tool we used at the moment so I can't check.

Answer 4

I'm using ChmZoomer, It's useful. It provide full page zoom functionality in all other browser-based applications, such as Chm files, e-Books, RSS Reader and so on. That is just like in IE7/8. Anyway, visit below to have a tour of the software. Enjoy! http://www.goldgingko.com/chmzoomer/