It's Da Tale of Two Dames Whose Names Begin With the Letter D, or:
New Views on Windows 11 Zoom — Whoop Di Do

Ya see, there's these two dames. 
Two dames whose names both begin with the letter D, ya see.
And each of these two dames whose names begin with the letter D
Had recently acquired brand new Windows 11 PCs, ya see.
Now when I watched each of these two dames whose names begin with the letter D
Use their newly acquired Windows 11 PCs, it had occurred to me
That these two dames whose names begin with the letter D might have some difficultly
Viewing the screens of their newly acquired Windows 11 PCs
And this is all because of the default properties...

Of High Resolution Computer graphics and screens.

When we think about High Resolution Imaging, our minds usually gleam on to a mental image from space of the little hairs on Putin's bare chest, or exploding stars way out where no man has gone before.  Indeed, those would be examples of hi-res graphics, but specifically high resolution in computer imaging means more, many more, pixels of visual information is displayed on the screen. 

Sometimes abbreviated as hi-res or high res, high resolution describes an image or video displayed at high DPI (dots per inch). Its primary benefit is that it contains a high amount of visual information.

 And that can be a double edged sword.  Today's computer hardware and software can display in full screen those exploding stars in dazzling detail.  But on that same computer, left to its default View settings, that same computer may seem unable to show a user the file list in Windows Explorer simply because the text is too small to read, especially to us more experienced hands at life.

Windows has always offered many different tools and techniques to adjust the way text and images are displayed on the computer monitor.  These features have been more refined on Windows 11, and indeed it is ever more useful to learn how to command these features in today's visual environment, where screens offer very high resolution.  Adjusting for different resolutions is now more critical than ever on notebook displays, and also when 27 inches and larger screens sizes are increasing in popularity with today's desktop users. 

The key word here is Accessibility.  As in Windows Settings → Accessibility.

From here, we can increase or decrease the size of the text Windows will display.  By moving the slider to the right, the size of displayed text is made to appear to larger.  Click the Apply button to make your change permanent.

There is no single correct setting here.  It might take a little trial and error to find the sweet spot for your individual eyes and comfort.  But a Word to the Wise is Be Judicious.  Increasing the system Zoom value for one function might make another function almost unusable.  Below is File Explorer at a very high Zoom value of 175%.  I know what you are thinking: "Great Caesar's Ghost!  I can finally see da gawd damn freeakin FOLDER/FILE NAMES!"

Yes, that is true.  Examine however, The Desktop, under the same Zoom value of 175%.  Don't know about you. But I can't make heads or tails of that plop of mishegoss.

Another System Setting that you can use to adjust Zoom and Magnification Values is the System Display Settings.  This WILL AFFECT ALL ELEMENTS ON THE SCREEN.  Be very careful when using this setting. See examples above.

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Other common applications have their own Zoom controls.  All the properties discussed herein regarding System Settings in Windows apply equally to individual Zoom controls on our apps.

Microsoft Word has several different methods to adjust the Zoom.  The easiest to use, however, is the slider right on the bottom right of each documents' screen.  Move the slider to the right to increase the Zoom.  Move the slider to the left to decrease the Zoom. At <100% Zoom, we can see the entire page.  This useful when you want to see the page's paragraph formatting, for instance.

Zoom in, say, to better check Spelling and Grammar.  Here a better detailed view of the document can be had.

Likewise, Web Browsers have their own Zoom Controls.  The Zoom illustrated herein is for Google Chrome, but Microsoft Edge works the same way.  Edge is based on Chrome. 

Like all of Chrome's settings, we begin by clicking the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the Chrome Window.  After the menu drops down, scroll down to the Zoom Control.  Again, be judicious in your Zooming.  See above.

Now, some of you may be thinking that I have blown up this subject way out of proportion to its importance.  But you didn't watch Dee struggle with her new computer.  The other "D" is actually an old pro who knows all this, but has the good sense to catalog the CheatSheets she thinks she may need in the future.  And don't you wish that you were as smart as her.

Measure Twice Cut Once
Second Frutes, John Florio, (1591)