Desktop is too big for my screen

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Published on 2014-06-07T20:32:47Z Indexed on 2014/06/07 21:37 UTC
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I have an acer widescreen monitor set at 1024x768 running Ubuntu 12.04.4 precise, I have adjusted the resolution to match in display settings however the ubuntu side bar and files are all enlarged.

its like it has zoomed in.

I have read through all other related posts and cannot come up with a fix.

The desktop was fine up until 3 days ago then it changed and I have no idea why, can someone help?

Thanks

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