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January 2nd, 2012 17:00
font size
I'm looking at this on my desktop and it looks like the font size is about an 8!!! I've increased the font size at the control panel to 125%, but this is still so small, I can hardly read it. When i go to att and read my emails, it's the same size font, even though I've increased it to 125%!! How do I make it bigger???
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jackshack
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January 2nd, 2012 18:00
If you position your mouse cursor on an empty part of your desktop and click the right button, you should get a menu allowing to to select screen properties. Click the tab on the right to select Settings, and on that screen click the Advanced button. The next screen should be the "General" tab, but if it is not, click that tab to make it so. The setting in the display box gives you standard choices of 96 dpi and 120 dpi, but depending on your graphics card capability you may also have the Custom setting. If you have it, you can select values as high as 200 dpi. If you don't have the custom setting available I'm afraid your only option is to decrease the screen resolution. This is not recommended because this procedure changes the resolution to something different from the optimal resolution of the display. You may find that certain characters become fuzzy and less easy to read.
MrRoundel
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January 2nd, 2012 20:00
Greetings,
This thread is interesting, as I have the same situation. Is it Dell hardware or Windows 7 that's too blame? I can read everything so much easier on my backup CRT monitor, with my old Sony desktop running XP Home, much better than on my 19" Sony Flatscreen from Dell XPS 8300 running Windows 7. Is this some way to force me into getting a bigger monitor or what? It's brutal on the eyes and I don't like having to use the magnify feature of my browser on every area on every page. But, that's not why I came to this message board tonight. I've got something related to the "system recovery media" that I should create. I just wanted to second the small print issue, as it's rather irritating to my 54 year-old eyes.
Thanks for listening/reading.
jackshack
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January 2nd, 2012 22:00
The old CRT has one significant advantage over an LCD screen; it is analog and therefore infinitely scalable within limits. The electron beam that scans the screen on a CRT can readily light up only a portion of one of the color triads that make up its screen, so it is possible to linearly adjust the resolution over a very wide range. The light source for an LCD is effectively the individual pixels with which it is made. Each pixel is either on or off. To minimize fuzziness and distortion the LCD must be set to its "native" resolution. Any other setting can cause the display to look blurred. This is a problem with all digital screens and is not limited to those sold by Dell.