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February 1st, 2010 09:00
LCD text to small
Dell E1505, Windows XP, SP3, all the latest windows updates have been installed.
At a resolution of 1680x1050 the display is crisp, clear, and much to small to read. I've tried lower resolutions but they are all to fuzzy and look horrible. I did increase the font size in the display properties box, but all that really did was make the icons on the main screen bigger. Of course, I can't reset them to normal size now. I need to increase the readibility not only in IE8, but also in all my other programs such as Microsoft office. Any ideas?
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JMICHAEL
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February 1st, 2010 09:00
You can easily make any of your text bigger in IE8 or Office by simply holding down your control key and moving your mouse wheel forward. I always use the native resolution of the monitor and just do the above if I have a problem reading text. I use Firefox, but I believe you can also set the text to a larger size in IE8 by going to your "View" options. This sounds like a laptop computer and you have posted this in the desktop forums if you were not aware of it.
Alexandra_P
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February 1st, 2010 10:00
I was going to suggest adjusting the DPI settings (Display Properties - Settings - Advanced button), but I think JMichael's got the better solution. Tweaking the DPI settings up a little looks better than just jumping to different screen resolutions, but still not as good as the default.
Anyways, I found this guide helpful when playing with it myself. Tried to fix the same thing when I went from CRT to LCD and ultimately just got used to the defaults.
http://www.wordstar.org/computing/pages/monitor_cal.htm
poordad1957
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February 1st, 2010 11:00
Didn't know this was the wrong forum. I'll move to the laptop one.
Thanks for the advices.
Masi_GC
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February 2nd, 2010 12:00
Poordad,
Is the 1957 in your 'handle' the year of your birth? If so, I'm a similar age.
I tried all the above suggestions in the past. But in the end, the only real solution is to fix your eyes. This post was written on a laptop with a 17 in. widescreen display at only 1440x900 resolution (special ordered lower-than-std resolution) which was still not good enough.
Had to get 'computer glasses' which are designed for perfect focus at arms length.
Masi_GC