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Brad Allen
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From: Evansville, IN, USA
Registered: May 2000


 - posted 10-04-2004 12:21 PM      Profile for Brad Allen   Email Brad Allen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I have a new 20" LCD monitor that I have set to it's optimal rez of 1600x1200. This is great and looks fantastic.
But, I'm having issue's with fonts on some websites being so small it's hard to read.
Some menu's in programs do not display properly. Words cut off, etc.
I have changed the windows DPI size, and changed a variety of font's and size's in "Appearance" settings, this has fixed the majority of the problems, except for the one's mentioned above.

Any tips anyone can offer in this regard?
Or is this something I must live with?
Thanks.

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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000


 - posted 10-04-2004 12:57 PM      Profile for Dustin Mitchell   Email Dustin Mitchell   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
If using Internet Explorer go to 'View' and then 'Text Size.' A shortcut is to hold the 'control' key and move your mousewheel (if you have one) forward or backward for larger or smaller size text.

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Adam Wilbert
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From: Bellingham, WA, USA
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 - posted 10-04-2004 05:17 PM      Profile for Adam Wilbert   Author's Homepage   Email Adam Wilbert   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
That trick also works with Mozilla Firefox, and i'm assuming netscape. If you don't have a mousewheel, just use control = to zoom in and ctrl - to zoom out.

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Brad Allen
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From: Evansville, IN, USA
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 - posted 10-04-2004 08:44 PM      Profile for Brad Allen   Email Brad Allen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Thanks, but I failed to mention I knew that trick. But there are websites this does not work on.
www.techbargains.com is one as well as several others.

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001


 - posted 10-04-2004 09:04 PM      Profile for Bobby Henderson   Email Bobby Henderson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The Ctrl+Scrollwheel trick worked on Tech Bargain's website on my machine. I don't know if Mozilla's Firefox web browser is a factor in that at all.

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Dean Kollet
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From: Florida State University
Registered: Jul 2003


 - posted 10-06-2004 12:50 AM      Profile for Dean Kollet   Email Dean Kollet   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I just went to TechBargains with Firefox and everything worked ok. I increased and decreased the text size with no problem. Is the Geometry in your monitor set correctly? I don't know why programs and such would cut off like that.

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