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How to adjust certain icon and font sizesHi all -
Just added a new monitor with much higher resolution. I've been able to make the desktop icons and captions larger (via Desktop/properties/appearance/advanced), but not the icons and fonts in the quick launch and taskbar. Also, the font size of web pages in IE7, and things like the message window in Netscape Communicator are still really small, despite the fact that I've also changed the DPI setting to 120. How can I make the icons and fonts larger in these areas? Thanks in advance. Craig
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"Craig Schiller" <cschill***@earthlink.net> wrote in message Quicklaunch has its own selector: Right click an open area in QL, choose news:%23pLgssm9JHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl > Hi all - > > Just added a new monitor with much higher resolution. I've been able > to make the desktop icons and captions larger (via > Desktop/properties/appearance/advanced), but not the icons and fonts > in the quick launch and taskbar. Also, the font size of web pages in > IE7, and things like the message window in Netscape Communicator are > still really small, despite the fact that I've also changed the DPI > setting to 120. > > How can I make the icons and fonts larger in these areas? > > Thanks in advance. > > Craig Properties, Start Menu and Customize. There, remove the tick from "Use small icons ... " . In IE 7 you can set the text size; see html & plain text settings. Or set the magnification higher when you need it. Or try choosing the next lower resolution if the monitor will accept it. Lower resolutions run a tad faster, too. I don't know about the others. IMO the best solution is to bring down the resolution. If it's a wide-screen, be sure to choose a wide-screen resolution or the screen will look stretched or not fill the whole screen. Be sure all your video card settings are right for the monitor and you might have to fine tune it or the monitor controls themselves to get a perfect screen alignment left/right top/bottom. Please don't post in HTML; use Plain Text instead. HTH, Twayne` Twayne -
Thanks for your response. See below. Twayne wrote: Show quoteHide quote >"Craig Schiller" <cschill***@earthlink.net> wrote in message Actually, it's a radio button selector between large icons and small >news:%23pLgssm9JHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl > > >>Hi all - >> >>Just added a new monitor with much higher resolution. I've been able >>to make the desktop icons and captions larger (via >>Desktop/properties/appearance/advanced), but not the icons and fonts >>in the quick launch and taskbar. Also, the font size of web pages in >>IE7, and things like the message window in Netscape Communicator are >>still really small, despite the fact that I've also changed the DPI >>setting to 120. >> >>How can I make the icons and fonts larger in these areas? >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Craig >> >> > >Quicklaunch has its own selector: Right click an open area in QL, choose >Properties, Start Menu and Customize. There, remove the tick from "Use >small icons ... " . > > icons. Large was already selected. Deselecting and reselecting showed that this only affected the start menu items, not the Quick Launch area. >In IE 7 you can set the text size; see html & plain text settings. Oddly, there is no difference in text size whether medium, large, or > Or set the magnification higher when you need it. > > > largest is selected. Only increasing the zoom is effective. >Or try choosing the next lower resolution if the monitor will accept it. I should have mentioned this is an LCD monitor. I was under the >Lower resolutions run a tad faster, too. > > impression these were only supposed to be run at their native resolution. Am I wrong? >I don't know about the others. IMO the best solution is to bring down I will attempt to post this in plain text, but could you please explain >the resolution. If it's a wide-screen, be sure to choose a wide-screen >resolution or the screen will look stretched or not fill the whole >screen. > >Be sure all your video card settings are right for the monitor and you >might have to fine tune it or the monitor controls themselves to get a >perfect screen alignment left/right top/bottom. > >Please don't post in HTML; use Plain Text instead. > > > the objection? Thanks again. Craig Show quoteHide quote >HTH, > >Twayne` > > > >
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> "Craig Schiller" <cschill***@earthlink.net> wrote in message <DIV><SPAN class=q1><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>> news:%23GbY%23ln9JHA.4204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl >> Twayne - >> >> Thanks for your response. See below. >> >> Twayne wrote: >> >>> "Craig Schiller" <cschill***@earthlink.net> wrote in message >>> news:%23pLgssm9JHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl >>> >>> >>>> Hi all - >>>> >>>> Just added a new monitor with much higher resolution. I've been >>>> able >>>> to make the desktop icons and captions larger (via >>>> Desktop/properties/appearance/advanced), but not the icons and >>>> fonts >>>> in the quick launch and taskbar. Also, the font size of web pages >>>> in IE7, and things like the message window in Netscape Communicator >>>> are still really small, despite the fact that I've also changed the >>>> DPI setting to 120. >>>> >>>> How can I make the icons and fonts larger in these areas? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Quicklaunch has its own selector: Right click an open area in QL, >>> choose Properties, Start Menu and Customize. There, remove the tick >>> from "Use small icons ... " . >>> >>> >> Actually, it's a radio button selector between large icons and small >> icons. Large was already selected. Deselecting and reselecting showed >> that this only affected the start menu items, not the Quick Launch >> area. >>> In IE 7 you can set the text size; see html & plain text settings. >>> Or set the magnification higher when you need it. >>> >>> >>> >> Oddly, there is no difference in text size whether medium, large, or >> largest is selected. Only increasing the zoom is effective. >> >>> Or try choosing the next lower resolution if the monitor will accept >>> it. Lower resolutions run a tad faster, too. >>> >>> >> I should have mentioned this is an LCD monitor. I was under the >> impression these were only supposed to be run at their native >> resolution. Am I wrong? >> >>> I don't know about the others. IMO the best solution is to bring >>> down the resolution. If it's a wide-screen, be sure to choose a >>> wide-screen resolution or the screen will look stretched or not fill >>> the whole screen. >>> >>> Be sure all your video card settings are right for the monitor and >>> you might have to fine tune it or the monitor controls themselves to >>> get a perfect screen alignment left/right top/bottom. >>> >>> Please don't post in HTML; use Plain Text instead. >>> >>> >>> >> I will attempt to post this in plain text, but could you please >> explain the objection? > > Well, they're different for different people. In my case when I > Reply, I get interrupted by a message saying I'm about to send and > HTML mail and newsgroups don't like that, and do I really want to? I > also have visual problems and HTML over-rides my client settings, > often making the text too small for me to read easily. > Other newsreaders, especially the older types, cannot render HTML. > Instead of seeing the intended text, the reader sees a mess of HTML > tags and formats making it very hard to read: <DIV><SPAN class=q1><FONT size=2>Other newsreaders, especially the older types, cannot render HTML. Instead of seeing the intended text, the reader sees a mess of HTML tags and formats making it very hard to read. </FONT>It'll look something like this; <STRONG>try</STRONG> to picture reading very much of <U>THAT</U>? </DIV> People with readers that don't render HTML often won't even look at an HTML message. Fortunately, there aren't a lot of those kind of readers still around, but there are some. Another reason is the size of the files for HTML vs Plain Text. With Plain TExt it's all 7-bit ASCII but with HTML it's 8-bit ASCII plus a whole slew of controls and formatting marks. You can find a lot more information by searching at wikipedia.com for netiquette and related subjects if you're interested. The RFCs and FYIs, the "rules of the road" for the internet also all still suggest using Plain Text only for newsgroups. Not all newsgroups require it, but most will ask you to refrain from posting in HTML. Cheers, Twayne Show quoteHide quote > >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Craig >> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Twayne` > > Twayne -
Thanks for your response. Okay, I understand the HTML objection. Could you please respond to my other questions? Thanks in advance. Craig Twayne wrote: Show quoteHide quote >>"Craig Schiller" <cschill***@earthlink.net> wrote in message >>news:%23GbY%23ln9JHA.4204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl >> >> >>>Twayne - >>> >>>Thanks for your response. See below. >>> >>>Twayne wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>"Craig Schiller" <cschill***@earthlink.net> wrote in message >>>>news:%23pLgssm9JHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hi all - >>>>> >>>>>Just added a new monitor with much higher resolution. I've been >>>>>able >>>>>to make the desktop icons and captions larger (via >>>>>Desktop/properties/appearance/advanced), but not the icons and >>>>>fonts >>>>>in the quick launch and taskbar. Also, the font size of web pages >>>>>in IE7, and things like the message window in Netscape Communicator >>>>>are still really small, despite the fact that I've also changed the >>>>>DPI setting to 120. >>>>> >>>>>How can I make the icons and fonts larger in these areas? >>>>> >>>>>Thanks in advance. >>>>> >>>>>Craig >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Quicklaunch has its own selector: Right click an open area in QL, >>>>choose Properties, Start Menu and Customize. There, remove the tick >>>>from "Use small icons ... " . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Actually, it's a radio button selector between large icons and small >>>icons. Large was already selected. Deselecting and reselecting showed >>>that this only affected the start menu items, not the Quick Launch >>>area. >>> >>> >>>>In IE 7 you can set the text size; see html & plain text settings. >>>> Or set the magnification higher when you need it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Oddly, there is no difference in text size whether medium, large, or >>>largest is selected. Only increasing the zoom is effective. >>> >>> >>> >>>>Or try choosing the next lower resolution if the monitor will accept >>>>it. Lower resolutions run a tad faster, too. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>I should have mentioned this is an LCD monitor. I was under the >>>impression these were only supposed to be run at their native >>>resolution. Am I wrong? >>> >>> >>> >>>>I don't know about the others. IMO the best solution is to bring >>>>down the resolution. If it's a wide-screen, be sure to choose a >>>>wide-screen resolution or the screen will look stretched or not fill >>>>the whole screen. >>>> >>>>Be sure all your video card settings are right for the monitor and >>>>you might have to fine tune it or the monitor controls themselves to >>>>get a perfect screen alignment left/right top/bottom. >>>> >>>>Please don't post in HTML; use Plain Text instead. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>I will attempt to post this in plain text, but could you please >>>explain the objection? >>> >>> >>Well, they're different for different people. In my case when I >>Reply, I get interrupted by a message saying I'm about to send and >>HTML mail and newsgroups don't like that, and do I really want to? I >>also have visual problems and HTML over-rides my client settings, >>often making the text too small for me to read easily. >>Other newsreaders, especially the older types, cannot render HTML. >>Instead of seeing the intended text, the reader sees a mess of HTML >>tags and formats making it very hard to read: >> >> > ><DIV><SPAN class=q1><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> ><DIV><SPAN class=q1><FONT size=2>Other newsreaders, especially the older >types, >cannot render HTML. Instead of seeing the intended text, the reader sees >a mess >of HTML tags and formats making it very hard to read. </FONT>It'll >look >something like this; <STRONG>try</STRONG> to picture reading very much >of ><U>THAT</U>? </DIV> > >People with readers that don't render HTML often won't even look at an >HTML message. Fortunately, there aren't a lot of those kind of readers >still around, but there are some. > Another reason is the size of the files for HTML vs Plain Text. With >Plain TExt it's all 7-bit ASCII but with HTML it's 8-bit ASCII plus a >whole slew of controls and formatting marks. > You can find a lot more information by searching at wikipedia.com for >netiquette and related subjects if you're interested. The RFCs and >FYIs, the "rules of the road" for the internet also all still suggest >using Plain Text only for newsgroups. > Not all newsgroups require it, but most will ask you to refrain from >posting in HTML. > > >Cheers, > >Twayne > > > > > >>>Thanks again. >>> >>>Craig >>> >>> >>> >>>>HTH, >>>> >>>>Twayne` >>>> >>>> >> >> > > > >  
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