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Comment from patience on 2008-11-12

2008-11-13T06:49:07Z

my text are too small even if i type using font size 12. They are still very small not normal

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Comment from Elizabeth on 2008-09-16

2008-09-16T12:52:39Z

I cannot read the font on this new Vista, I have it on Largest but it is still the same (smallest) which I honestly cannot read without hurting my eyes! I cannot find none of your options after I get to Properties there is nothing left to click to as you suggest?

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Comment from Roni on 2008-08-31

2008-08-31T19:13:05Z

Thank u Leo u just made my day.

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Comment from Leo on 2008-06-13

2008-06-13T16:23:37Z

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Depends entirely on what email program you use to compose
your email. Begin by making sure you're using HTML or "Rich"
formatted email, and most will have a toolbar that allows
you to select the text and make it bold.

But like I said, the specifics depend on what program you're
using.

Leo

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Comment from William Crachy on 2008-06-12

2008-06-13T03:21:22Z

I want to enlarge certain words and make them bold in my "E" Mail messages . I have Vista, what can I do to accomplish this action??

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Comment from kim marino on 2008-03-15

2008-03-15T07:26:33Z

help the font on my aol account is so small how do i enlarge it so i can read my mail

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Comment from Lisa on 2008-01-18

2008-01-18T21:17:00Z

Thanks for being the easiest place to find the right answers I need. Everyone else I checked with kept telling me to go to "preferences"...thats not it! LOL.

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Comment from karen on 2007-12-27

2007-12-27T21:53:56Z

Does anyone know how to increase the font size in hotmail...EGGGHHHH!!!!

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-12-24

2007-12-24T19:17:31Z

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Windows Vista has the same tools, though occasionally by different names and in
slightly different location. The DPI setting is in the display settings still,
though, and tools like Windows Magnifier are under Start->All
Programs->Accessories->Ease Of Access.

Good luck!

Leo

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Comment from Jo Sheldon on 2007-12-22

2007-12-23T01:20:06Z

and my 2and againstI read the article and I am thrilled that this can be done. I have Macular Degeneration and I am determined to use my computer.Yiy dud notmention "vISTA. willyour suggestions work on this or are there other things to do with it.My 2 sons ere against me buying a computer becaauase of my eyesight and I sure would like to show them that the font can be enlarged Thank yooooooooou for your hlp...I hope it can help mePlease excussse the typos)
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Comment from Computer Savvy on 2007-12-14

2007-12-15T02:47:13Z

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Comment from Adam on 2007-10-30

2007-10-30T10:16:57Z

Sorry, here's the coding for my previous comment (extra spaces have been provided to allow scripting):

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Comment from Adam on 2007-10-30

2007-10-30T10:12:16Z

I know there is a 'font size' function in IE 6.0, but I am trying to implement a button on a web page to allow users to click 'text smaller' or 'text bigger' and have it automatically resize the text.

Here's what I have so far and I am by no means more than a ''decent'' designer :

same applies for "Smaller Text" except changes to -1 and value="Text Smaller".

Is there a way to mimic the Internet Explorer settings implemented into the software and allow the scripting to be ran through the button?

Thank you.
Adam

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Comment from Will Schmitt on 2007-07-14

2007-07-14T12:14:40Z

I tried all that you suggessted. Some areas have improved, but the fonts in my email and web sites are still too small to read. (As is this that I'm typing now). I had the same problem on my Dell Laptop, but solved it by pressing 2 keys - FN F7 - I don't see anything like that on my desktop.

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Comment from jeyantha on 2006-10-25

2006-10-25T07:30:05Z

hi leo,my screen not full in my monitor,i changed option have monitor.i checked already but i cannot get fuly screen please help me.

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Comment from sue on 2006-09-18

2006-09-18T23:57:50Z

i run karaoke and the karaoke text that display on the 2nd screen is very small i have increased the dpi but that hasn't changed anything, i look forward to your reply

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Comment from C. Baker on 2006-04-09

2006-04-10T05:06:58Z

To increase the font readability: Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > Accessibility Wizard. In the Accessibility Wizard, click: Next, then choose the text size you desire.

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Comment from diane on 2006-04-06

2006-04-06T19:47:09Z

i had just bought a new computer and downloaded americal on line 9.0 security edition se, and hving trouble with my fonts, the fonts are not clear maybe you can see what i mean when you get this the leters are missing line connections. let me know also how to make my fonts bigger so ican read everything bette... thanks diane

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Comment from Bill on 2006-03-27

2006-03-27T21:12:59Z

Once I visited a site that had small text, hard to read. There was a button on the screen to click if you wanted bigger text. I click the button and the fonts increased in size making it easier to read. All the text on the page was bigger. I wrote the site's name down but lost it. I m now doing some web sites and thinks this would be a good idea if a person that had some site problem. I look at the view source and it looked like the HTML code made the text get bigger. At the time I could not understand it. So I wondering it there were two pages, one with small text and one with larger text. I was going to borrow the HTML code for the this text in-largement thing. Has any one see this or do you know how to do it or where I can find the code.

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Comment from Pete on 2006-02-28

2006-02-28T11:23:58Z

For older folk like me - right click on your desktop, click on properties, click on settings, move the slider control to 800 x 600, click ok.

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Comment from Jennifer McCray on 2006-02-25

2006-02-26T07:13:16Z

I know how to make my fonts larger , I did that the question is How do i get them small again ? I made them super big and now the box where I did it, is bigger than my pc screen so I cant change it back .... help
Thanks you
Jennifer McCray

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Comment from Howard on 2006-01-12

2006-01-12T15:40:58Z

My DPI setting is greyed out. I am running XP Pro SP 2 on an 32MB ATI Graphics Adapter.

Please help, Can i change the seeting in the Windows Reg Program?

Many thanks
Howard

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Comment from Leo on 2005-12-21

2005-12-22T06:00:19Z

Its in the Display item within Control Panel.

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Comment from Marie on 2005-12-21

2005-12-21T23:25:02Z

I just bought an HP pavillion desktop media center PC. I'm having a problem with the text on all pages being too small. There has to be a way to make the writing big enough to read without all this eye strain. Can you help me? Iv'e gone to contro;l panel but there is no settings tab.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-20

2005-10-21T04:54:16Z

Boot into safe mode, change the resolution there. When you reboot back into normal load, that new setting should take effect.

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Comment from cindy on 2005-10-20

2005-10-21T00:17:11Z

hello please help
i changed the screen resolution and now my screen is blank when i start the computer back up.please help how do i get my screen back?

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Comment from johanna Tait on 2005-08-28

2005-08-28T20:23:37Z

I am a senior lady of 86. I recently had a problem with my computer and had a couple of "experts" [friends] in to help me. I could do every thing but SEND. The last person filled my whole screen with the result that all the printing top and bottom is now so small I can hardly read it. Johanna Tait

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Comment from Rod on 2005-08-23

2005-08-24T00:02:09Z

I have a Dell laptop. I can get a somewhat acceptable font, however, I cannot change the font on the AOl. The letter are extremely small and now even the "News" window (page openned to)have the letters extremely small.

Thank you,

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Comment from Leo on 2005-07-17

2005-07-17T21:31:58Z

The change DPI setting as outlined in the article should do it for you.

Many websites do not support the font-size setting in Internet Explorer. But the DPI setting in Windows should still work.

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Comment from joanne white on 2005-07-17

2005-07-17T09:07:01Z

HI; I DID THE ABOVE AND IT WORKS ON SOME THINGS!YES THE PRINT IS LARGER ON SOME WEB SITES ; BUT NOT ALL! LIKE I READ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE EVERY MORNING; NOW; (I DONT KNOW WHAT IT DID) BUT THE TEXT IS EXTREMELY SMALL! CANT READ IT!!! HOW DO I GET IT LARGER? I PRESS THE VIEW THING; AND IT'S ON LARGEST! BUT IT DOESNT TO ANYTHING TO THE TEXT ON THE TRIBUNE!!!! THIS IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE; THERE ARE MORE! PLEASE HELP! JOANNE WHITE [Email Address Removed]

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Comment from Leo on 2005-06-19

2005-06-20T05:59:03Z

I believe that if you boot into safe mode, it will use a resolution that will work. You can then change the resolution that should apply when you reboot in regular mode.

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Comment from Kyle --- Screwed on 2005-06-19

2005-06-20T03:34:54Z

Hey, I need help Leo!

I changed the Screen Resolution on my computer and now when I turn it on, it goes black, is there anyway to change it back?

Please tell me there is a way...

Kyle

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Comment from moe on 2005-06-19

2005-06-19T23:52:17Z

Ever since i studily fiddled around with the remove and add programs section, i seem to have deleted some key functions of my computers appearance, everything seem visually larger, more hazzier, a bit irritating as well, as were all used to with the sharp crystal clear images and fonts.

Please help me.

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Comment from Larry Osterman on 2004-11-18

2004-11-18T19:10:52Z

Don't forget about the accessability viewer - Hit Windows-U and it allows you to start the magnifier tool. The magnifier sits on top of the monitor and shows a magnified version of the screen around the cursor. It's not perfect (and it recommends you get a professional mangnification tool), but it's something.

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Comment from jasper on 2004-11-18

2004-11-18T18:05:22Z

With regards to browsers and not to pour gas on the fire but Firebird has a wonderful function that ignores the stylesheet and infinitely scales text (you can make it so one letter fills your screen if you like) with a quick [ctrl] [mouse wheel]. IE will not scale if font sizes are hard coded in pixels which leads me my next point and pet peeve. I urge developers and designers not to use pixel units for font-size and instead use ems which are based on percentages of user's text size settings and not restricted by monitor resolution. As a former print designer I understand the frustration of web design never looking exactly as you intend across all platforms and browsers. But more the reason not to bother with trying to hard code font size especially with the popularity of Firefox taking off. I won't even go into the 90s design craze of turning all text elements into graphics of miniscule bitmappy fonts. All that careful font hinting by typographers for naught.

On the bright side web designers are wising up. For more info on the W3's Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/.

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Comment from auctionhugh on 2004-11-18

2004-11-18T14:14:30Z

This does not work well if you have a laptop because laptops are kind of locked into the screen resolution. But if you have a desktop or tower PC you might want to also try changing the screen resolution to a smaller number.

In Windows XP,
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Display
"Settings" tab

In the bottom left corner of the screen is the "screen resolution" slider. Slide the button to the left, or "less" side. For example if it is set to 1280x1024, try sliding it to 1024x768 and hit apply. If everything is still too small, try sliding it to 800x600 and hit apply. This will make everything much bigger onscreen. This solution solves this problem for 99% of users.

A lot of today's laptops are build with "native" resolution of 1600x1200 or higher, which makes everything so terribly tiny! This works really well for folks who want very detailed game screens when playing games, but it makes it terribly hard to do real work (in my opinion) for us old folks because the text and windows are so darn tiny! The "screen resolution" slider can help on laptops, but it also can cause everything to be kind of blurry once you change a laptop screen away from the built in "optimal" resolution. But worth a try!

This is why when Kathleen and I bought our new dell laptops recently we stuck with XGA (or WXGA) resolution. We don't play games and need our text crisp and large!

Hope this helps,
Hugh

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