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Tara Legale wrote:
> I'm the OP. I got a 19" monitor, and overall I like the bigger brighter
> images, but I wish the text would be a little larger too. No way to
> accomplish this?
>

Go to Control Panels and use the Display panel. When you see
"Display Properties", click the "Settings" tab, then click the
"Advanced" button. Under "General", there is a Font Size
dialog, allowing you to use larger text.

Depending on the version of Windows you use, changing the Font
Size setting, can upset the appearance of dialog boxes. So experiment
a little, and see if you like it.

Paul

"Tara Legale" <> wrote in message
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> I'm the OP. I got a 19" monitor, and overall I like the bigger brighter
> images, but I wish the text would be a little larger too. No way to
> accomplish this?


Actually you can have problems if you switched from a CRT to a LCD monitor
especially with text if you have the wrong settings set.

I had a major problem with firefox in which the fonts looked horrible, the
solution
was in control planel-display-appearance-effects then change the second box
from
standard to cleartype if it is not already set.
This makes a huge difference to the clarity of text, much thicker clearer
and richer,
certainly, if you don't have it set you might not need to increase your font
size at all.

As Paul says you can have problems when you increase the font size, it can
take a
while to get everything looking right, I have found that before, so I left
things as they
were because I didn't have a problem with them.

One thing I did find however was that the screen was very bright when it was
mainly
a white background. even with the monitor set to its lowest settings. Anyway
I set the
colour of the background white to be 'less white' in display properties
appearance
advanced item window colour.
Obviously a bigger screen throws off more light and mine was almost twice
the area
and it used to hurt my eyes!! They do appaently fade a little over time, and
the gathering
dust helps too :O) Maybe mine was just adjusted too bright, or it was just
that you have
a lot more white space on the screen in OE in particular with the extra
space.
Other stuff like video does not look that bright really.

The newer LCD monitors are a lot better/brighter than the old ones due to
better
technology. The downside of that is they now consume as much as, if not more
power than the equivilant CRT, so they are not as 'green' as I thought
anymore.

One other funny thing is that however big the monitor you can only see so
much
of it at the same time. Still I am more than happy with mine, especially as
I have the
cleartype thing set now, it's a lot easier to read.

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That makes the text larger within windows only... I should have been more
clear, I actually meant I want the font size larger in IExplorer browser.
When you change it in display, it has no effect on the browser text size.


"Paul" <> wrote in message news:fg8mui$frt$...
> Go to Control Panels and use the Display panel. When you see
> "Display Properties", click the "Settings" tab, then click the
> "Advanced" button. Under "General", there is a Font Size
> dialog, allowing you to use larger text.

In IE select view - text size.
Or you could try Mozilla FireFox which has a full selection of
font sizes to choose from.
Also meant to be more secure too, I have switched to it now
as my default browser, there is not much difference between the too
really.

"Tara Legale" <> wrote in message
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> That makes the text larger within windows only... I should have been more
> clear, I actually meant I want the font size larger in IExplorer browser.
> When you change it in display, it has no effect on the browser text size.
>
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> "Paul" <> wrote in message news:fg8mui$frt$...
>> Go to Control Panels and use the Display panel. When you see
>> "Display Properties", click the "Settings" tab, then click the
>> "Advanced" button. Under "General", there is a Font Size
>> dialog, allowing you to use larger text.
>
>

Tara Legale wrote:
> That makes the text larger within windows only... I should have been more
> clear, I actually meant I want the font size larger in IExplorer browser.
> When you change it in display, it has no effect on the browser text size.

http://www.uwec.edu/help/Internet/font-ie6.htm

"Changing Text Size for Viewing Web Pages

You can increase or decrease the font size at which web pages are displayed
in Internet Explorer. A larger font size may make pages easier to read or a
smaller font size may allow you to view more of a page at one time.

1. From the View menu, select Text Size » desired display size
The text size is changed.

In Firefox (my main browser), I hold down the control key, then use
my mouse scroll wheel, to change font size. It allows instant magnification,
for my poor eyesight. The only time I use IE6 on a regular basis,
is for Windows Update.

HTH,
Paul

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> "Paul" <> wrote in message news:fg8mui$frt$...
>> Go to Control Panels and use the Display panel. When you see
>> "Display Properties", click the "Settings" tab, then click the
>> "Advanced" button. Under "General", there is a Font Size
>> dialog, allowing you to use larger text.
>
>

Firefox is a variation on Netscape. I used Firefox for a few weeks and had
to abandon it because there was something I do and the site does not support
Netscape. I can't remember the details, but Firefox presented a problem for
me that could not be resolved. I had to unload it and revert to IE.

TO THE OP
You can buy a larger monitor and set the resolution to a lower setting than
it is capable of supporting. this will give you the larger images without
sacraficing WYSIWYG stuff that you like. If you set the resolution lower
than the monitor can support, your eintire experience will be larger on the
screen. You can also set the screen resolution as specified, then alter the
Zoom Settings in Word so the image is bigger.





"Lord Turkey Cough" <> wrote in message
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>
> In IE select view - text size.
> Or you could try Mozilla FireFox which has a full selection of
> font sizes to choose from.
> Also meant to be more secure too, I have switched to it now
> as my default browser, there is not much difference between the too
> really.
>
> "Tara Legale" <> wrote in message
> news:Ts8Wi.20129$...
>> That makes the text larger within windows only... I should have been
>> more clear, I actually meant I want the font size larger in IExplorer
>> browser. When you change it in display, it has no effect on the browser
>> text size.
>>
>>
>> "Paul" <> wrote in message news:fg8mui$frt$...
>>> Go to Control Panels and use the Display panel. When you see
>>> "Display Properties", click the "Settings" tab, then click the
>>> "Advanced" button. Under "General", there is a Font Size
>>> dialog, allowing you to use larger text.
>>
>>
>
>

"Paul" <> wrote in message news:fgbdeb$366$...
> Tara Legale wrote:
>> That makes the text larger within windows only... I should have been
>> more clear, I actually meant I want the font size larger in IExplorer
>> browser. When you change it in display, it has no effect on the browser
>> text size.
>
> http://www.uwec.edu/help/Internet/font-ie6.htm
>
> "Changing Text Size for Viewing Web Pages
>
> You can increase or decrease the font size at which web pages are
> displayed
> in Internet Explorer. A larger font size may make pages easier to read
> or a
> smaller font size may allow you to view more of a page at one time.
>
> 1. From the View menu, select Text Size » desired display size
> The text size is changed.
>
> In Firefox (my main browser), I hold down the control key, then use
> my mouse scroll wheel, to change font size. It allows instant
> magnification,
> for my poor eyesight. The only time I use IE6 on a regular basis,
> is for Windows Update.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
>

All of that is true, EXCEPT that the person that wrote the Webpage can over
ride these settings and define the viewing experience in his or her HTML
code. This technique works much of the time, but it will not work in every
instance.

I once worked for a company that used IE as the interface for our product
set. Our stuff appeared to the user as a Website, but we had things that we
wanted to be absolutely certain would be displayed, so we defined the Text
and Image Size in our code. Basically, our code told your installation of IE
to ignore the settings you had made, and use our setting instead. Any
Website designer can do the same thing. Do they bother? I can't say. But, if
they do bother, there is nothing you can do, EXCEPT change the screen
resolution to lower settings so the images take more real estate on the
screen.

"Jeff Strickland" <> wrote in message
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> Firefox is a variation on Netscape. I used Firefox for a few weeks and had
> to abandon it because there was something I do and the site does not
> support Netscape. I can't remember the details, but Firefox presented a
> problem for me that could not be resolved. I had to unload it and revert
> to IE.

You don't have to unload it I can run both side by side.

I have had no unresoolvable probs with FF so far, now I have cleartype
set (fonts looked bad, are fine now).
I hear it is more secure.

>
> TO THE OP
> You can buy a larger monitor and set the resolution to a lower setting
> than it is capable of supporting. this will give you the larger images
> without sacraficing WYSIWYG stuff that you like. If you set the resolution
> lower than the monitor can support, your eintire experience will be larger
> on the screen. You can also set the screen resolution as specified, then
> alter the Zoom Settings in Word so the image is bigger.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Lord Turkey Cough" <> wrote in message
> newsPaWi.5857$...
>>
>> In IE select view - text size.
>> Or you could try Mozilla FireFox which has a full selection of
>> font sizes to choose from.
>> Also meant to be more secure too, I have switched to it now
>> as my default browser, there is not much difference between the too
>> really.
>>
>> "Tara Legale" <> wrote in message
>> news:Ts8Wi.20129$...
>>> That makes the text larger within windows only... I should have been
>>> more clear, I actually meant I want the font size larger in IExplorer
>>> browser. When you change it in display, it has no effect on the browser
>>> text size.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Paul" <> wrote in message
>>> news:fg8mui$frt$...
>>>> Go to Control Panels and use the Display panel. When you see
>>>> "Display Properties", click the "Settings" tab, then click the
>>>> "Advanced" button. Under "General", there is a Font Size
>>>> dialog, allowing you to use larger text.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

I found that 19 to 20 inches to be the best. With a high resolution, you can
put many windows on the screen at the same time. The pictures are also
sharper, larger, and easier to look at. As for myself, I have a 20 inch LCD
panel.

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JANA
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"Tara Legale" <> wrote in message
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I currently have a 15" monitor that came with my Dell, it is over a year
old. I want a larger flat panel but should I go 17 or 19"? Why would a
person need a 19", is there really any more benefit to going past 17?