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| Thread ID: 105042 | 2009-11-17 03:36:00 | computer calculators. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 830902 | 2009-11-17 03:36:00 | Why do computer calculators have small symbols and why no X symbol? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 830903 | 2009-11-17 04:32:00 | Why do computer calculators have small symbols and why no X symbol? Because they use a *, not sure what you mean about small symbols |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 830904 | 2009-11-17 04:50:00 | Because they use a *, not sure what you mean about small symbols + and = are symbols,I have yet to see them other than extremely small. I have a brand new keyboard and it only produces eye wincing symbols. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 830905 | 2009-11-17 05:55:00 | I'm still not with it, you can get replacement calculators with large buttons and symbols like this: www.ecalc.com Or is it you mean that your new keyboard only types small symbols, or that the symbols on the keyboard are too small ? Of course it could just be your age, try larger fonts or get new glasses :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 830906 | 2009-11-17 06:51:00 | Why do computer calculators have small symbols and why no X symbol? Windows XP Calculator, I assume? (Windows 7's calculator is remarkably different) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 830907 | 2009-11-17 06:57:00 | On the other hand, the built in M$ calculator accessory, has probably got smaller and smaller with each new Windows version and as screen resolutions have increased....like with Solitaire. Back in Win3.1 days, 14" screens and 640x480 resolutions, the Solitaire cards filled the screen. The program is little changed today and the cards are minute, though there is a cards.dll that will give big cards. Likewise if you remember DOS based Windows 1.0, the Calculator filled the whole screen, nowadays it is a tiny little pad with correspondingly small symbols. :banana |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 830908 | 2009-11-17 07:05:00 | Obviously you haven't seen Windows Vista's version of Solitaire. The cards stretch to fill the screen horizontally. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 830909 | 2009-11-17 09:15:00 | Try this one Cicero: www.microsoft.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 830910 | 2009-11-17 18:30:00 | Try this one Cicero: www.microsoft.com Thanks Zqwert,you will note though,that the symbols are not as big as in Terry's sample? |
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