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| Thread ID: 109526 | 2010-05-12 02:36:00 | Half-blind colleague requires XP font help. | Artichoke (15461) | Press F1 |
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| 884135 | 2010-05-12 02:36:00 | One of my colleagues, a lovely girl who frequently shares out chocolate to her workmates, has been running her LCD monitor at a lower-than-native resolution. I fixed this for her, giving her a much clearer view of the cyber-world, but then discovered that her eyesight is pretty crap and she likes big icons and fonts, such as the lower resolution gave her. I sorted most of this for her but we're one step away from perfection: i212.photobucket.com I can't find an option for changing the fonts within windows such as the one I've circled in red on the screenshot. Can this be done? |
Artichoke (15461) | ||
| 884136 | 2010-05-12 02:44:00 | Whats font size do? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 884137 | 2010-05-12 02:59:00 | Within the advanced options you can change the appearance of all manner of text elements, but not obviously these. | Artichoke (15461) | ||
| 884138 | 2010-05-12 05:53:00 | If it's font size you are talking about, then in your picture shown, on the font size drop down menu, click on extra large. In the Effects button, put a checkmark on large icons, by clicking on the small box. Click Apply & OK to see if that's what she is after. |
kamo1 (14583) | ||
| 884139 | 2010-05-12 08:28:00 | Make sure she also knows of the Ctrl+ function to zoom text up in Firefox and various other apps. There's also the magnifier option somewhere via control panel if her vision is really poor. I hope she's had eye examination, diagnosis and treatment (if an option) for her visual issues. I'm an optometrist when I'm not wasting my life on a computer, so I may be able to offer advice or explaination for her woes if she wants someone to take the time to answer her queries. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 884140 | 2010-05-17 02:03:00 | Thanks for all the suggestions everybody, but none are doing what we need. If you look at my picture, the red circle is around an example of species of text in XP windows that doesn't change, no matter what I change in all the different options. Even setting XP to extra large fonts has no effect on these pieces of text. It's got me puzzled. And thanks for your offer, Paul, but our young lady's vision is as sorted as it will likely ever be. She was diagnosed with astigmatism and likes big chunky fonts - she says skinny ones simply seem to disappear when she looks at them. |
Artichoke (15461) | ||
| 884141 | 2010-05-17 02:52:00 | If you click on the advanced button you can specify font size and attributes for all different parts of windows including the various texts | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 884142 | 2010-05-17 04:02:00 | Sorry, I see Artichoke has already covered that one:o One day I'll learn to read every post properly. Anyhoo, have you tried adjusting the fonts' DPI? That is another way. www.microsoft.com note: This can have a dramatic effect on some elements on screen. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 884143 | 2010-05-17 04:05:00 | You can try this option. Go to Control Panel/Accessibility Option and click on the 'Display' tab. Click in the box - Use High Contrast. Then click on the Settings option and in the High Contrast appearance scheme with the drop down menu, choose a setting that suits, like Windows Standard extra large for example. Probably it's best to try out other settings to see which is best. |
kamo1 (14583) | ||
| 884144 | 2010-05-18 00:57:00 | Change the DPI settings? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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