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And Wan

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Since: Mar 19, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:25 pm
Post subject: Where is Font size vs DPI in Vista?
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Does anyone know whether there's an equivalent to XP's Display Font Size in
Vista? In XP Display Properties, Appearance tab we can change Font size to
Large or Extra Large. This is useful for people who want high resolution
desktops but find it hard to read small text (without sitting really close
which is bad for eyes).

I know there's a DPI setting in Vista just as there is in XP, but it's not
the same as Font size.

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JEWboy

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:18 pm
Post subject: Re: Where is Font size vs DPI in Vista?
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Rightclick on empty are aon your desktop-->click "Appearance".
A window will popup, look at TOP-LEFT corner.

There you see DPI settings, i set mine to 110, looks great!

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JEWboy

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:39 pm
Post subject: Re: Where is Font size vs DPI in Vista?
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I am sorry I mistakenly talked about DPI, which you apparently KNOW in
Vista.

Try this, I use it all the time:

Appearance-->Window color & appearance-->select Windows CLASSIC-->click on
"advanced", select each windows element and change font sizes there, some
itmes do NOT have font size because they're not fonts, obviously window
title bar color or desktop color have no fonts options
This applies to Windows system-wide.

In I(nternert explorer goto to
Tools-->InternetOptions-->Accessability-->IGNORE FONT SIZES SPECIFIED on WEB
PAGES,
after you did that, goto View-->Text size, now text size you select there
will change text on every page regardless of webpage designers preference, I
use that all the time!
I set my tex tto "larger"

Second, click View-->ZOOM-->increase zoom, I used 110% until I found a way
to adjust text w/o screwing up graphics, which Zoom sometimes does.

In MS Office , same method - use Zoom option.

You don't even need too much effort to change Zoom in MANY applications
today from Windows, to IE, to MS Offic e, to Adobe, to my CAD programs...,
do this:
Hold Ctrl button on keyboard and start scrolling mouse wheel away from you
or towards you - see Zoom changes.
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Rick Rogers

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:49 am
Post subject: Re: Where is Font size vs DPI in Vista?
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Hi,

Adjusting the DPI is the only facility Vista provides for as far as changing
the font size goes. If you open it up, you will find an option to adjust to
a larger font size.
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Kue2

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Where is Font size vs DPI in Vista?
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Hi Rick

I think you forgot about, personalize then windows color & appearance then
click open classic appearance properties for more color options then
advanced tab, you can change the font size for almost anything in there.

"Rick Rogers" wrote in message

> Hi,
>
> Adjusting the DPI is the only facility Vista provides for as far as
> changing the font size goes. If you open it up, you will find an option to
> adjust to a larger font size.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [URL="http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/"]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/URL]
> Windows help - [URL="http://www.rickrogers.org"]www.rickrogers.org[/URL]
> Vote for my shoe: [URL="http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com"]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/URL]
>
> "And Wan" wrote in message
>
>> Does anyone know whether there's an equivalent to XP's Display Font Size
>> in Vista? In XP Display Properties, Appearance tab we can change Font
>> size to Large or Extra Large. This is useful for people who want high
>> resolution desktops but find it hard to read small text (without sitting
>> really close which is bad for eyes).
>>
>> I know there's a DPI setting in Vista just as there is in XP, but it's
>> not the same as Font size.
>>
>>
>>
>
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Rick Rogers

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Where is Font size vs DPI in Vista?
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Hi,

No, not really. That appearance option only applies when the Vista theme is
not being used as opposed to the DPI setting, and the poster was
specifically interested in the font size of written text, an option that is
not available in the dialog you refer to.
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And Wan

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:25 am
Post subject: Re: Where is Font size vs DPI in Vista?
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Cheers guys for your advice, suggestions & tips.

Yes, if one changes the DPI then EVERYTHING changes. Yeah, soley changing
the font seems to be long-winded in Vista opposed to XP, but yeah it seems
possible.



"Rick Rogers" wrote in message

> Hi,
>
> No, not really. That appearance option only applies when the Vista theme
> is not being used as opposed to the DPI setting, and the poster was
> specifically interested in the font size of written text, an option that
> is not available in the dialog you refer to.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [URL="http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/"]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/URL]
> Windows help - [URL="http://www.rickrogers.org"]www.rickrogers.org[/URL]
> Vote for my shoe: [URL="http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com"]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/URL]
>
> "Kue2" wrote in message
>
>> Hi Rick
>>
>> I think you forgot about, personalize then windows color & appearance
>> then click open classic appearance properties for more color options
>> then advanced tab, you can change the font size for almost anything in
>> there.
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" wrote in message
>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Adjusting the DPI is the only facility Vista provides for as far as
>>> changing the font size goes. If you open it up, you will find an option
>>> to adjust to a larger font size.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> [URL="http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/"]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/URL]
>>> Windows help - [URL="http://www.rickrogers.org"]www.rickrogers.org[/URL]
>>> Vote for my shoe: [URL="http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com"]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/URL]
>>>
>>> "And Wan" wrote in message
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know whether there's an equivalent to XP's Display Font
>>>> Size in Vista? In XP Display Properties, Appearance tab we can change
>>>> Font size to Large or Extra Large. This is useful for people who want
>>>> high resolution desktops but find it hard to read small text (without
>>>> sitting really close which is bad for eyes).
>>>>
>>>> I know there's a DPI setting in Vista just as there is in XP, but it's
>>>> not the same as Font size.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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