Help: writing is too small

Subject: writing is too small
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 24 May 01 - 04:14 AM

the writing on my screen has gone very small,ive turned it off and on but it didnt make any difference.does anyone know what to do? i would be very grateful.thanks john

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: alison
Date: 24 May 01 - 04:20 AM

if you are using "internet explorer" go to the top to where it says "view"... left click on it and scroll down to where it says "text size"... then choose a bigger one... I assume Netscape has somtehing similar....

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 24 May 01 - 04:24 AM

i am using internet tv (kingston interactive)

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: alison
Date: 24 May 01 - 04:27 AM

sorry .. then I have no idea... but see if it has a "view" button somewhere.........

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 24 May 01 - 04:29 AM

Since I got new glasses the writing on my screen got bigger and less fuzzy.
RtS (aka Worried Four-eyes of Ascot)

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 24 May 01 - 06:58 AM

i sorted it out,i phoned a helpline,thanks any way.whoever is in charge please feel free to get rid of this thread.ps if it happens to anyone else you just press f8 onyour keyboard.

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Bill D
Date: 24 May 01 - 11:08 AM

in the newer Netscapes..(4.0+, I think)just hit 'ctrl' + ']' for larger, and ctrl[ for smaller...it's also available in the drop-down menu under 'view'

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 24 May 01 - 12:30 PM

Hey!!!

That's cool BillD!

the crtl thing...

Didn't know I could do that!!

Wicked!!

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Bill D
Date: 24 May 01 - 11:19 PM

first thing I do with a program is poosha ALL da' buttons and see what's in 'em...there are so damn many tricks, I can't keep up...but that one is handy!

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Gypsy
Date: 24 May 01 - 11:21 PM

Cool, just tried it! Like it, i like it

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 24 May 01 - 11:52 PM

Well, that's just peachy, but can somebody explain why cooking instructions on frozen foods are so tiny? I mean I don't think I could have read these instructions when I was twenty years old, let alone now, when my eyesight is just starting to fail..(or maybe it isn't, it's just the daylight saving time .....)

Murray

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Bert
Date: 25 May 01 - 12:05 AM

If you're buying frozen food you're a Yuppie and you're perfect in every way - even your eyesight.

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 25 May 01 - 12:39 AM

"Perfect in every way" .....I sing that song Bert, I asume you do too. Yes I know, that isn't the title, but part of a great first line

Murray

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: catspaw49
Date: 25 May 01 - 01:06 AM

Remove plastic covering over potatoes. Microwave on High for 3 minutes then stir potatoes. Continue heating on high for 2 minutes. Let stand. Remove tray from Microwave and deposit in suitable trash receptacle.

SPAW

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: GUEST,Life?
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 01:30 AM

v.v.v. nice text size, paw.

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 03:27 AM

If you're using Internet Explorer and a "scrolling wheel" mouse, hold down the CTRL button and rotate the mouse wheel to quickly ramp text size larger or smaller.

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 04:29 AM

I was just about to put up a thread with the opposite problem - the text on my screen on the home computer has suddenly become huge and I have no idea what I did. I've got this whole feeling of 'A is for Apple' going on and it;s giving me a headache! I'm hoping that Cluin's suggestion will work, will try when I get home from work. If not, has anyone got any other ideas?

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: treewind
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:15 AM

Some things to try:
- The "View" menu and "Text Size"
- Hold down Ctrl key and use the mouse scroll wheel
- Ctrl and + or -

They all work on Firefox, and the first two work on MSIE6

I can't be bothered to test every other browser....

Anahata

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: GUEST,Skipy
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:15 AM

The following paragraph is in zero font:-





















Skipy

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: JennyO
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 09:33 AM

GUEST,Life?, I thought you had found a way to do really small writing!!

or

invisible writing, heh heh!!!!!

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 12:08 PM

EVERY browser has a way to control font size. First you set the 'default' size...then you can control the magnification of that default by scrolling or clicking something...etc...( In Opera, all I do is hit + or - for a temporary change in size. )

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 07:01 PM

In the case of font going "very large," there is the possibility that your monitor driver got lost. Most monitors will revert to a generic low-resolution setting if his happens, which makes everything "bigger." It's not a frequent thing, but not unknown.

With most Plug-and-Play OSs, Win98SE & later, a cold reboot - not just a restart - will sometimes clear things up.

Some recent Windows security updates have changed my browser display, especially those that include IE fixes. One recent one (today) appears even to have deleted nearly all my cookies, although it left my bank accounts and mudcat. (I'd been wondering if there was an easy way to get that done without losing them all.)

John

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: JennyO
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 12:23 AM

Now that someone has taken away GUEST,Life?'s original blank post, my last post doesn't make much sense :-(

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Linda Goodman Zebooker
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 12:32 AM

How very cool! I had no idea this could be so easily controlled. I like to use quite small screens, as they work best for short people wearing bifoccals, but the print was either too small or way too big. I tried a few things that didn't work. Wow!!

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:09 AM

So all these years I've just been moving my head closer to the screen and I needn't..... damn!

Perhaps that will stop the ricked neck....

LTS

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: John Routledge
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 09:13 AM

Yet again I find that I don't know everything :0)

Ctrl + Rolling Wheel mouse also works on Firefox.

Thanks for starting this thread joHn

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: GUEST,Life?
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 02:09 AM

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Hrothgar
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 02:46 AM

To any of you profwssional or semi-professioal musos - I am becoming reluctant to buy CDs when I can't read the label, so pay attention to your design.

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 04:37 PM

Got the problem solved. Thanks all!

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 06:31 PM

I'm with you, Hrothgar.

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 12:04 AM

Have you been drinking a wee bit in the excess?
Have you been foundling the wee thing a bit much?

Symptoms are common - and appear much more prevalent in our technological age. Hair should soon appear on the palms of your hands

REMEMBER - T00

S E x

,

/i> MaKeS Your eYeS Scewey!!!

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: GUEST,foolestroupe - "I come fru da window!"
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:15 AM

and may even affect your spelling,,,,

Subject: RE: Help: writing is too small
From: Gurney
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 02:24 AM

Ctrl = scrolling works for Opera too.

Now to remember it......