Re: Increasing display font size

(cross-post added to Vista General)
"UKtrob" <UKtrob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7317E5E8-EC67-4DF7-A614-3DD3575BA70E@microsoft.com...
>I can tab to them, but cannot see them, so I have to play guess the tab
> position to find the OK button. You can only move the top of the box to the
> top of the screen. If I use the new angled window scroll feature I get a
> good idea where the button is but still have to count tab positions to find
> it.


That's a different symptom in Vista then. XP apparently scrolls the display
in that case even if there aren't scrollbars to do that with manually.

Hmm... perhaps it would help to give an explicit example?
E.g. when you say "move the top of the box" does that mean you are dragging
a dialog box? In that case is there also an equivalent keyboard menu?
(E.g. Alt-Space,M -- in which case you may be able to drag the window
beyond the top of the display area using CursorUp.) But then it must be
an unusual dialog if it still has buttons showing beyond that which you can
only tab to...

Also, if you press PrintScrn and use the ClipBoard viewer
can you see the whole window in it or just the displayed portion of it?

BTW I think that this is off-topic for the IE NG and think you would probably
get better assistance from a Vista-specific one. Cross-posting to Vista General
for convenience.


Good luck

Robert
---


>
> I have tried various resolutions, the one I have (the same as yours) is the
> only one where the desktop fits the screen properly.
>
> It seems to be a simple case of protrait screen + landscape dialogue box =
> doesn't fit + fed up vista user.
>
> Did MS test vista on a widescreen (apparently it's the future)???
>
> BTW: media centre on HD widescreen = 10/10, brilliant simple effective.
> --
> ...it made sense to me...
>
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>> "UKtrob" <UKtrob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:54625B6A-0C44-42B4-9C44-2C2119F62279@microsoft.com...
>> > I've tried for nearly two weeks to get a screen display I'm comfortable
>> > with...also spent a lot of money on a new PC with vista ultimate and ended up
>> > with headaches trying to read tiny text.
>> >
>> > I have a different set-up in that I'm using a wide screen LCD but same
>> > problems. Found using large DPI setting helps a lot (with the XP option set)
>> > as the linked article describes. Also found large text and zooming (~150%)
>> > in IE helps. Also changed windows settings where possible to remove large
>> > white spaces and replace with soft creams or light yellows; takes some of the
>> > glare away.
>> >
>> > One big reoccurring problem (possibly because of the large DPI setting?);
>> > dozens of bloody dialogue boxes don't fit on the screen and you end up losing
>> > at least the 'ok' & 'cancel' buttons if not half the box. Microsoft: Visual
>> > Basic (it's visual and it's basic)...more scroll bars please.
>>
>>
>> In fact you can usually Tab to see them.
>>
>> However, instead of using the wrong DPI setting
>> perhaps your resolution is too high?
>> FWIW I have gone back to 1024x768 for the same reason.
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
>> ---
>>
>>
>>

Easiest example is 'Backup Status and Configuration', I lose the last quarter
of the dialogue box. I can drag and drop from the top of the box only, to
the top of the screen, I can't seem to drag and drop from anywhere else, nor
can I stretch/shrink the egdes of the box.

ALT+SPACE+M allows me to move the box with the cursors, but as soon as I do
anything (like move the mouse), the top of the box drops back to the top of
the screen.

PrintScreen and paste shows the dialogue box as it is displayed on the
screen (missing the bottom), ALT+PrintScreen also does not show the whole
box, just a bit of the task bar and not the bottom of the dialogue box.

Another IE visibility tip is to remove the status bar and go full screen
(F11). This view could be useful from media centre(?)

Thanks for changing the group, went off on tangent! Can anyone help?
--
....it made sense to me...


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> (cross-post added to Vista General)
> "UKtrob" <UKtrob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7317E5E8-EC67-4DF7-A614-3DD3575BA70E@microsoft.com...
> >I can tab to them, but cannot see them, so I have to play guess the tab
> > position to find the OK button. You can only move the top of the box to the
> > top of the screen. If I use the new angled window scroll feature I get a
> > good idea where the button is but still have to count tab positions to find
> > it.
>
>
> That's a different symptom in Vista then. XP apparently scrolls the display
> in that case even if there aren't scrollbars to do that with manually.
>
> Hmm... perhaps it would help to give an explicit example?
> E.g. when you say "move the top of the box" does that mean you are dragging
> a dialog box? In that case is there also an equivalent keyboard menu?
> (E.g. Alt-Space,M -- in which case you may be able to drag the window
> beyond the top of the display area using CursorUp.) But then it must be
> an unusual dialog if it still has buttons showing beyond that which you can
> only tab to...
>
> Also, if you press PrintScrn and use the ClipBoard viewer
> can you see the whole window in it or just the displayed portion of it?
>
> BTW I think that this is off-topic for the IE NG and think you would probably
> get better assistance from a Vista-specific one. Cross-posting to Vista General
> for convenience.
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Robert
> ---
>
>
> >
> > I have tried various resolutions, the one I have (the same as yours) is the
> > only one where the desktop fits the screen properly.
> >
> > It seems to be a simple case of protrait screen + landscape dialogue box =
> > doesn't fit + fed up vista user.
> >
> > Did MS test vista on a widescreen (apparently it's the future)???
> >
> > BTW: media centre on HD widescreen = 10/10, brilliant simple effective.
> > --
> > ...it made sense to me...
> >
> >
> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >
> >> "UKtrob" <UKtrob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:54625B6A-0C44-42B4-9C44-2C2119F62279@microsoft.com...
> >> > I've tried for nearly two weeks to get a screen display I'm comfortable
> >> > with...also spent a lot of money on a new PC with vista ultimate and ended up
> >> > with headaches trying to read tiny text.
> >> >
> >> > I have a different set-up in that I'm using a wide screen LCD but same
> >> > problems. Found using large DPI setting helps a lot (with the XP option set)
> >> > as the linked article describes. Also found large text and zooming (~150%)
> >> > in IE helps. Also changed windows settings where possible to remove large
> >> > white spaces and replace with soft creams or light yellows; takes some of the
> >> > glare away.
> >> >
> >> > One big reoccurring problem (possibly because of the large DPI setting?);
> >> > dozens of bloody dialogue boxes don't fit on the screen and you end up losing
> >> > at least the 'ok' & 'cancel' buttons if not half the box. Microsoft: Visual
> >> > Basic (it's visual and it's basic)...more scroll bars please.
> >>
> >>
> >> In fact you can usually Tab to see them.
> >>
> >> However, instead of using the wrong DPI setting
> >> perhaps your resolution is too high?
> >> FWIW I have gone back to 1024x768 for the same reason.
> >>
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Robert Aldwinckle
> >> ---
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>