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  • From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: "'Ontario Fruit Explorers'" <labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [OFEX] Test
  • Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:04:37 -0500

Hi,

 

Appreciate the help.

 

Tom

 


From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of joe calico
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:07 PM
To: 'Ontario Fruit Explorers'
Subject: Re: [OFEX] Test

 

Okay, let me put it this way:  if you could live with the size of font and presentation as per your old computer, but the fonts are now smaller and presentation in general is harder to read then I suggest to you that the problem has nothing to do with a bigger monitor but the actual set up (something along the lines of what I described below).  Anyway, given your exasperation you might want to take the system in its entirety back to where you bought it and show them the symptoms.  Once they see it they can best advise you.  … sorry I couldn’t be more helpful!

 

Joe

 

-----Original Message-----
From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Olenio
Sent: December 10, 2006 3:04 PM
To: 'Ontario Fruit Explorers'
Subject: Re: [OFEX] Test

 

Hi Joe,

 

I did do a lot of that already.  I still run into program screens and pop-up warnings that are designed for the angels dancing upon the heads of pins to read.

 

Going to buy a bigger monitor to see if that helps.

 

Later,

Tom

 


From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of joe calico
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 11:57 AM
To: 'Ontario Fruit Explorers'
Subject: Re: [OFEX] Test

 

Tom, the standard defaults on Windows XP do produce smaller fonts.  These are just defaults and you can easily adjust them.  I don’t know your computer prowess so here’s a high level approach to changing the appearance (fonts).  If you get lost, let me know and I will walk you through all the steps in detail.

1.       From the ‘start’ button go into “Control Panel”

2.       Once in “Control Panel”, select “Display” icon

3.       Once in “Display”, select the “Settings” tab (far right on little window).

4.       Now, you can begin to change appearance.  On the lower left portion of little screen, there is a section called “Screen resolution” (in blue).  It contains a pointer and just below it will show you the present setting for the screen display (mine is set at “1024 by 768 pixels”).  Note your setting in case you want to go back to it later.  Any way, you can click on the pointer, hold it with the mouse click and drag the pointer left or right which changes the screen resolution in steps.  I suspect you want to slide it left so it reads something less than it did when you started (produces bigger fonts).  Set it, let’s say, at “800 by 600 pixels”.  Click “Apply” on the very right bottom of the screen (this is important otherwise nothing happens).  The screen display collapses then re-appears showing you what the new resolution that you just selected would look like.  It asks you “Your desktop has been configured.  Do you want to keep these settings?”  If you select “yes” it changes it or it will remain this way for ever until you change it again.  If you select “no” it reverts back to what it was before you started this.  At this point you can select a different resolution setting, if you like, by repeating the process.  Note:  If you don’t answer “yes” or “no” within 15 seconds it reverts automatically back to what it was just before you attempted to change the resolution.

 

Good luck.

 

Joe C

 

  

-----Original Message-----
From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Olenio
Sent: December 6, 2006 9:37 AM
To: OFEX
Subject: [OFEX] Test

 

Hello,

 

Just testing my new computer….

 

Only have about 100 email addresses to add to it.

 

Is it me, or does Windows XP have tiny fonts?

 

Thanks,

Tom




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