In Box Font Size

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Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8 and
Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon
 
Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8 and
Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon
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I found this in help:

"Make the text on your screen larger or smaller

You can make the text and other items, such as icons, on your screen
easier to see by making them larger. You do this by increasing the
dots per inch (DPI) scale. You can also decrease the DPI scale to make
text and other items on your screen smaller, so that more information
fits on the screen.

Click to open Personalization.

In the left pane, click Adjust font size (DPI). If you are prompted
for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or
provide confirmation.

In the DPI Scaling dialog box, do one of the following:

To increase the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Larger scale (120 DPI)–make text more readable, and then click OK.

To decrease the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Default scale (96 DPI)–fit more information, and then click OK.

To see the changes, close all of your programs, and then restart
Windows."


Bill
 
Tried it Bill
.. Doesn't work with email. Thanks!
Lon


Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
and
Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon
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I found this in help:

"Make the text on your screen larger or smaller

You can make the text and other items, such as icons, on your screen
easier to see by making them larger. You do this by increasing the
dots per inch (DPI) scale. You can also decrease the DPI scale to make
text and other items on your screen smaller, so that more information
fits on the screen.

Click to open Personalization.

In the left pane, click Adjust font size (DPI). If you are prompted
for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or
provide confirmation.

In the DPI Scaling dialog box, do one of the following:

To increase the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Larger scale (120 DPI)–make text more readable, and then click OK.

To decrease the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Default scale (96 DPI)–fit more information, and then click OK.

To see the changes, close all of your programs, and then restart
Windows."


Bill
 
Tried it Bill
. Doesn't work with email. Thanks!
Lon




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I found this in help:

"Make the text on your screen larger or smaller

You can make the text and other items, such as icons, on your screen
easier to see by making them larger. You do this by increasing the
dots per inch (DPI) scale. You can also decrease the DPI scale to make
text and other items on your screen smaller, so that more information
fits on the screen.

Click to open Personalization.

In the left pane, click Adjust font size (DPI).  If you are prompted
for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or
provide confirmation.

In the DPI Scaling dialog box, do one of the following:

To increase the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Larger scale (120 DPI)–make text more readable, and then click OK.

To decrease the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Default scale (96 DPI)–fit more information, and then click OK.

To see the changes, close all of your programs, and then restart
Windows."

Bill
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Hmmm. See if this offers anything...

http://email.about.com/od/outlookexpresstips/qt/et090706.htm

Some time ago. I helped a friend with the same problem and he had no
problem following my instructions by phone. I'm old, he's old, and I
can't remember what I told him to do. I believe it was something in
the upper right side of the mail page. Maybe it was under mail
options. Wish I could be of more assistance.

Bill
 
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Hmmm. See if this offers anything...

http://email.about.com/od/outlookexpresstips/qt/et090706.htm

Some time ago. I helped a friend with the same problem and he had no
problem following my instructions by phone. I'm old, he's old, and I
can't remember what I told him to do. I believe it was something in
the upper right side of the mail page. Maybe it was under mail
options. Wish I could be of more assistance.

Bill- Hide quoted text -

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See if this offers anything...

http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tips/windows_live_mail/windows-live-mail-font-size.php

Bill
 
The Kid said:
Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
and Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon
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As this is a VISTA group it might be an idea to tell us what email CLIENT
you are using?
 
Gordon said:
As this is a VISTA group it might be an idea to tell us what email CLIENT
you are using?
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You can tell what email client the OP is using by reading his post.
Also if you right-click the message header and select 'Properties' then 'Details'
it is listed alongside X-Newsreader.
 
Dave,
Is this what you are referring to: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live
Mail 14.0.8089.726
Lon
 
The Kid said:
Dave,
Is this what you are referring to: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live
Mail 14.0.8089.726
Lon
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Yes , that's mine.
Yours is: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18005
 
Dave-UK said:
Yes , that's mine. Yours is: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail
6.0.6002.18005
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How does this help me solve my problem with the size of the font on the
incoming email?
Lon
 
Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8 and
Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon
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With IE8, I suspect that the font size on your in box mail cannot be
changed. It'll appear in whatever size the sender used in the email.
Firefox has a feature that would solve your problem. Click on "view"
and "zoom in". I use IE8 but have Firefox loaded for times when I need
to use it.

Another solution would be to copy the email message and paste it in
Notepad and change the font size there.

Bill
 
Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
and
Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon
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With IE8, I suspect that the font size on your in box mail cannot be
changed. It'll appear in whatever size the sender used in the email.
Firefox has a feature that would solve your problem. Click on "view"
and "zoom in". I use IE8 but have Firefox loaded for times when I need
to use it.

Another solution would be to copy the email message and paste it in
Notepad and change the font size there.

Bill

The copy and paste method is what I've been using the past few days. Works
fine,
just takes time. Thanks for the use of YOUR TIME.

Lon
 
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With IE8, I suspect that the font size on your in box mail cannot be
changed. It'll appear in whatever size the sender used in the email.
Firefox has a feature that would solve your problem. Click on "view"
and "zoom in". I use IE8 but have Firefox loaded for times when I need
to use it.

Another solution would be to copy the email message and paste it in
Notepad and change the font size there.

Bill

The copy and paste method is what I've been using the past few days. Works
fine,
just takes time.  Thanks for the use of YOUR TIME.

Lon
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The Kid said:
How does this help me solve my problem with the size of the font on the
incoming email?
Lon
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It doesn't, I never said it did.
If you follow the thread you will see why I mentioned it to another poster.
 
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With IE8, I suspect that the font size on your in box mail cannot be
changed. It'll appear in whatever size the sender used in the email.
Firefox has a feature that would solve your problem. Click on "view"
and "zoom in". I use IE8 but have Firefox loaded for times when I need
to use it.
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If you are talking about reading mail in a browser, be aware that the
font size in all versions of IE can almost always be changed. In fact,
the following easy way is a Windows standard, and pertains to many
(but not all) Windows programs, whether from Microsoft or a
third-party: If you have a scroll mouse, hold down the CTRL key and
scroll the wheel. One direction will make it bigger, the other
smaller.
 
If you are talking about reading mail in a browser, be aware that the
font size in all versions of IE can almost always be changed. In fact,
the following easy way is a Windows standard, and pertains to many
(but not all) Windows programs, whether from Microsoft or a
third-party: If you have a scroll mouse, hold down the CTRL key and
scroll the wheel. One direction will make it bigger, the other
smaller.
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The Kid;1136625 Wrote:> Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have

I am using Vista and IE Explorer 8.
I had this problem also with certain email text areas.  The easiest way
to solve the problem is with a few keyboard strokes.  To increase the
size of the text, hold down the Control key and press the "+" key
(without the double quotes) once.  You may repeat the key strokes  to
increase the size even larger.  Note that as the text size increases,
some of the window screen area will be moved off the screen (you can use
a horizontal bar, which will appear at the bottom of the screen, to move
the screen left to right or reverse). When you go to the next email the
size of the text will remain the same - either good or bad.  To reverse,
or make the text smaller (i.e., return to the original size) hold down
the Control key and press the "-"  (i.e., minus key without the double
quotes) key, one or more times.
I found this also works with my XP machine.
Hank
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Thanks, Hank and Ken. This'll not only help Lon with his request, but
also me and my senior citizen friends that have a problem reading
small font size.

Bill

Bill
 
I am using Vista and IE Explorer 8.
I had this problem also with certain email text areas. The easiest way
to solve the problem is with a few keyboard strokes. To increase the
size of the text, hold down the Control key and press the "+" key
(without the double quotes) once. You may repeat the key strokes to
increase the size even larger. Note that as the text size increases,
some of the window screen area will be moved off the screen (you can use
a horizontal bar, which will appear at the bottom of the screen, to move
the screen left to right or reverse). When you go to the next email the
size of the text will remain the same - either good or bad. To reverse,
or make the text smaller (i.e., return to the original size) hold down
the Control key and press the "-" (i.e., minus key without the double
quotes) key, one or more times.
I found this also works with my XP machine.
Hank
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Don't forget Ctrl-ScrollWheel as posted by Ken Blake in this thread.

Don't forget Ctrl-0 (zero) to reset the font size to default.
 
The Kid said:
Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
and Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon
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You can increase font size if you check box "Read all messages in plain
text", under Tools -> Options -> Read tab

On the same tab click on Fonts... button and set Font size to Larger or
Largest.

It does let you change fonts size using HTML, but it's not even noticable.
View -> Text Size -> Largest


Try Magnifier in Vista.

Control Panel -> Ease of Access -> Optimize visual display -> Make things on
the screen larger -> Turn on Magnifier

You can also "Change the size of text and icons" locate above Turn on
Magnifier. You have to reboot to see the change. It's only problem is some
dialog boxes won't look right. Especially if they use skins. Text will be
larger in the dialog box, but the box won't be bigger and some text may not
get displayed or truncated. Radio buttons, check boxes may not get displayed
either, if it gets too crowed. Slider maybe out of position.


Alternative is to switch to a lower resolution, if you are using a 5:4 or
4:3 aspect ration display with a native resolution of 1280x1024, switch to
1024x768 or 800x600. Everything will become larger. If 16:9 1920x1080 or
16:10 1920x1200 or switch to 1600x900 or 1600x1024. This works better than
changing DPI to 120. It doesn't screw up the dialog boxes and stuff,
either.


You might consider dumping Windows Mail and get Windows Live Mail. The
fonts are a little larger and switching to largest font is little more
noticable even using HTML mode. It's virtually identical in many ways to
Window Mail.

There's also Thunderbird. I used to use it, but I've switched to Windows
Live Mail. It makes it easier to access my Hotmail account, instead of the
web interface.
 
You can increase font size if you check box "Read all messages in plain
text", under Tools -> Options -> Read tab

On the same tab click on Fonts... button and set Font size to Larger or
Largest.

It does let you change fonts size using HTML, but it's not even noticable.
View -> Text Size -> Largest
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Yes you can do as you suggest, but please note my earlier message in
this thread, which explains a much easier way: "If you have a scroll
mouse, hold down the CTRL key and scroll the wheel. One direction will
make it bigger, the other smaller. "
 
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