LARGEST nor large enough

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I have the text size set to LARGEST but, on pages like www.MSN.com, the text
is still too small at 1600x1200 (unreadable, in fact). Is there anything I
can do about this (aside from changing my screen resolution)?
 
Increase DPI in Display>Prop>Setting>Advanced I think
increases size of everything.

HTH - Larry


On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:27:51 -0600, "Kevin"

|I have the text size set to LARGEST but, on pages like www.MSN.com, the text
|is still too small at 1600x1200 (unreadable, in fact). Is there anything I
|can do about this (aside from changing my screen resolution)?
|


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded too. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm
 
It changed the size of my toolbar text but doesn't seem to have changed text
in web pages at all.
 
Kevin said:
I have the text size set to LARGEST but, on pages like www.MSN.com, the text
is still too small at 1600x1200 (unreadable, in fact). Is there anything I
can do about this (aside from changing my screen resolution)?
Click to expand...

This happens when the Web author uses CSS and specifies a non-scaleable font
size. How ironic that this would be true on a Microsoft owned site!

To resolve, set the accessibility option in IE:
Tools > Internet Options > General
* Click "Accessibility..."
* Select "Format documents using my style sheet" and point
it to a CSS file that you have created on your hd.

For help in designing and testing your own Style Sheet, go here:
http://thewholeinternet.com/css_edit.htm

To better understand CSS "size" interpretation, check here:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a_page3.html
 
Kevin said:
I have looked around for an idea of what to put into this style sheet but,
not being HTML literate, I still haven't a clue. Can you suggest something
that will make the text bigger?
Click to expand...

This will get you started...
Cut/paste the code below into a file with .css extension:

body {
font-size: 1.0em;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

The above code will make the text sizing in IE work again (View > Text Size).
If you want the default size to be larger/smaller, just increase the em
size(try incrementing by +/- .2em until you get it the way you want). You can
read the online tutorials to refine it further, if you like.
 
I found many ,CSS files already on my PC that u can
tell IE6 to use & see the results. I dont think U can
do any harm experimenting and u can get some idea what
some code does without getting a PhD.

HTH - Larry

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 02:34:01 GMT, "<>"

||> I have looked around for an idea of what to put into this style sheet but,
|> not being HTML literate, I still haven't a clue. Can you suggest something
|> that will make the text bigger?
|
|This will get you started...
|Cut/paste the code below into a file with .css extension:
|
|body {
| font-size: 1.0em;
| font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
|}
|
|The above code will make the text sizing in IE work again (View > Text Size).
|If you want the default size to be larger/smaller, just increase the em
|size(try incrementing by +/- .2em until you get it the way you want). You can
|read the online tutorials to refine it further, if you like.
|


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded too. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm
 
On mine put DPI=140% instead of Normal increases 'I' on
Yahoo Login page ~40% but I ignore colors & fonts on
webpages (Accessability). Pics stay same size. So if
text is really on pic, it wont help.

Problem I have is text lines run together. I got
feeling Style Sheets may be answer- there is a post
below with URLs to get started. Search 4 style sheets.

HTH - Larry

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:51:24 -0600, "Kevin"

|It changed the size of my toolbar text but doesn't seem to have changed text
|in web pages at all.
|
||> Increase DPI in Display>Prop>Setting>Advanced I think
|> increases size of everything.
|>
|> HTH - Larry
|>
|>
|> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:27:51 -0600, "Kevin"
|>
|> |I have the text size set to LARGEST but, on pages like www.MSN.com, the
|text
|> |is still too small at 1600x1200 (unreadable, in fact). Is there anything
|I
|> |can do about this (aside from changing my screen resolution)?
|> |
|>
|>
|> Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
|> the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
|> may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
|> of anything but content will NOT be responded too. Those
|> posters should spend their time taking the test @
|> http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm
|


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded too. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm
 
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