Increase font size without messing around with the DPI settings

I want to be able to increase the font size without having to change the DPI
settings. I'm sure I remember being able to do this in Win XP. Does anyone
here know how to do it?

Glen Parks wrote:

I want to be able to increase the font size without having to change the DPI
settings. I'm sure I remember being able to do this in Win XP. Does anyone
here know how to do it?

Hold down ctrl and move the mouse scroll wheel.

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On 26/11/2010 11:44, Glen Parks wrote:
I want to be able to increase the font size without having to change the DPI
settings. I'm sure I remember being able to do this in Win XP. Does anyone
here know how to do it?

Right click desktop
Personalize/ Display/ smaller-medium-larger.

There's also Screen Resolution through the display adaptor to play with.

Ed

On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:15:06 -0600, G. Morgan
wrote:

Glen Parks wrote:

I want to be able to increase the font size without having to change the DPI
settings. I'm sure I remember being able to do this in Win XP. Does anyone
here know how to do it?

Hold down ctrl and move the mouse scroll wheel.


Let me just add that this is a Windows standard (since Windows XP, I
*think*) and works in many, (but not all) programs, whether they are
Microsoft programs or third-party programs.

Scrolling in one direction makes it bigger, the other direction
smaller.

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:15:06 -0600, G. Morgan
wrote:

Glen Parks wrote:

I want to be able to increase the font size without having to change the
DPI
settings. I'm sure I remember being able to do this in Win XP. Does
anyone
here know how to do it?

Hold down ctrl and move the mouse scroll wheel.


Let me just add that this is a Windows standard (since Windows XP, I
*think*) and works in many, (but not all) programs, whether they are
Microsoft programs or third-party programs.

Scrolling in one direction makes it bigger, the other direction
smaller.

Is there a way to do that with the laptops touch pads??
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:51:28 -0800, "Alex Clayton"
wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:15:06 -0600, G. Morgan
wrote:

Glen Parks wrote:

I want to be able to increase the font size without having to change the
DPI
settings. I'm sure I remember being able to do this in Win XP. Does
anyone
here know how to do it?

Hold down ctrl and move the mouse scroll wheel.


Let me just add that this is a Windows standard (since Windows XP, I
*think*) and works in many, (but not all) programs, whether they are
Microsoft programs or third-party programs.

Scrolling in one direction makes it bigger, the other direction
smaller.

Is there a way to do that with the laptops touch pads??

Some HP laptops, for example, have a 'swipe area' taking up a small
vertical band of the touchpad, typically along the right side of the
pad. I'm not sure if swiping that area while holding Ctrl would
achieve the desired effect, though. I can't try it right now.

An alternative is to hold Ctrl and tap the Plus or Minus key.

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Char Jackson

"Char Jackson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:51:28 -0800, "Alex Clayton"
wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:15:06 -0600, G. Morgan
wrote:

Glen Parks wrote:

I want to be able to increase the font size without having to change
the
DPI
settings. I'm sure I remember being able to do this in Win XP. Does
anyone
here know how to do it?

Hold down ctrl and move the mouse scroll wheel.


Let me just add that this is a Windows standard (since Windows XP, I
*think*) and works in many, (but not all) programs, whether they are
Microsoft programs or third-party programs.

Scrolling in one direction makes it bigger, the other direction
smaller.

Is there a way to do that with the laptops touch pads??

Some HP laptops, for example, have a 'swipe area' taking up a small
vertical band of the touchpad, typically along the right side of the
pad. I'm not sure if swiping that area while holding Ctrl would
achieve the desired effect, though. I can't try it right now.

An alternative is to hold Ctrl and tap the Plus or Minus key.

--

Char Jackson

Thanks but neither works with this. That does work on Firefox but I was
hoping there would be some way to use it in WLM for this. If I don't have a
pair of glassed handy it's often hard to read this.
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