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Offline whiffleball

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Another Windows 7 Question
« on: June 22, 2011, 07:00:03 AM »
I'm just going to have to get used to this after years of XP, but problems keep cropping up that I can't resolve.

I changed the display to make fonts bigger.  CC comes out perfect; exactly like I need it.  Other places like Drudge don't.  The main headline on Drudge is bigger, but all the others remain 10 point.  In XP I made the font/display setting large and it affected every site I pulled up.

Any ideas?  Thanks.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2011, 08:21:03 AM »
I've done the same things, and like you, this place comes up perfectly. But I have to use the Ctrl key and the mouse wheel to increase the size of almost every site I go to. It's really irritating.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 08:25:07 AM »
I have Win7, and I don't have that problem.

Look on the bottom right of your screen...should show your page size. is it 100%?

It's rare that my font size changes, if it does, it seems to be the site itself, not my computer doing it.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 08:51:19 AM »
Quote from: debk on June 22, 2011, 08:25:07 AM
I have Win7, and I don't have that problem.

Look on the bottom right of your screen...should show your page size. is it 100%?

It's rare that my font size changes, if it does, it seems to be the site itself, not my computer doing it.

I see no such indicator, Deb, for any site.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 09:00:52 AM »
Some websites use formatting that doesn't play well with Windows system fonts.  You're better off leaving the font size at the normal size and using the zoom/magnify option on your web browser.

« Last Edit: June 22, 2011, 09:04:31 AM by chris_ »
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 09:02:09 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on June 22, 2011, 08:51:19 AM
I see no such indicator, Deb, for any site.

Mines on my info line down at the bottom...where the time is. I can change it to different percentages, or it will go to full screen, and a couple of other choices. It's always there regardless of which site I'm on.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 09:07:49 AM »
Something that I've noticed with the Google Chrome browser is that If I use "control +" to make the text bigger on a site, Chrome remembers it the next time I open that page.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 10:22:17 AM »
Depends on the web browser your using. As Chris has pointed out MS Internet Explorer is not the most 'internet friendly' amongst the browsers. They did a horrible job of coding it to most WWW standards. Guess it helps explain why it gets infected and hijacked so easily.

I luv XP and Win7, but they can keep IE for my money.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 12:17:28 PM »
Quote from: debk on June 22, 2011, 09:02:09 AM
Mines on my info line down at the bottom...where the time is. I can change it to different percentages, or it will go to full screen, and a couple of other choices. It's always there regardless of which site I'm on.

Not here. I'm using Firefox.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2011, 12:26:18 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on June 22, 2011, 12:17:28 PM
Not here. I'm using Firefox.

I'm using IE 8 or 9, not sure which one it is.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2011, 12:56:16 PM »
I don't have the bar that indicates 100% either; just volume, network, ^.   

I did use the ctl and mouse wheel which really helps.  I tried the magnifier and the page got so large that just a couple of words took up the entire screen.  I hate to hose it up trying to fix something that may not be fixable in my very limited capabilities with this stuff.

I use Mozilla for everything; can't stand IE!

Thanks for the tips.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2011, 12:58:21 PM »
There should be a Zoom option listed in the View menu (IE).

I don't have FF on this system yet... I forgot where they put theirs.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2011, 01:03:18 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 22, 2011, 12:58:21 PM
There should be a Zoom option listed in the View menu (IE).

I don't have FF on this system yet... I forgot where they put theirs.

Bless you Chris!  Zoom is under View and there's an option to zoom text only. 
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2011, 01:04:14 PM »
ctrl++ will increase the page size, too. Ctrl +- will decrease the page size.
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Re: Another Windows 7 Question
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2011, 02:12:57 PM »
Quote from: Thor on June 22, 2011, 01:04:14 PM
ctrl++ will increase the page size, too. Ctrl +- will decrease the page size.

Thanks Thor.  LOL!  I kept trying to use crtl + and it didn't do anything.  Now I know.
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