Guest Randy Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for example I click on Print and Properties. The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on some "windows" and occassionally the bottom end is cut off as well. Sorry if I used the wrong terminology but I hope that someone can figure out what I'm trying to explain and help me fix this. I did some searching in this group for a similar problem but couldn't seem to find anything. Perhaps its because of my lack of knowing what terminology to look for.
Guest David Webb Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Window size Sounds like your screen resolution has somehow changed. Change the display setting to 800 x 600 and see if that helps. This change can be done via Control Panel > Display > Settings. If that's not it, check to see if any of the Accessibility features are in force. "Randy" <arwolkowski@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:1190539048.746865.24000@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the > "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for > example I click on Print and Properties. > The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is > hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on > some > "windows" and occassionally the bottom end is cut off as well. > Sorry if I used the wrong terminology but I hope that someone can > figure out what I'm trying to explain and help me fix this. > I did some searching in this group for a similar problem but couldn't > seem to find anything. Perhaps its because of my lack of knowing what > terminology to look for. >
Guest Elmo Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Window size Randy wrote: > I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the > "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for > example I click on Print and Properties. > The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is > hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on > some > "windows" and occasionally the bottom end is cut off as well. > Sorry if I used the wrong terminology but I hope that someone can > figure out what I'm trying to explain and help me fix this. > I did some searching in this group for a similar problem but couldn't > seem to find anything. Perhaps it's because of my lack of knowing what > terminology to look for. Open Display Properties, Settings tab, Advanced button. Change the DPI setting to "Normal size (96 dpi)". Then if you want to increase the size of the fonts, in the browser, or newsreader, try clicking View, Text Size, or a similar combination. To increase the size of all text, you can: - Lower the screen resolution. Open Display Properties, Settings tab, slide the Screen resolution control to the left. - Open Display Properties, Appearance tab, change the Font size to "Large Fonts". - Open Display Properties, Appearance tab, Advanced button, click specific windows in the display, or select specific items in the "Item:" list, and change the font size there. hth, -- Joe =o)
Guest Randy Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Window size On Sep 23, 7:14 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: > Randy wrote: > > I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the > > "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for > > example I click on Print and Properties. > > The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is > > hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on > > some > > "windows" and occasionally the bottom end is cut off as well. Tried that..... it works fine for changing the size of the font, etc. but part of the window is still hidden. This wouldn't by chance be some sort of virus??
Guest Elmo Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Window size Randy wrote: > On Sep 23, 7:14 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: >> Randy wrote: >>> I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the >>> "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for >>> example I click on Print and Properties. >>> The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is >>> hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on >>> some >>> "windows" and occasionally the bottom end is cut off as well. > > Tried that..... it works fine for changing the size of the font, etc. > but part of the window is still hidden. This wouldn't by chance be > some sort of virus?? The 125% DPI setting usually causes the font to overflow in fixed window sizes. It's possible that some accessibility settings could also cause this. You'll probably have to tweak some of your settings till you get everything to fit. I doubt seriously it's a malware problem; it's just that some notification windows don't allow for all font adjustments. -- Joe =o)
Guest Randy Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Window size On Sep 23, 9:22 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: > Randy wrote: > > On Sep 23, 7:14 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: > >> Randy wrote: > >>> I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the > >>> "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for > >>> example I click on Print and Properties. > >>> The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is > >>> hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on > >>> some > >>> "windows" and occasionally the bottom end is cut off as well. OK, I'll keep trying to play with the settings until I find the one the works. I did originally start with 110% DPI, set it back to Normal 96% that didn't make it any better but all my fonts got extremely small. When I tried to move the slider in the Screen Resolution it is either 1024x768 or else it goes to the other extreme of 800x600. There are no other choices. Is this normal.
Guest Elmo Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 Re: Window size Randy wrote: > On Sep 23, 9:22 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: >> Randy wrote: >>> On Sep 23, 7:14 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: >>>> Randy wrote: >>>>> I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the >>>>> "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for >>>>> example I click on Print and Properties. >>>>> The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is >>>>> hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on >>>>> some >>>>> "windows" and occasionally the bottom end is cut off as well. > > > OK, I'll keep trying to play with the settings until I find the one > the works. I did originally start with 110% DPI, set it back to Normal > 96% that didn't make it any better but all my fonts got extremely > small. When I tried to move the slider in the Screen Resolution it is > either 1024x768 or else it goes to the other extreme of 800x600. There > are no other choices. Is this normal. That's up to your graphics card. There should probably be a 640x480 too. There may not be any more. If you update the graphics card drivers, you may have more resolutions, but that won't help with your problem. -- Joe =o)
Guest Randy Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 Re: Window size On Sep 24, 8:09 am, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: > Randy wrote: > > On Sep 23, 9:22 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: > >> Randy wrote: > >>> On Sep 23, 7:14 pm, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: > >>>> Randy wrote: > >>>>> I seem to be having a problem with the size of some of the > >>>>> "windows" (don't know if this is the right term) that pop up when for > >>>>> example I click on Print and Properties. > >>>>> The right side border (non-adjustable) has moved to the left and is > >>>>> hiding some of the button options, etc. This is only happening on > >>>>> some > >>>>> "windows" and occasionally the bottom end is cut off as well. > > > OK, I'll keep trying to play with the settings until I find the one > > the works. I did originally start with 110% DPI, set it back to Normal > > 96% that didn't make it any better but all my fonts got extremely > > small. When I tried to move the slider in the Screen Resolution it is > > either 1024x768 or else it goes to the other extreme of 800x600. There > > are no other choices. Is this normal. > > That's up to your graphics card. There should probably be a 640x480 > too. There may not be any more. If you update the graphics card > drivers, you may have more resolutions, but that won't help with your > problem. > > -- > Joe =o)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Joe, you were correct. When I set the DPI to 105 and rebooted the computer then everything went back to normal. Only problem now is that the text, especially the WorkSheet tabs in Excel seem to be extremely small. I tried changing the resolution again, back to 800x600 but then everything gets too big and takes up too much space on the monitor....... I'm not quite that blind yet! I'll try and search for an update for my graphics card driver. Thanks.
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