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If you find yourself hunched over with trifocals trying to see what is on your monitor, it's time to make a few adjustments.
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Buy a new monitor, 19" or more. |
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Adjust the monitor settings to your satisfaction. |
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Use browser magnifiers. |
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Use 3rd party magnifiers. |
With the right combination of a good monitor, proper settings, useful page enhancers, you will be able to remove the glasses and enjoy the experience of sitting back and using the computer - without a load on your nose.
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Your first option to setting good viewing conditions is to adjust your Display Properties. This is a trial and error approach where one setting is not necessarily satisfactory for all users of your computer. If your
computer is set up for multiple users, let each user do their own adjustments and you can concentrate on just your own settings. Display Properties are unique to each user. |
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Screen Resolution
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Hold down
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All open applications will be minimized.
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Right click on the Desktop
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Select Properties
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When the Display Properties window open, select the Settings tab.
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Under Screen resolution, move the slider to Less or More.
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Click on Apply.
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Click on OK
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Open any application with text and graphics
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Repeat steps 1 - 9 until satisfaction is reached.
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Repeat steps 1 - 5.
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Under Color quality, select a higher or lower setting
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Click on Apply
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Click on OK.
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Open any application with text and graphics
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Here again, you are looking for what appears the best for you. It's all trial and error and should never have to be done again unless you replace your monitor.
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DPI Setting
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Hold down
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All open applications will be minimized.
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Right click on the Desktop
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Select Properties
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When the Display Properties window open, select the Settings tab.
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Click on the Advanced button
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Select the General tab.
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Under Display, change the DPI setting: to Large size (120 DPI)
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Left click on Apply
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Left Click on OK
Note: At this point you will be asked to restart. Close all open apps and Restart.
You will see a 25% larger Text size when Windows reopens.
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Font Size
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Hold down
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All open applications will be minimized.
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Right click on the Desktop
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Select Properties
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When the Display Properties window open, select the Appearance tab.
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Under Font size: select one larger than in present use.
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Left click on the Apply button
For further Font enhancements, select the Advanced button. Note: It is necessary to left click on the Apply button at any time it is active (not grayed
out) to insure your selection has been activated. You may be asked to Restart to complete the activation.
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Internet Explorer 6.0
There are two ways of changing the text size with this browser.
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Left click on View. |
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Select Text Size and one of the options of Smallest to Largest. |
Note : There is no change in Image size
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Hold down one of the Ctrl keys on the keyboard |
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Roll the scroll wheel on your mouse (it will select one of the options of Smallest to Largest) |
Note : There is no change in Image size |
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 (Text)
This browser has 3 options to change the size of Text
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Left click on View |
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Select Text Size and one of the options to Increase Ctrl++ or Decrease Ctrl+- |
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Hold down one of the Ctrl keys on the keyboard and repeatedly tap the + or - on the numeric keypad |
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Hold down one of the Ctrl keys on the keyboard |
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Roll the scroll wheel on your mouse |
To return to Original Size
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Hold down one of the Ctrl keys on the keyboard |
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Tap the 0 on the numeric keypad |
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 (Images)
This browser also has 2 options to change the size of Images
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Left click on View |
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Select Image Zoom and one of the many options (recommend Zoom with Text) |
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Hold down one of the Ctrl keys on the keyboard |
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Repeatedly tap the . or , on the keyboard. |
To return to Original Size
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Hold down one of the Ctrl keys on the keyboard |
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Tap the / on the keyboard |
If you had selected Zoom with Text, Ctrl and tap 0 on the numeric keypad to return the Text and Images to Original Size |
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Internet Explorer 7.0
There are three ways and a recommended way of changing the text size with this browser.
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Left click on View. |
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Select Text Size and one of the options of Smallest to Largest. |
Note : There is no change in Image size
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Left click once on the button in the lower right corner of the status bar as shown to change Text and Image to 125% |
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Left click on the same button again to change Text and Image to 150% |
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Left click on the same button again to change Text and Image back to 100% |
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Left click on the
 as indicated on the Status bar to open the Zoom menu |
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Left click on your choice of Zoom to change both Text and Image. |
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Recommended
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Hold down one of the Ctrl keys on the keyboard |
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Roll the scroll wheel on your mouse |
Note : The Image AND Text both change in size as indicated in the lower right hand corner of the window
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All applications are not created equal.
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Browsers have Zoom features |
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M$ has Zoom for their apps. |
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OOo has Zoom for their apps |
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Graphic editing apps have a Zoom. |
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M$ Magnifier under Accessories, Accessibility is as close to useless as one can get.
M$ Narrator under Accessories, Accessibility actually surpasses M$ Magnifier as being more useless. |
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OOo doesn't have a Zoom to read their Help. |
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M$ Windows doesn't have a Zoom to read their Help |
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I haven't found a single application where one can Zoom in on the contents of their Help |
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3rd Party Magnifier
The best known magnifier for Windows is available with a left click on the icon to the right
It can be used to magnify anything including Help pages. |
(Click the above for a link) |
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