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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 27, 2021 10:23:53 GMT
Is there available some sort of device or setting such that I can make the text on the screen larger without having to chase everything back and forth with the scroll bars ?
Maybe a big magnifier that attaches to the monitor ?
With my normal strength reading glasses, if I sit comfortably, I need binoculars to read the text.
If I put a second pair of glasses over the first ones, I can really see the text, like REALLY SEE the text..., providing I very uncomfortably lean in and kink my neck.
If I sit normally with two pair of glasses, everything is a blur.
If I choose any of the options that I have found to make the text larger, it also makes the whole window larger and forces me to chase everything back and forth with the scroll bars, which is an EXTREME annoyance.
The people who started all of this computer business must have had eyes like eagles; if they had been normal sight-challenged people, they would never have designed the text so tiny; -----also, they would never have put the Okay and Cancel buttons on everything so close together, but that is a rant for another time and place; were it up to me, the sensible thing to do would be to have the Okay and Cancel buttons completely across the window from each other.
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 27, 2021 10:57:01 GMT
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 27, 2021 12:43:28 GMT
Is there available some sort of device or setting such that I can make the text on the screen larger without having to chase everything back and forth with the scroll bars ? BuckSkin, You could use the Magnifier. Use Magnifier to make things on the screen easier to see - Windows 7ORMake the text larger via Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display. Word of Caution:PSE 7 will show a three-head cursor for some tools in the Editor. This problem can be addressed by reducing the Windows text size to less than 150% (149% will be fine). Do you still have PSE 12? The three-head cursor is not a problem with PSE 12. Adobe did some recoding back in PSE 10. Now Elements abides by Microsoft user-interface standards which require apps to support text sizes larger than 100%. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 27, 2021 13:13:43 GMT
You could use the Magnifier OR Make the text larger via Control Panel Thanks; that magnifier is COOOL; I pinned it to the task bar. You would have laughed at me all the many times I have used an actual Sherlock Holmes glass, trying to make out something on the screen. I also set that display thingie at 125%, but I don't yet know what it is going to do as it won't take effect until I restart and I am too involved right now to be restarting. I tried the docked magnifier, but I couldn't make any sense out of it. The movable magnifier works really well, but has some compromises in mouse use, lack of scrolling ability for one. Still in all, I now have the magnifier on the task bar, so I can turn it ON and OFF at will. Thanks. I may see if Saintee Claws might bring me one of those $200 monitor magnifiers. |
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 27, 2021 13:28:03 GMT
You could use the Magnifier OR Make the text larger via Control Panel Thanks; that magnifier is COOOL; I pinned it to the task bar. I also set that display thingie at 125%, but I don't yet know what it is going to do as it won't take effect until I restart and I am too involved right now to be restarting. BuckSkin, you are most welcome! Pleased to help. BTW, I forgot to mention that I encountered the three-head cursor (monster?) in PSE 7 when I had this version installed on Windows 7 and the text size set to 150%. The 149% setting did the trick; the cursor returned to its "normal" state. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 27, 2021 14:47:31 GMT
BTW, I forgot to mention that I encountered the three-head cursor (monster?) in PSE 7 when I had this version installed on Windows 7 and the text size set to 150%. The 149% setting did the trick; the cursor returned to its "normal" state. By having it set on 150%, did it make you have to slide the scroll bars back and forth to see everything ? |
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 27, 2021 17:46:35 GMT
By having it set on 150%, did it make you have to slide the scroll bars back and forth to see everything ? No, it didn't. The only reason I changed the Windows text size to 149% was because of the problem with the three-head cursor in PSE 7. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 27, 2021 17:53:23 GMT
By having it set on 150%, did it make you have to slide the scroll bars back and forth to see everything ? No, it didn't. The only reason I changed the Windows text size to 149% was because of the problem with the three-head cursor in PSE 7. Well....., I have not yet restarted the machine; so, I think I will go back and switch from the 125% option to the 150% option and then back off to 149% |
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Post by xairbusdriver on Aug 29, 2021 23:30:02 GMT
Does control plus "+" or "-" not increase/decrease the size of things in a browser window, without changing the size of the window? 🤔 I'm assuming Windows™ would use the control key as that is the normal key that matches the command (Apple) key on a Mac. You might also try the option key, but that is usually reserved for a multitude of other commands.
In a related question, how can I 'encourage' a friend to use 'normal' sized text in a Windows email app? His is the only emails I usually have to 'enlarge' from 7 points!! Arrggg!!!
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 30, 2021 0:47:05 GMT
Does control plus "+" or "-" not increase/decrease the size of things in a browser window, without changing the size of the window? On my Windows 7 machines, Control + enlarges everything, including the window; you can really make things look big, but the scroll bars appear as soon as it is implemented. Control plus 0 (zero) brings things back to normal. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 8, 2021 5:54:42 GMT
Oh My Gosh; Everything is HUGE !
When I implemented this 149% change, it said a restart was necessary for it to take effect; I was too involved to be restarting and put it off until later.
Then, a little while ago, performance and behavior was telling me that a restart was in order, whether I had time or not.
I spent about an hour saving and closing things, hit the restart button and went to do something else.
When I returned, the first thing I noticed was that my many many desktop shortcuts were HUGE; then, I noticed how huge the taskbar was.
And, I can SEE !
What before were tiny little letters are now as big as billboards.
There are some compromises; but, I think I am going to like this.
My only reservation is that my eyes may get accustomed to this big bold text and I may not be able to see a thing on a normal screen.
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 8, 2021 19:22:59 GMT
BuckSkin, thanks for posting back with your feedback on the changes! If you find that the Windows text size is too big now, you can reduce the percentage a bit more. You should be able to reduce the size of the desktop shortcuts. - Right-click on any empty space on the desktop. - Select View from the drop-down menu. - Select a size. (You will have 3 options -- Large, Medium, Small; the default is Medium). Try this for the taskbar . . . - Right-click on the taskbar. - Uncheck Lock the taskbar. - Place your cursor on the upper edge of the taskbar. (Your cursor will turn into a double-headed arrow.)- Drag the edge down. - When you are done, lock the taskbar.
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