I’m going through a bizarre neurological condition that has lasted several months. It’s similar to an optical migraine aura that is constant and does not change (well, except to get worse.) One doctor has already said that he’s never seen anything like it. Well, anyway… the point is, it’s making it difficult to read. There MUST be some way to automatically make the print much larger and easier to read on all web pages. Can’t this be done just as some kind of auto setting? I can’t find anything like that on the control panel. There’s the Magnifier which docks at the top of the page, but that’s really kind of annoying. This condition may eventually go away or be treatable, but until then… HELP!!
On most browsers holding down Ctrl and then using + will increase the font size, keep hitting + until you get the size you want. If you are on a Mac, it’s Command and +. To make the font smaller use Ctrl and -. Firefox saves this setting, so I don’t have to do the command each time.
Both computers are Vista Home Premium; the laptop has IE7 and the desktop has IE8. Oh, please, don’t get too geeky on me! (scared look) I don’t have any geeks around right now. Unless somebody wants to fedEx me one.
I actually use NoSquint to reduce the size of the pages, while increasing the size of the font to compensate. For me, it’s more of a NoScroll, since my small monitor can’t handle 1024x768, the standard web resolution.
If you want all text on your PC to appear bigger (at all times) use the built-in Accessibility options provided. Follow this link for easy instructions on how to change the font settings: Windows help & learning
For most other things (besides web browsers), the View menu will have something like “Zoom” or “Resize” as an option – adjusting this to what gives you the best results is a good move. E.g., I do proofreading for a dyslexic friend who writes; I need to set his Open Office text at 128% or so of where he prefers it to be able to read it clearly without squinting.
If you’d like to increase size overall, you can reduce your screen’s resolution. Depending on the quality of your monitor, video card, and version of Windows, this can wind up looking awful, but it will upsize all the visual elements on the screen.
