skyscraper101
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This thread is almost as entertaining as Coronation Street
The text has gone all small on the laptop
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oh yeah!
you gots text size though, you tried that??
Say sorry.
Yeah, tried that. Now the text in the reply box is smaller and lighter. But the rest of the page is still teeny weeny.
free spirit
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tried what?I've tried that. Nothing happens.
the different options on that slider, or the ctrl 0 thing?
The ctrl 0 thing.
The different options on that slider just made it look even more weird.
I've killed the laptop haven't I?
free spirit
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no.The ctrl 0 thing.
The different options on that slider just made it look even more weird.
I've killed the laptop haven't I?
what's the make and model number of the laptop?
free spirit
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quitteryes. yes, you've killed it
quitter
maybe
but i haz taught moomoo to post a screen shot so not entirely wasted posting
free spirit
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right, got the manual now.It's an Inspiron 640m
It's quite old I think.
can you go to the display settings options panel and tell me what setting you're on now (the numbers under the slider)?
free spirit
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that's true.maybe
but i haz taught moomoo to post a screen shot so not entirely wasted posting
that skill may well come in useful again shortly as well
free spirit
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ok, try it at 1280 * 800
that's the max resolution given in the manual.
you'll need to move the slider, then click on the apply button. The screen may go blank for a few seconds then flick back on... this is normal.
stupid kid
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Have you checked the windows text size settings? It's unlikely to be this but it's quite simple to check, so give it a bash.
They can be found in two places. First, right click on your desktop, select properties and go to the appearance tab, there should be three drop down menus, the bottom one being text size, it should be set to normal. Next, click on the settings tab of the same window, click advanced and this should open a new window, check the general tab and check DPI settings, again this should be set to normal.
However like I said, unlikely to be this as these settings should effect IE as well as the other browsers, but from your screen shots, your text looks abnormally large for the start pane and for the pictures in the top left hand corner buttons, but not for the firefox title, very odd.
They can be found in two places. First, right click on your desktop, select properties and go to the appearance tab, there should be three drop down menus, the bottom one being text size, it should be set to normal. Next, click on the settings tab of the same window, click advanced and this should open a new window, check the general tab and check DPI settings, again this should be set to normal.
However like I said, unlikely to be this as these settings should effect IE as well as the other browsers, but from your screen shots, your text looks abnormally large for the start pane and for the pictures in the top left hand corner buttons, but not for the firefox title, very odd.
free spirit
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oh yeah... it will switch the display back again after 15 seconds unless you click on the button that pops up to say ok to keep the display how you've just changed it.
so if it's worked, click on the ok button to keep the change.
so if it's worked, click on the ok button to keep the change.
Didn't work. But thank you for trying.
Did it. Made no difference whatsoever.
Thank you for trying free spirit. Can we come back to this tomorrow? I'm really tired now!
skyscraper101
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Going back to the text zoom thing - my version (which admitedly is on mac) has the option to zoom text only, or zoom the whole firefox page. However, if that is definately not working, and in the absence of any other suggestions - it might be worth a re-install of firefox.
free spirit
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no worries, hopefully the magic pixies will be along to fix it while you sleep... if not I'm sure we can sus it out tomorrow.
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