Help - enlarging text on certain websites - possible ???
Anyone offer an advice on the following ?? have my pc monitor screen res set at 1024 x 768, problem is although the screen image is good enough for my needs I find that on some websites that contain very small text the text is just that, very small so small as to make it very hard to actually read !! have tried all screen res settings but no joy.
just wonder if there are any other settings within windows xp that will alow me to enlarge the text image shown ?? have clicked on the extra large fonts which with the screen res etc selected does give me large fonts on some sites but again no matter what screen res etc I choose I find I really do struggle with some off the text from certain sites, anything I can do ?? and already wear glasses for pc work so please no eyesite test replies please !!! |
jono - usually your internet browser has a feature where you can increase the text size on any website you're looking at.
For example, if your using Internet Explorer, while viewing the website, goto the VIEW menu then TEXT SIZE and set it to something bigger If you're using Mozilla Firefox, then goto the VIEW menu then select ZOOM (I use version 3 of Firefox, so it maybe slightly different on other versions) |
Perfect mate, exactly the info I was looking for !!
" you learn something new everyday "" !! Thanks again appreciatte that. john |
If you're using firefox, get the Greasemonkey extension, it'll let you customise individual sites.
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Originally Posted by HankScorpio
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If you're using firefox, get the Greasemonkey extension, it'll let you customise individual sites.
Okay great will certainly check it out, have just added the PicLens add-on to firefox and must admitt really am rather impressed with it !!! any other neat add-ons worth considering ?? |
Originally Posted by jono300
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Okay great will certainly check it out, have just added the PicLens add-on to firefox and must admitt really am rather impressed with it !!!
any other neat add-ons worth considering ?? |
Incidentally, the new version of Firefox, version 3 (currently in Beta) has a great zoom facility. EVERYTHING you see on a website is englarged - not just the text.
Works really nicely. |
Nobodies pointed out the easiest method, hold down ctrl and rotate centre mouse wheel ;)
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Originally Posted by bob269
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Nobodies pointed out the easiest method, hold down ctrl and rotate centre mouse wheel ;)
For other extensions - Get rid of piclens, they update it about twice a week so not near finished And in no particular order: Adblock plus https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 Best subscription is EasyList (USA) When you've installed this, visit a few pages side by side to see what it's filtering, also bring it up now and again to see on any particular page what is being blocked. Can be surprising. British English Dictionary (if you haven't already) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3 Spell check in form filling (forums). Fasterfox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269 Noticably faster, also has popup blocker. "Optimized" is fine "Turbo" is overkill. FireFTP https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/684 Full FTP client in the browser, I've ofund not the fastest at transfers but dead handy. IE Tab https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 For when you just have to have IE Foxmarks https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2410 Add a favourite on one machine…. It adds it to the rest. Also makes favourites available on line for those times when you can’t remember a URL and aren't at your machine. TabScope https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4882 Funky but I like it Stumble upon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138 You'll either get into this or you won't, most people I've told use it. |
hold down ctrl and press +
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