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Name: loseing mind Date: December 14, 2004 at 23:52:55 Pacific OS: microsoft windows 98 seco CPU/Ram: 112.0mb RAM
Comment:
cannot read certain text...example:lower text on bottom of this site is smudgy-like, heavy black lettering that is choppy...tried everything..virusscan,dick clean.defragementer...HELP
Name: Old Salt Date: December 15, 2004 at 01:41:57 Pacific
Reply:
What browser and version are you running?
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Response Number 2
Name: elric Date: December 15, 2004 at 03:05:09 Pacific
Reply:
G'day,
Also, how is your monitor -ie is it just when you're on the net that this happens??
regards, Elric
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Response Number 3
Name: Bryco Date: December 15, 2004 at 06:49:49 Pacific
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While viewing the mentioned text and while holding down the Ctrl key turn your scroll wheel one notch up or down, try another notch.
Any difference?
Doing above adjusts your text size in relation to your set screen resolution.
You can set it the normal way by going to IE View, Text size. Mine is set at medium with a resolution of 800x600 and it is not as you noted.
When checking your resolution setting (right click on desktop, select Properties, Settings) is the Color showing as only 2 or 16 colors available colors or is it set at 256 or higher? If only 2 and 16 colors are available choices then you need to update your video adapter driver or reinstall it.
Do post back.
Bryan
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Response Number 4
Name: Kjell Martinsen Date: December 16, 2004 at 09:13:34 Pacific
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"While viewing the mentioned text and while holding down the Ctrl key turn your scroll wheel one notch up or down, try another notch."
I never heard about this trick. However it worked for me. Resently I received an E-mail where the txt partially was too small. Having read this posting, I held down the Ctrl key and turned the scroll wheel one notch. Wow! I'll remember that one!
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Response Number 5
Name: Bryco Date: December 16, 2004 at 16:36:57 Pacific
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Kjell, I'm glad you like it. Do remember to set it back for your normal viewing settings.
Bryan
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Response Number 6
Name: Kjell Martinsen Date: December 17, 2004 at 09:26:43 Pacific
Reply:
Bryco, it didn't affect anything else but the text in the mail. I didn't set it back before I closed it the first time. Now, when I opened the same mail, the text was exactly the same as after I had adjusted it!
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