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From: Rea
Date: 03-20-2006, 07:30 AM (1 of 20)
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THIS IS FOR ALL US OLD ?? PEOPLE If you have weak eyes, as many of us do, here is a tip on how to make reading your computer screen easier. If you hold down the Ctrl key on your key board and then turn the small wheel in the middle of your mouse away from you or towards you, the print size will change - it will either get larger or smaller - depending on which way you turn the wheel. Try it. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs
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User: Rea
Member since: 12-19-2005 Total posts: 47 
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From: StitchNTime
Date: 03-20-2006, 07:57 AM (2 of 20)
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I did not know that... but I'm using a laptop without a mouse so I can't try it either. 
Judy
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Isaiah 25:1 |
User: StitchNTime
Member since: 03-14-2006 Total posts: 90 |
From: Chrysantha
Date: 03-20-2006, 03:14 PM (3 of 20)
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I knew....but since I read without my glasses off line, when I'm online my glasses work just fine. (especially since we always get BIG screens with our computers...my husband the geek likes'em for his photos and they're great for my embroidery stuff...).
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: esrun3
Date: 03-20-2006, 03:17 PM (4 of 20)
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isn'tworking for me-but I'm at work so maybe that's the problem, i'll try again at home
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: Almajanesattic
Date: 03-20-2006, 05:37 PM (5 of 20)
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It also works if you hold down your pointer on the screen you want enlarge..and while holding down, hit the F11 key. Haven't tried it in this site but works in a chatroom that I frequent. Sharon |
User: Almajanesattic
Member since: 01-20-2006 Total posts: 42 
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From: Almajanesattic
Date: 03-20-2006, 05:41 PM (6 of 20)
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oops.......doesn't work in here! Sorry! Sharon |
User: Almajanesattic
Member since: 01-20-2006 Total posts: 42
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 03-20-2006, 09:52 PM (7 of 20)
| You can also go to "View" in your upper toolbar, then to "Text Size" and check the size you want your print to be. |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 03-21-2006, 09:46 PM (8 of 20)
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Now that ctrl mouse scroll thing is the coolest ever!! Thanks for the tiip! Do you have any for a keyboard that can't spell?????
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 03-21-2006, 11:38 PM (9 of 20)
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My mouse used to do that make it bigger thing just pressing the wheel and rolling it but with my new computer -- same mouse -- it doesn't seem to work, even when I press control. But, Laura, Google has a free spell checker, although I've never noticed you having much of a problem with spelling. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 03-23-2006, 12:33 AM (10 of 20)
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That's because I keep having to go back and retype my words, my brain goes way faster than my fingers do!
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: Sewhappie
Date: 03-23-2006, 03:58 AM (11 of 20)
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www.iespell.com this will load into your upper toolbar all you have to do is click on it before you submit your post and it checks your spelling. |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: StitchNTime
Date: 03-23-2006, 12:27 PM (12 of 20)
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Day before yesterday I got a new computer. Using that technique with my lazer mouse does not make the print larger. Thank goodness for bifocals! Sewhappie...are you sure the spell check thingie is not spyware? I am so leary of any kind of "tool" that runs in the background. Color me suspicious. Bridesmom, Eye thank oui awl mispail frum tyme two tyme. 
Judy
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Isaiah 25:1 |
User: StitchNTime
Member since: 03-14-2006 Total posts: 90 |
From: Sewhappie
Date: 03-23-2006, 04:55 PM (13 of 20)
| I have been using it for a while now with no problems. This is suppose to be a Microsoft program. |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: Magot
Date: 03-23-2006, 04:59 PM (14 of 20)
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look guys, I've only got one mouse button and no scroll wheel - and no microsoft so me and my Mac will stick to the reading glasses!
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: carsang2
Date: 03-23-2006, 05:47 PM (15 of 20)
| No I didn't know that. I've learned something today. |
User: carsang2
Member since: 12-05-2005 Total posts: 9 |
From: cheyenne
Date: 03-24-2006, 06:55 PM (16 of 20)
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On a lap top or just another way to increase the size of the print on the screen, you hold down the ctrl key and press the plus sign on the number key side and to make them smaller you hold down the ctrl key and tap the minus key Cheyenne |
User: cheyenne
Member since: 03-24-2006 Total posts: 1 |
From: funthreads
Date: 03-24-2006, 07:34 PM (17 of 20)
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Hello all You can also click the start button and then the control panel. In the control panel you can click on the accessibility icon(looks like a wheelchair). There you can set your entire computer for larger icons and text. These changes will be permanently set for you. carol |
User: funthreads
Member since: 03-20-2006 Total posts: 17 |
From: Marilyn in MD
Date: 03-28-2006, 12:42 PM (18 of 20)
| Neither the F11 key or the wheel on the mouse enlarged the type for me. |
User: Marilyn in MD
Member since: 03-13-2006 Total posts: 14 |
From: Marilyn in MD
Date: 03-28-2006, 12:54 PM (19 of 20)
| Rea and Almajeansattic - Your type enlargement techniques didn't work for me at this site, but when I went to another one, it did. Thanks for teaching me something new. Marilyn in MD |
User: Marilyn in MD
Member since: 03-13-2006 Total posts: 14 |
From: swartzrn
Date: 03-28-2006, 10:08 PM (20 of 20)
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I could probably read my screen better if I wore my glasses like I should (but I HATE wearing them!)
Julie
"To see the future, look into a child's eyes." |
User: swartzrn
Member since: 02-17-2006 Total posts: 436 
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