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Someone told me how to make the letters larger in an email (for people with poor eyesight). It was simple - I think you hit two keys together or you hold down one while hitting another.   I did that but now they are too big and I don't know how to make them smaller.    Thank you. Robin at: XXXXX@XXXXXX.XXX

 

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September 9 2006 at 7:10 AM (2 minutes and 58 seconds later)
         
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What OS are you using?
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September 9 2006 at 7:16 AM (6 minutes and 14 seconds later)
         
Reply to Stephen's Post: OS is Windows
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September 9 2006 at 7:19 AM (2 minutes and 18 seconds later)
         
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Right click on your desktop > choose properties > Click the Display Settings Tab > Change the DPI to a size you are more comfortable with.

Hope this helps.
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September 9 2006 at 7:27 AM (7 minutes and 56 seconds later)
         
Reply to Stephen's Post: I did as you said -R clicked on desktop-clicked on properties and the settings tab - Settings tab showed screen resolution and color quality. What happened? What did I do wrong? When I made the letters larger I did it in an email. I would think I could make the letters go back to the original size by making the correction in an email.
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September 9 2006 at 7:29 AM (2 minutes and 10 seconds later)
         
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Are you trying to change the settings for your entire System, or just for email?

Also - are you using XP - or a different version of Windows?
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September 9 2006 at 7:40 AM (10 minutes and 59 seconds later)
         
Reply to Stephen's Post: Change settings just for email. Windows XP.
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September 9 2006 at 7:41 AM (1 minute later)
         
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OH ok... That's different.. :)

What email application are you using ?
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September 9 2006 at 7:45 AM (3 minutes and 57 seconds later)
         
Reply to Stephen's Post: Sorry I'm not anticipating your questions. In cases like this I realize how little I know about computers. I am using Yahoo for email.
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September 9 2006 at 7:49 AM (4 minutes and 21 seconds later)
         
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That's ok -- if you knew everything about computers, I would be out of a job... LOL

If you want to do this with the keyboard then you can open Internet Exploere and hit

Alt-V and then hit X.
Move to the text size option that best meets your needs by pressing the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key.

Press ENTER.

Hope this helps.
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September 9 2006 at 8:02 AM (12 minutes and 40 seconds later)
         
Reply to Stephen's Post: OK! Got it. Thanks. It wasn't the same way I made the letters larger but it has made them smaller. I am now using the medium size instead of the larger.
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September 9 2006 at 8:12 AM (10 minutes and 24 seconds later)
         
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September 9 2006 at 8:16 AM (3 minutes and 35 seconds later)
         
Reply to Stephen's Post: Stephen -
I accepted earlier. Do I have to accept again? Or are we through? Can I say good bye and go back to the men's semi finals at the US Open? I believe the $9 I offered and you accepted as already been deducted from my account.
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September 9 2006 at 8:29 AM (13 minutes and 11 seconds later)
         
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