Re: Change icon and font size on the All Programs menu?


Unfortunatly nothing in your long reply answered his question on how to
change the font size of the all programs menu.

Wesley Vogel;2899424 Wrote:
Is it possible to change the font and icon sizes on the All Programs
menu
on the Start button in Windows XP?

Yes.

Start Menu Icon sizes.

For the XP Start Menu...
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize
button |
General tab | Select Large icons or Small icons | Click OK | Click
Apply |
Click OK

Large icons...
[[Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the
Start
menu are displayed in a larger size.]]

Small icons...
[[Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the
Start
menu are displayed in a smaller size. You can increase the number of
programs that are displayed in the most recently used programs list by
increasing the number in the Programs box.]]

For the Classic Start Menu...
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize
button |
Check or uncheck: Use Small Icons in Start menu

Use Small Icons in Start menu checked...
[[Reduces the size of the icons in the Start menu.]]

Use Small Icons in Start menu unchecked uses larger icons.

Step by Step Tutorials for Windows XP: Use Large Icons
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/uselargeicons.aspx

Start Menu Font.

If you select a windows and buttons setting other than Windows Classic,
it
will override the above settings, except in some older programs.

Note: In order to fully use this feature you must have your Windows
and
buttons setting on Windows Classic.

Windows Classic style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance
tab
of Display Properties, *NOT* Windows Classic theme on the Themes tab
of
Display Properties. These are two entirely different things.

Display Properties | Appearance tab | Windows and buttons |
Set to Windows Classic style

You can change the look of individual items if you select Windows
Classic
style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab of Display
Properties.

You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
window as
you make changes before applying them.

Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:

* Menu

Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color
1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size and
Bold
or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the bar
height
larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Besides the text on the Start menu, this also affects right click
menus;
File, Edit, View, etc. text on the Menu bar; the text on File, Edit,
View,
etc. menus.

Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
Windows
Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab. If you
select
a different option, the theme determines the appearance of your menus,
fonts, icons and other Window elements.

* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that
do
not display text.

* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title
Bar and
Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for either
item
are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme after you
change
fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop theme override
your
selections.

* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot in
a
rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image produced
on
the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel is the
smallest
element that display or print hardware and software can manipulate to
create
letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also called a pel.

* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color
the
same, it makes it tough to read any text.

Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
the
different items that are displayed at the top in the preview window and
the
corresponding item will be listed in the Item list. For example if
you
click on Inactive Window, Inactive Title Bar will be displayed under
Item.
Click on the narrow border on the Inactive Window and Inactive Window
Border
will be listed. Click on any of the Minimize, Maximize or Close
buttons [X]
buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click on Active Window
and
Active Title Bar will be listed. Click on the word Normal and Menu
will be
listed. Click on the word Selected and Selected Items will be listed.
Click where its says Window Text and Window will be listed. Click on
the
vertical scrollbar and Scrollbar will be listed. Click on the narrow
border
to the right of the vertical scroll bar and Active Window Border will
be
listed. Click on the words Message Text and Message Box will be
listed.
Click on the OK button and 3D Objects will be listed. Click on the
preview
window background and Desktop will be displayed.

How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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