Re: Font Size



"Welly" <Welly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have recently bought a piece of software that will only work if the font
> size for windows is set to small. When I go to control panel and then
> display
> and look at the appearance settings the only options are normal, large and
> extra large. How or where do i find the small font setting that i need to
> run
> this software?

That's weird, what's the software?

Check to see if Windows is set to 96 DPI, by going back to the Display
Properties and on the Settings tab clicking Advanced.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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