In Box Font Size

Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8 and
Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
Lon

Tried it Bill
.. Doesn't work with email. Thanks!
Lon


"vista bill" <> wrote in message
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On Sep 15, 10:16 pm, "The Kid" <l...@opt0nline.net> wrote:
> Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
> checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
> thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
> and
> Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
> Lon

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I found this in help:

"Make the text on your screen larger or smaller

You can make the text and other items, such as icons, on your screen
easier to see by making them larger. You do this by increasing the
dots per inch (DPI) scale. You can also decrease the DPI scale to make
text and other items on your screen smaller, so that more information
fits on the screen.

Click to open Personalization.

In the left pane, click Adjust font size (DPI). If you are prompted
for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or
provide confirmation.

In the DPI Scaling dialog box, do one of the following:

To increase the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Larger scale (120 DPI)–make text more readable, and then click OK.

To decrease the size of text and other items on the screen, click
Default scale (96 DPI)–fit more information, and then click OK.

To see the changes, close all of your programs, and then restart
Windows."


Bill

"The Kid" <> wrote in message
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> Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
> checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
> thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
> and Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
> Lon
>
>
>
>

As this is a VISTA group it might be an idea to tell us what email CLIENT
you are using?

"Gordon" <> wrote in message news:...
>
> "The Kid" <> wrote in message
> news:4ab04a63$0$5003$...
>> Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
>> checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
>> thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
>> and Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
>> Lon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> As this is a VISTA group it might be an idea to tell us what email CLIENT
> you are using?
>

You can tell what email client the OP is using by reading his post.
Also if you right-click the message header and select 'Properties' then 'Details'
it is listed alongside X-Newsreader.

Dave,
Is this what you are referring to: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live
Mail 14.0.8089.726
Lon




"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "The Kid" <> wrote in message
>> news:4ab04a63$0$5003$...
>>> Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
>>> checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm
>>> too thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista,
>>> IE 8 and Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
>>> Lon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> As this is a VISTA group it might be an idea to tell us what email CLIENT
>> you are using?
>
> You can tell what email client the OP is using by reading his post.
> Also if you right-click the message header and select 'Properties' then
> 'Details'
> it is listed alongside X-Newsreader.
>
>

"The Kid" <> wrote in message news:4ab127fb$0$31262$...
> Dave,
> Is this what you are referring to: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live
> Mail 14.0.8089.726
> Lon
>

Yes , that's mine.
Yours is: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18005

"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "The Kid" <> wrote in message
> news:4ab127fb$0$31262$...
>> Dave,
>> Is this what you are referring to: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live
>> Mail 14.0.8089.726
>> Lon
>>
>
> Yes , that's mine. Yours is: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail
> 6.0.6002.18005
>
>
How does this help me solve my problem with the size of the font on the
incoming email?
Lon

"vista bill" <> wrote in message
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On Sep 15, 10:16 pm, "The Kid" <l...@opt0nline.net> wrote:
> Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
> checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
> thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8
> and
> Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
> Lon

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With IE8, I suspect that the font size on your in box mail cannot be
changed. It'll appear in whatever size the sender used in the email.
Firefox has a feature that would solve your problem. Click on "view"
and "zoom in". I use IE8 but have Firefox loaded for times when I need
to use it.

Another solution would be to copy the email message and paste it in
Notepad and change the font size there.

Bill

The copy and paste method is what I've been using the past few days. Works
fine,
just takes time. Thanks for the use of YOUR TIME.

Lon

"The Kid" <> wrote in message news:4ab18400$0$5014$...
>
> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "The Kid" <> wrote in message
>> news:4ab127fb$0$31262$...
>>> Dave,
>>> Is this what you are referring to: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live
>>> Mail 14.0.8089.726
>>> Lon
>>>
>>
>> Yes , that's mine. Yours is: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail
>> 6.0.6002.18005
>>
>>
> How does this help me solve my problem with the size of the font on the
> incoming email?
> Lon
>

It doesn't, I never said it did.
If you follow the thread you will see why I mentioned it to another poster.

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:26:13 -0700 (PDT), vista bill
<> wrote:

> On Sep 15, 10:16*pm, "The Kid" <l...@opt0nline.net> wrote:
> > Incoming email is difficult to read because of age and font size. Have
> > checked out ideas on Goggle and Windows "Help and Support". Either I'm too
> > thick or the suggestions are no longer applicable. I'm using Vista, IE 8 and
> > Windows mail. Any help appreciated.
> > Lon
>
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>
> With IE8, I suspect that the font size on your in box mail cannot be
> changed. It'll appear in whatever size the sender used in the email.
> Firefox has a feature that would solve your problem. Click on "view"
> and "zoom in". I use IE8 but have Firefox loaded for times when I need
> to use it.



If you are talking about reading mail in a browser, be aware that the
font size in all versions of IE can almost always be changed. In fact,
the following easy way is a Windows standard, and pertains to many
(but not all) Windows programs, whether from Microsoft or a
third-party: If you have a scroll mouse, hold down the CTRL key and
scroll the wheel. One direction will make it bigger, the other
smaller.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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