The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Resizing text/images in IE 8

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by BioGeek, Sep 16, 2009.

  1. BioGeek

    BioGeek Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I normally keep my Internet Explorer zoomed at 120% for easier reading (it's a 1920x1080 screen), but this also enlarges the images and makes them blurry. Is there a way to enlarge the text on the webpage but leave the images the same size? Thanks in advance for any help.
     
  2. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,038
    Messages:
    3,071
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Use the enlarge text feature?
    Change the text size instead of the zoom.
     
  3. Imperfect1

    Imperfect1 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    108
    Messages:
    423
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Here's my full list of text and image enlargers. See if any combination of them will help you, particularly numbers 1, 3, 4, 5 + 7.

    1. DPI - Right click on Desktop, Personalize, On Personalization Page, go to left column to: Adjust Font size – DPI, DPI Scaling: Click on Large scale (120 DPI), and click Apply.

    2. At the lower right hand corner of every IE web page, there’s a Zoom control that lets you increase the size of every web page, and it stays at that Zoom setting for every page. I keep mine at 125%.

    3. Open Internet Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options, General, Accessibility, Select Ignore font styles specified on web pages, check boxes and click OK, then Apply, then OK.

    4. Open Internet Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, uncheck all three:
    Reset text size to Medium for new windows and tabs, and
    Reset text size to Medium while Zooming, and
    Reset Zoom level to 100% for new windows and tabs

    5. Open Internet Explorer, click the Page button, click Text Size, and then select the size you want i.e. Large (Largest may be too large).

    6. Ease of Access Center – Go to: Control Panel, and Explore all settings. Under the following heading, Make things on the screen larger, select: Change the size of text + icons. This takes you to the dpi settings screen.

    7. If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, use command/ctrl + your scroll on a web page to increase the font size.

    8. Magnifier – For those instances when you need to magnify a certain portion of the screen - go to Start, in the Search pane, type in "magnifier" + click the program at the top. (To read more about Magnifier go to Start, click "Help & Support" on the right hand side, type in "magnifier.") Magnifier is actually located at: Start, All Programs, Accessories, Ease of Access, Magnifier.
     
  4. BioGeek

    BioGeek Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Thanks for the replies! I tried the DPI adjustment feature before I posted on here, but that enlarges the text on everything, not just IE. The small text on menus and icons is fine, my eyes only become strained when reading long text on Internet Explorer. The text size option under the page menu doesn't really seem to work... It'll enlarge the text of like one part of the page, but the rest stays the same. I'll have to keep fiddling around with these options and see what works best.