| How to change Your Display Settings: |
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| If you are using a PC machine
operated by Windows 95 or later then first open the "Start menu" and inside
the directory labeled "Settings" you should find and open an item labeled
"Control Panel." Once a widow opens, displaying the contents of the
"Control Panel," locate and then open the file named "Display." Inside
the "Display Properties" window that appears click the upper menu item
named "Settings." Now you should be able to find a control called
"Screen Area" that you can use to adjust the the size
of your display. For this page a screen area of 800 by 600 pixels
or larger is recommended. |
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| If you are using a Macintosh
first open the "Apple menu" (upper left corner) and select the "Control
Panel." Once the Control Panel window opens, select and then open
the item labeled "Monitors and Sound." Inside the "Monitors and Sound"
window that opens, you should be able to find a control that adjusts the
screen area of your display. For this page a
screen area of 800 by 600 pixels or larger is recommended. |
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| If your display settings are gray or otherwise unajustable, then there
are three possible solutions. First, your specific monitor may not
support any other screen areas than the default setting - which can usually
only be solved by purchasing a different monitor. Second, your video
card may not be able to support different screen areas, which is only corrected
with the installation of a different video card. And Third, the there
may just be a small problem with the software used as for your monitor
driver, which is easliy fixed by trying a different but still compatible
monitor driver. |
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What Does Screen Area Mean? |
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| The sceen area is composed
of both a "width" and a "height." The "width" is typically the first
number of the total screen area given in the form: 800 by 600 pixels, where
"height" is the second number. Depending on your monitor, a certain
width/hieght combination or screen area might be preferable to use, thus
it is likely your computer uses this as the default value that will remain
until you alter it through one of the above procedures. For instance,
it is common for 13 inch monitors to have default resolutions of 800 by
600 pixels, whereas 17 inch displays default 1024 by 768 pixels.
As a rule of thumb, the larger the two numbers the more your monitor will
display - in effect this will also reduce the size of everything you see
on your monitor. |
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| Why Should I Change My Display Settings
For This Page? |
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| Actually you do not need
to change anything if can read all of the text on this page without needing
to scroll horizontally left and right. If some of the text on this
page is "cut-off," requiring you to scroll to the left and right, then
to remove this scrolling hassle it is recommended that you change your
display settings. |
