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10-30-2007
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| | Reducing DPI below 100% to get more character space I'm running Vista Ultimate and I want to get more characters on the screen by reducing the DPI which is currently 96. I go into the DPI settings on Vista and I'm able to increase the DPI number for bigger characters, but unable to reduce it for smaller characters. I *do* recall having acheived this in the past (perhaps I was using Windows XP Pro at the time). Is there some way to reduce the number of DPI below 96 (which is 100%)? TIA David |
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10-30-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Reducing DPI below 100% to get more character space  Quote: Originally Posted by David F  I'm running Vista Ultimate and I want to get more characters on the screen by reducing the DPI which is currently 96. I go into the DPI settings on Vista and I'm able to increase the DPI number for bigger characters, but unable to reduce it for smaller characters. I *do* recall having acheived this in the past (perhaps I was using Windows XP Pro at the time). Is there some way to reduce the number of DPI below 96 (which is 100%)? TIA David This tutorial will show you how. Just do a "Custom DPI" in step 4C. DPI Scaling Shawn |
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10-30-2007
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| | Re: Reducing DPI below 100% to get more character space I had done the "custom" DPI but it would not allow me to go below the default 96 (e.g. 80) by either typing in e.g. 90% or by moving the ruller to the left. How do I do this? I also tried the XP scaling checkmark and still I could not do it. "brink" <brink.2zaa01@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:brink.2zaa01@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > David F;498667 Wrote: Quote: >> I'm running Vista Ultimate and I want to get more characters on the >> screen >> by reducing the DPI which is currently 96. I go into the DPI settings >> on >> Vista and I'm able to increase the DPI number for bigger characters, >> but >> unable to reduce it for smaller characters. I *do* recall having >> acheived >> this in the past (perhaps I was using Windows XP Pro at the time). Is >> there >> some way to reduce the number of DPI below 96 (which is 100%)? TIA >> David > Hi David, > > This tutorial will show you how. Just do a "Custom DPI" in step 4C. > > DPI Scaling > > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") > *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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10-30-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Reducing DPI below 100% to get more character space Quote: Originally Posted by David F I had done the "custom" DPI but it would not allow me to go below the default 96 (e.g. 80) by either typing in e.g. 90% or by moving the ruller to the left. How do I do this? I also tried the XP scaling checkmark and still I could not do it. Sorry David, I forgot that you cannot go below the 96 DPI or the 100% in "Custom". The only other way to get more space in the screen is to increase the screen resolution. Screen Resolution You can also make some setting adjustments in "Advanced Appearance" to make the sizes smaller for some items. Advanced Appearance Hope this helps, Shawn |
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