Re: Vista "turns" off kill switch


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On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:41:08 -0500, "Eisboch" <rce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:17:58 -0500, "Eisboch" <rce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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I like Firefox. Actually, I really don't see a huge difference
using it
as compared to IE.
The only annoying issue with it is setting the text size. You can
increase or decrease it easily from the default, but you have to
do it
every time the program starts. It would be nice if it could be
set and
stay set even after closing and then restarting Firefox.

Eisboch
Are you aware of CRTL and minus key, CRTL and plus key. They
easily
change the text size up or down.

Yes, and that's what I do. It sounds stupid and lazy, but I wish
there was
a way to keep it from defaulting back to the "normal" size every
time you
open Firefox. No big deal, but it's the only complaint I have with
the
program.

Eisboch

In the address window of the browser type:

about:config

and hit your enter key. You'l be presented with a few zillion
preference settings for the browser including default font size.

I don't know which one it is off the top of my head, but most of them
can be figured out. Any settings you change will become BOLD, so they
are easy to find again if you decide you chose the wrong setting and
want to change it.


WOW! Thanks.

I need to go back and study it for a while but I suspect the solution
to my complaint is there.

Eisboch
If that doesn't work out, you can always just buy a bigger monitor! LOL



OR you can go into the OS appearance/settings and make a subtle change
or two that will resolve the problem on a permanent basis.

If Vista is the same as earlier MS OSs, 98, etc, that will not affect the
text size in browser windows.

The solution form Salty is what he was looking for.
Yeah, it does. Also you can change the size of displayed type generally in
the appearance submenus by change a percentage number. I've done it for
years.

Do I understand you to say that if, for example, you have a Word doc open
with text entered in the doc and you change the desktop Properties >
Appearance > Font size from Normal to Extra Large, the text in the doc will
increase in size? Not the doc font size but the physical size as it appears
on your monitor.

If yours does that, you must have a special version of XP that I've never
seen before.



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