HELP! - DPChallenge Forums

08/01/2006 08:58:19 PM · #1

for some reason all the font and things in DPC are teeny tiny. I just got the computer back from the shop and I can't get it back to the font sizes and whatnot that I had before. I can barely read anything! I've changed the DPI setting, went in and adjusted all the stuff for appearance and whatnot, but for some reason, DPC it still showing up really small.

Can someone help me please!

klstover

Panasonic DMC-FZ8

08/01/2006 08:59:54 PM · #2

I know I won't be much help in actually solving anything but..
you might want to include stuff like what browser you are using, what operating system.... I don't even know which details are going to be most helpful, but probably some more details would be.

dacrazyrn

Nikon D300

08/01/2006 09:01:52 PM · #3

Try pressing alt (or is it control-the windows pic) key and rolling your mouse wheel up. Or go to the preferences and make it a bigger text size.

08/01/2006 09:02:32 PM · #4

well i'm using windows xp home edition if that helps any. Internet Explorer.

I just don't get why everything else is normal now, but everything here is SO small!

I don't have the greatest eyesight to begin with, but this REALLY makes me feel blind as a bat.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

08/01/2006 09:05:42 PM · #5

Originally posted by dacrazyrn:

Try pressing alt (or is it control-the windows pic) key and rolling your mouse wheel up. Or go to the preferences and make it a bigger text size.

okay neither of those worked. I went to preferences on for my profile and there's nothing there about text size. And I've adjust all the preferences in windows and that did nothing for her.

I'm in another forum and things are fine there so it's just here. And the post and preview buttons on here are normal. Does that make any sense? no lol

Rebecca

Nikon D80

08/01/2006 09:09:19 PM · #6

Originally posted by missinseattle:

Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Try pressing alt (or is it control-the windows pic) key and rolling your mouse wheel up. Or go to the preferences and make it a bigger text size.

okay neither of those worked. I went to preferences on for my profile and there's nothing there about text size. And I've adjust all the preferences in windows and that did nothing for her.

I'm in another forum and things are fine there so it's just here. And the post and preview buttons on here are normal. Does that make any sense? no lol

In IE, go to View and then Text Size. If it's on "small" or "smallest", bump it up. Just because it looks right on one page and wrong on another doesn't mean the problem is site specific. That can easily be due to coding differences.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

08/01/2006 09:11:38 PM · #7

okay i've done that, it doesn't change anything.
i'm stumped

I've changed screen resolution
I've change font sizes under "appearance and settings" orwhatever it is in windows.

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

08/01/2006 09:15:41 PM · #8

What is your resolution set to out of curiosity? What did you change it too...

Anything over 1024x768 and the fonts and icons will get smaller and smaller.

It is your desktop that we are talking about and not just IE correct?

Andy

Edit: As I was...You stated DPC is small...What Karmabreeze pointed out should fix it.

Internet Explore drop-down menus
View > Text Size and choose the size that you are comfortable with.

If that don't do it and you think they messed with it at the shop reset IE
Tools > Internet Options > (I think it is) Programs tab > Reset Web Settings (I use IE 7 beta 3 and they moved it to Advanced tab) check your font size and set the View > Text size to what you want.

Message edited by author 2006-08-01 21:25:27.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

08/01/2006 09:19:17 PM · #9

It's DPC that I'm talking about lol.

The resolution is what you put. I My edit, I was looking at something else. and what I've just typed here is HUGE lol. I know it doesn't look that way to you, but it is to me. So why everything else is so tiny is beyond me lol.

Message edited by author 2006-08-01 21:21:01.

zxaar

08/01/2006 09:23:55 PM · #10

install opera till you solve the problem. in opera you can zoom the page by pressing '0'.

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

08/01/2006 09:26:17 PM · #11

IE 7 you can zoom the page with the mouse... :)

eschelar

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

08/01/2006 09:27:10 PM · #12

#1 did you try a reboot?

Sometimes windows gets confused.

Aside from that I can't help. Maybe try to upgrade to IE7?

08/01/2006 09:28:27 PM · #13

well it's improved a tiny bit, not much, but I basically put everything back to default everywhere else, and that helped a tad.

I'll get to the bottom of it by tomorrow lol

dacrazyrn

Nikon D300