Text sizing

Tinkerbelle · 27-10-2006, 14:32

My dear Daddy has a problem, his text sizing on his AOHELL homepage is so small he can barely see it. We've tried a few of the obvious things ourselves but he has no view, text size tabs at the top of his page?

Anyone any ideas?

Neil · 27-10-2006, 14:33

Change to Pipex for his broadband. No one should use AOL.

Less · 27-10-2006, 14:34

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

My dear Daddy has a problem, his text sizing on his AOHELL homepage is so small he can barely see it. We've tried a few of the obvious things ourselves but he has no view, text size tabs at the top of his page?

Anyone any ideas?

Change his home page to accyweb, maybe he can then keep you under control for the rest of us.

AccyJay · 27-10-2006, 14:34

There are a few virtual magnifying glass available on the internet.

Tinkerbelle · 27-10-2006, 14:36

I know that Neil, but trying to convince my dad is another thing. He's had no problems with them before this, he just needs to change the font size back but neither me or Accymel have a clue, we wouldn't touch AOHELL with a barge pole.

accymel · 27-10-2006, 14:38

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Originally Posted by AccyJay

There are a few virtual magnifying glass available on the internet.

Na tell him he needs to get a 21incher

Neil · 27-10-2006, 14:40

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Originally Posted by accymel

Na tell him he needs to get a 21incher

Have you been looking at mine again?

AccyJay · 27-10-2006, 14:40

Have you tried ...............

My computer ---- control panel --------- display ------ appearance ------ font size

accymel · 27-10-2006, 14:43

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Originally Posted by Neil

Have you been looking at mine again?

No but i know Lancsdave has been bragging about his

Tinkerbelle · 27-10-2006, 14:47

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Originally Posted by Less

Change his home page to accyweb, maybe he can then keep you under control for the rest of us.

LESS!! That should go down for one of accywebs awards for 'least constructive advice' ever given

Seriously, he does know about accyweb

I might slip the web address into his favourites though then he can see how much greif his little girl gets off Neil etc.

It's not drastic, he can view other pages in normal font size it is just his home page, I'll nip over next week and have a look, so if anyone does know what he's pressed please let me know then it will save his PC getting a right good kicking next week!

entwisi · 27-10-2006, 15:00

AOL IIRc is a reBranded Internet explorer. Whilst IE doesn't provide a 'zoom' function it does have text sizing. you can try the following set of keystrokes.

Press and hold ALT, press V, release both, press X then press L. it may work. other wise he needs to try and workout what keyboard shortcut is assigned to(Googling suggests there isn't one but that doesn't mean there isn't. There will also be a registry hack to reset it if you really struggle)

Tinkerbelle · 27-10-2006, 15:03

OMG! That all that seriously scares the hell out of me entwisi!

Is it going to be that complicated? I thought I was just going to have to find out what he's pressed and reset it back to it's original setting

WillowTheWhisp · 27-10-2006, 15:10

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Originally Posted by AccyJay

Have you tried ...............

My computer ---- control panel --------- display ------ appearance ------ font size

Has he tried that?

Tinkerbelle · 27-10-2006, 15:18

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Has he tried that?

I think he had yes Willow. When I last spoke to him he just said "I'm turning it off now", it was doing his head in. So I'm just getting some advice now for when I go over beginning of next week to have a look at it. Believe me I'll be trying all the simple things like that before I try any techie stuff that entwisi suggested. I just hope it is that simple!

AccyJay · 27-10-2006, 15:18

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Has he tried that?

That's as far as my technical knowledge goes. lol