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Kate
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      2nd Apr 2008
I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere.
I have two monitors, of different dimensions. I'm
using XP pro, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
display adapter with two ports.

If I set the font size for the widescreen monitor,
it is huge on the standard dimension monitor; if I
set it for the smaller monitor, it is way too
small on the wide-screen. I do have different
resolutions enabled on each (1680 x 1050 on the
wide-screen; 1024 x 768 on the small-).

I would like to be able to set a different font
size for EACH monitor, but can find no way to do this.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you! -Kate
 
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Bob I
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      2nd Apr 2008
Unless someone wrote some software to do this, perhaps the video card
manufacturer, you can't do it with what is provided in XP. As an
alternative, you would need to configure the screens to a resolution
that most closely matched each other.

Kate wrote:
> I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere. I have two monitors, of
> different dimensions. I'm using XP pro, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
> display adapter with two ports.
>
> If I set the font size for the widescreen monitor, it is huge on the
> standard dimension monitor; if I set it for the smaller monitor, it is
> way too small on the wide-screen. I do have different resolutions
> enabled on each (1680 x 1050 on the wide-screen; 1024 x 768 on the small-).
>
> I would like to be able to set a different font size for EACH monitor,
> but can find no way to do this.
>
> Does anyone have an idea?
>
> Thank you! -Kate


 
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Kate
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      2nd Apr 2008
That's what I was afraid of, since I haven't been
able to find anything by searching the net.
Unfortunately, there's a lot more real estate on
the wide-screen than the other, so similar
resolutions aren't workable.

Thanks for responding. -K

Bob I wrote:
> Unless someone wrote some software to do this, perhaps the video card
> manufacturer, you can't do it with what is provided in XP. As an
> alternative, you would need to configure the screens to a resolution
> that most closely matched each other.
>
> Kate wrote:
>> I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere. I have two monitors,
>> of different dimensions. I'm using XP pro, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8600
>> GTS display adapter with two ports.
>>
>> If I set the font size for the widescreen monitor, it is huge on the
>> standard dimension monitor; if I set it for the smaller monitor, it is
>> way too small on the wide-screen. I do have different resolutions
>> enabled on each (1680 x 1050 on the wide-screen; 1024 x 768 on the
>> small-).
>>
>> I would like to be able to set a different font size for EACH monitor,
>> but can find no way to do this.
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea?
>>
>> Thank you! -Kate

>

 
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Bob I
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      2nd Apr 2008
I think you misunderstood the "similar" part. Yyou may have to "lower"
the wide screen to something like 1280x768 or "raise" the little one to
1280X1024. That is if the monitor will support it.

Kate wrote:

> That's what I was afraid of, since I haven't been able to find anything
> by searching the net. Unfortunately, there's a lot more real estate on
> the wide-screen than the other, so similar resolutions aren't workable.
>
> Thanks for responding. -K
>
> Bob I wrote:
>
>> Unless someone wrote some software to do this, perhaps the video card
>> manufacturer, you can't do it with what is provided in XP. As an
>> alternative, you would need to configure the screens to a resolution
>> that most closely matched each other.
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere. I have two monitors,
>>> of different dimensions. I'm using XP pro, and an NVIDIA GeForce
>>> 8600 GTS display adapter with two ports.
>>>
>>> If I set the font size for the widescreen monitor, it is huge on the
>>> standard dimension monitor; if I set it for the smaller monitor, it
>>> is way too small on the wide-screen. I do have different resolutions
>>> enabled on each (1680 x 1050 on the wide-screen; 1024 x 768 on the
>>> small-).
>>>
>>> I would like to be able to set a different font size for EACH
>>> monitor, but can find no way to do this.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have an idea?
>>>
>>> Thank you! -Kate

>>
>>


 
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Kate
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      3rd Apr 2008
Bob, that was really good advice! I tried various
lower resolutions on the wide screen monitor, and
finally found one that works better.
So thank you!
-K

Bob I wrote:
> I think you misunderstood the "similar" part. Yyou may have to "lower"
> the wide screen to something like 1280x768 or "raise" the little one to
> 1280X1024. That is if the monitor will support it.
>
> Kate wrote:
>
>> That's what I was afraid of, since I haven't been able to find
>> anything by searching the net. Unfortunately, there's a lot more real
>> estate on the wide-screen than the other, so similar resolutions
>> aren't workable.
>>
>> Thanks for responding. -K
>>
>> Bob I wrote:
>>
>>> Unless someone wrote some software to do this, perhaps the video card
>>> manufacturer, you can't do it with what is provided in XP. As an
>>> alternative, you would need to configure the screens to a resolution
>>> that most closely matched each other.
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>
>>>> I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere. I have two
>>>> monitors, of different dimensions. I'm using XP pro, and an NVIDIA
>>>> GeForce 8600 GTS display adapter with two ports.
>>>>
>>>> If I set the font size for the widescreen monitor, it is huge on the
>>>> standard dimension monitor; if I set it for the smaller monitor, it
>>>> is way too small on the wide-screen. I do have different
>>>> resolutions enabled on each (1680 x 1050 on the wide-screen; 1024 x
>>>> 768 on the small-).
>>>>
>>>> I would like to be able to set a different font size for EACH
>>>> monitor, but can find no way to do this.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have an idea?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you! -Kate
>>>
>>>

>

 
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Bob I
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      4th Apr 2008
You're quite welcome, glad to hear you have a satisfactory solution. You
have a great day!

Kate wrote:
> Bob, that was really good advice! I tried various lower resolutions on
> the wide screen monitor, and finally found one that works better.
> So thank you!
> -K
>
> Bob I wrote:
>
>> I think you misunderstood the "similar" part. Yyou may have to "lower"
>> the wide screen to something like 1280x768 or "raise" the little one
>> to 1280X1024. That is if the monitor will support it.
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>
>>> That's what I was afraid of, since I haven't been able to find
>>> anything by searching the net. Unfortunately, there's a lot more real
>>> estate on the wide-screen than the other, so similar resolutions
>>> aren't workable.
>>>
>>> Thanks for responding. -K
>>>
>>> Bob I wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unless someone wrote some software to do this, perhaps the video
>>>> card manufacturer, you can't do it with what is provided in XP. As
>>>> an alternative, you would need to configure the screens to a
>>>> resolution that most closely matched each other.
>>>>
>>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere. I have two
>>>>> monitors, of different dimensions. I'm using XP pro, and an NVIDIA
>>>>> GeForce 8600 GTS display adapter with two ports.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I set the font size for the widescreen monitor, it is huge on
>>>>> the standard dimension monitor; if I set it for the smaller
>>>>> monitor, it is way too small on the wide-screen. I do have
>>>>> different resolutions enabled on each (1680 x 1050 on the
>>>>> wide-screen; 1024 x 768 on the small-).
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to be able to set a different font size for EACH
>>>>> monitor, but can find no way to do this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have an idea?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you! -Kate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

>>


 
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