Wesley Vogel said:Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on the
different items that are displayed at the top. For example if you click on
the OK button on the Message box that is displayed, 3D Objects will be
highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it says Message Text and
Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive Window and Inactive Title bar
will be in the Item list. Click on any of the [X] buttons and Caption
Buttons will be listed. Click where its says Window Text and Window will be
listed. It makes it easier to figure out what some of the Windows elements
are called. Click on the area around all of the items and Desktop will be
listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:I need to adjust the sizes of menu box's and headings due to my eyesight
.I go to desktop-Properties-Appearance-Advanced to drop down boxes
starting with *desktop-3d etc* BUt i cannot work out what alters what! is
their an explanation of what each title alters?
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
BIGABAZ said:THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar eg
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by giving a step by
step guide? --
Baz
Wesley Vogel said:Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
the different items that are displayed at the top. For example if you
click on the OK button on the Message box that is displayed, 3D Objects
will be highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it says Message
Text and Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive Window and
Inactive Title bar will be in the Item list. Click on any of the [X]
buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click where its says Window
Text and Window will be listed. It makes it easier to figure out what
some of the Windows elements are called. Click on the area around all
of the items and Desktop will be listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:I need to adjust the sizes of menu box's and headings due to my eyesight
.I go to desktop-Properties-Appearance-Advanced to drop down boxes
starting with *desktop-3d etc* BUt i cannot work out what alters what!
is their an explanation of what each title alters?
Wesley Vogel said:Hi Baz,
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
That is called the Menu bar and is listed as Menu in the Window elements
menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height. Color
1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size and Bold
or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the bar height
larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Here's some other info that I hurriedly put together. This is by no means
complete and still needs some work.
I use Windows Classic theme and Windows Classic style in the Windows and
buttons list on the Appearance tab, so all of these are what I find with
those.
You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview window as
you make changes before applying them.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* 3D Objects
OK, Cancel, Apply, Browse, etc. buttons on Message boxes or other Windows
dialog boxes. All of the buttons on the Windows Calculator also. Color is
the button color, but this also affects the color of Message boxes, border
color, etc. Color is the font color.
* Active Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color 2 is
the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color). Font
choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Active Window Border
Size is the border size. Color is the border color.
* Application Background
The background color of applications like MS Word with Word open and no
document open. Color 1 is the background color.
* Caption Buttons
Window control buttons like Minimize, Restore down, Maximize and Close.
Changing the button size larger will change the size of the Title bar larger
to accommodate a larger button.
* Desktop
Color 1 is the Desktop background color. Same thing as changing it on the
Desktop tab. If you did not select a background (wallpaper), the color will
cover your entire desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in
the Position list box, the color fills the space around the background.
* Icon
Size is the icon size. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
* Icon Spacing (Vertical)
This is the spacing between icons on the Desktop or in folders with Icons
view.
* Inactive Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color 2 is
the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color). Font
choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Inactive Window Border
Size is the border width. Color 1 is the border color.
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height. Color
1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size and Bold
or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the bar height
larger to accommodate the larger text size.
* Message Box
"The text in the Untitled file has changed. Do you want to save the
changes?" is one example. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Palette Title
This setting affects the title bar of floating palettes. Paint's color box
after dragging it away from the edge of the Paint window is one example.
You can change the size and font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Scrollbar
Horizontal or vertical scrollbars. Size is the height or width.
* Selected Items
When you click on an item like a file you Select it and it changes color to
show that it has been selected. When it changes color the font color also
changes so the text can be seen against whatever the background color is.
Color 1 is the background color and Color is the font color. Font choice,
font size and Bold or Italic.
* ToolTip
These are balloon tips and Tooltips. Hover your mouse over the clock, for
example. Color 1 is the background color, Color is the font color. Font
choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Window
Color 1 is the background color and Color 2 is the font color. This will
affect such applications as Notepad, Wordpad and MS Word. Among other
things, it affects the Run box and the background for radio buttons in
Folder Options, for example.
Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select Windows
Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab. If you select
a different option, the theme determines the appearance of your menus,
fonts, icons and other Window elements.
* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that do
not display text.
* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title Bar and
Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for either item
are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme after you change
fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop theme override your
selections.
* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot in a
rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image produced on
the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel is the smallest
element that display or print hardware and software can manipulate to create
letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also called a pel.
* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color the
same, it makes it tough to read any text.
----------------
Desktop Background Color
Display Properties | Appearance tab |
Advanced button | Color | Other...
Or...
Display Properties | Desktop tab |
Color | Other...
Color
[[Lists the background colors you can use for the selected window component.
If this option is unavailable, you cannot change the color of the selected
item.]]
Color
[[Click to select a color to use on your desktop, or customize a new color.
If you did not select a background, the color will cover your entire
desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in the Position list
box, the color fills the space around the background.]]
Basic colors
[[Displays the basic colors available.
You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and then
defining a custom color by using the color matrix.]]
Custom colors
[[Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom Colors.
When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom Colors.
To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then
click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then click Add to
Custom Colors.]]
Color matrix (With the cursor looking deal)
[[Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in the
matrix. To further define your custom colors, you can change the hue,
saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red, green, and blue
for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix, or by typing the
numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer horizontally; change
saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use the slider at the right of
the matrix to adjust luminosity.]]
Slider (Upper right hand side)
[[Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or
darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in Lum.]]
The Red, Green and Blue values also change.
Color | Solid
[[Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the Custom
colors boxes. If your monitor is set to display 256 colors, Color|Solid
might show two colors. The right side shows how the selected color will
appear as a solid color (that is, which of the available 256 colors the
selected color will map to). The left side shows the "dithered" color, which
is the approximation of the specified color using two of the available 256
colors.]]
Hue
[[Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for red,
green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to 239.]]
Sat
[[Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or purity
of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The higher the
saturation, the purer
the color.]]
Lum
[[Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or
darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240 (white).
If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.]]
Red
[[Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination of red,
green, and blue to define any color.]]
Green
[[Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Blue
[[Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination of red,
green, and blue to define any color.]]
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar eg
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by giving a step by
step guide? --
Baz
Wesley Vogel said:Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
the different items that are displayed at the top. For example if you
click on the OK button on the Message box that is displayed, 3D Objects
will be highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it says Message
Text and Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive Window and
Inactive Title bar will be in the Item list. Click on any of the [X]
buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click where its says Window
Text and Window will be listed. It makes it easier to figure out what
some of the Windows elements are called. Click on the area around all
of the items and Desktop will be listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I need to adjust the sizes of menu box's and headings due to my eyesight
.I go to desktop-Properties-Appearance-Advanced to drop down boxes
starting with *desktop-3d etc* BUt i cannot work out what alters what!
is their an explanation of what each title alters?
BIGABAZ said:THanks for trouble the answer is ACE!
--
Baz
Wesley Vogel said:Hi Baz,
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
That is called the Menu bar and is listed as Menu in the Window elements
menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size
and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the
bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Here's some other info that I hurriedly put together. This is by no
means complete and still needs some work.
I use Windows Classic theme and Windows Classic style in the Windows and
buttons list on the Appearance tab, so all of these are what I find with
those.
You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
window as you make changes before applying them.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* 3D Objects
OK, Cancel, Apply, Browse, etc. buttons on Message boxes or other Windows
dialog boxes. All of the buttons on the Windows Calculator also. Color
is the button color, but this also affects the color of Message boxes,
border color, etc. Color is the font color.
* Active Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Active Window Border
Size is the border size. Color is the border color.
* Application Background
The background color of applications like MS Word with Word open and no
document open. Color 1 is the background color.
* Caption Buttons
Window control buttons like Minimize, Restore down, Maximize and Close.
Changing the button size larger will change the size of the Title bar
larger to accommodate a larger button.
* Desktop
Color 1 is the Desktop background color. Same thing as changing it on
the Desktop tab. If you did not select a background (wallpaper), the
color will cover your entire desktop. If you selected a background and
chose Center in the Position list box, the color fills the space around
the background. * Icon
Size is the icon size. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
* Icon Spacing (Vertical)
This is the spacing between icons on the Desktop or in folders with Icons
view.
* Inactive Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Inactive Window Border
Size is the border width. Color 1 is the border color.
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size
and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the
bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
* Message Box
"The text in the Untitled file has changed. Do you want to save the
changes?" is one example. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Palette Title
This setting affects the title bar of floating palettes. Paint's color
box after dragging it away from the edge of the Paint window is one
example. You can change the size and font choice, font size and Bold or
Italic. * Scrollbar
Horizontal or vertical scrollbars. Size is the height or width.
* Selected Items
When you click on an item like a file you Select it and it changes color
to show that it has been selected. When it changes color the font color
also changes so the text can be seen against whatever the background
color is. Color 1 is the background color and Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* ToolTip
These are balloon tips and Tooltips. Hover your mouse over the clock,
for example. Color 1 is the background color, Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Window
Color 1 is the background color and Color 2 is the font color. This will
affect such applications as Notepad, Wordpad and MS Word. Among other
things, it affects the Run box and the background for radio buttons in
Folder Options, for example.
Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
Windows Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab.
If you select a different option, the theme determines the appearance of
your menus, fonts, icons and other Window elements.
* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that do
not display text.
* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title Bar
and Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for
either item are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme
after you change fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop
theme override your selections.
* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot in a
rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image produced
on the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel is the
smallest element that display or print hardware and software can
manipulate to create letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also
called a pel.
* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color the
same, it makes it tough to read any text.
----------------
Desktop Background Color
Display Properties | Appearance tab |
Advanced button | Color | Other...
Or...
Display Properties | Desktop tab |
Color | Other...
Color
[[Lists the background colors you can use for the selected window
component. If this option is unavailable, you cannot change the color of
the selected item.]]
Color
[[Click to select a color to use on your desktop, or customize a new
color. If you did not select a background, the color will cover your
entire desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in the
Position list box, the color fills the space around the background.]]
Basic colors
[[Displays the basic colors available.
You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and
then defining a custom color by using the color matrix.]]
Custom colors
[[Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom Colors.
When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom Colors.
To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then
click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then click Add to
Custom Colors.]]
Color matrix (With the cursor looking deal)
[[Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in
the matrix. To further define your custom colors, you can change the
hue, saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red, green,
and blue for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix, or by
typing the numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer
horizontally; change saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use
the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity.]]
Slider (Upper right hand side)
[[Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or
darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in Lum.]]
The Red, Green and Blue values also change.
Color | Solid
[[Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the
Custom colors boxes. If your monitor is set to display 256 colors,
Color|Solid might show two colors. The right side shows how the selected
color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the available 256
colors the selected color will map to). The left side shows the
"dithered" color, which is the approximation of the specified color
using two of the available 256 colors.]]
Hue
[[Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for
red, green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to
239.]]
Sat
[[Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or
purity of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The higher
the saturation, the purer
the color.]]
Lum
[[Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or
darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240
(white). If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.]]
Red
[[Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Green
[[Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Blue
[[Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar eg
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by giving a step
by step guide? --
Baz
:
Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
the different items that are displayed at the top. For example if you
click on the OK button on the Message box that is displayed, 3D Objects
will be highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it says Message
Text and Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive Window and
Inactive Title bar will be in the Item list. Click on any of the [X]
buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click where its says
Window Text and Window will be listed. It makes it easier to figure
out what some of the Windows elements are called. Click on the area
around all of the items and Desktop will be listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I need to adjust the sizes of menu box's and headings due to my
eyesight .I go to desktop-Properties-Appearance-Advanced to drop down
boxes starting with *desktop-3d etc* BUt i cannot work out what
alters what! is their an explanation of what each title alters?
Wesley Vogel said:You bet.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:THanks for trouble the answer is ACE!
--
Baz
Wesley Vogel said:Hi Baz,
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
That is called the Menu bar and is listed as Menu in the Window elements
menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size
and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the
bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Here's some other info that I hurriedly put together. This is by no
means complete and still needs some work.
I use Windows Classic theme and Windows Classic style in the Windows and
buttons list on the Appearance tab, so all of these are what I find with
those.
You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
window as you make changes before applying them.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* 3D Objects
OK, Cancel, Apply, Browse, etc. buttons on Message boxes or other Windows
dialog boxes. All of the buttons on the Windows Calculator also. Color
is the button color, but this also affects the color of Message boxes,
border color, etc. Color is the font color.
* Active Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Active Window Border
Size is the border size. Color is the border color.
* Application Background
The background color of applications like MS Word with Word open and no
document open. Color 1 is the background color.
* Caption Buttons
Window control buttons like Minimize, Restore down, Maximize and Close.
Changing the button size larger will change the size of the Title bar
larger to accommodate a larger button.
* Desktop
Color 1 is the Desktop background color. Same thing as changing it on
the Desktop tab. If you did not select a background (wallpaper), the
color will cover your entire desktop. If you selected a background and
chose Center in the Position list box, the color fills the space around
the background. * Icon
Size is the icon size. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
* Icon Spacing (Vertical)
This is the spacing between icons on the Desktop or in folders with Icons
view.
* Inactive Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Inactive Window Border
Size is the border width. Color 1 is the border color.
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size
and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the
bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
* Message Box
"The text in the Untitled file has changed. Do you want to save the
changes?" is one example. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Palette Title
This setting affects the title bar of floating palettes. Paint's color
box after dragging it away from the edge of the Paint window is one
example. You can change the size and font choice, font size and Bold or
Italic. * Scrollbar
Horizontal or vertical scrollbars. Size is the height or width.
* Selected Items
When you click on an item like a file you Select it and it changes color
to show that it has been selected. When it changes color the font color
also changes so the text can be seen against whatever the background
color is. Color 1 is the background color and Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* ToolTip
These are balloon tips and Tooltips. Hover your mouse over the clock,
for example. Color 1 is the background color, Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Window
Color 1 is the background color and Color 2 is the font color. This will
affect such applications as Notepad, Wordpad and MS Word. Among other
things, it affects the Run box and the background for radio buttons in
Folder Options, for example.
Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
Windows Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab.
If you select a different option, the theme determines the appearance of
your menus, fonts, icons and other Window elements.
* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that do
not display text.
* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title Bar
and Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for
either item are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme
after you change fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop
theme override your selections.
* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot in a
rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image produced
on the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel is the
smallest element that display or print hardware and software can
manipulate to create letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also
called a pel.
* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color the
same, it makes it tough to read any text.
----------------
Desktop Background Color
Display Properties | Appearance tab |
Advanced button | Color | Other...
Or...
Display Properties | Desktop tab |
Color | Other...
Color
[[Lists the background colors you can use for the selected window
component. If this option is unavailable, you cannot change the color of
the selected item.]]
Color
[[Click to select a color to use on your desktop, or customize a new
color. If you did not select a background, the color will cover your
entire desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in the
Position list box, the color fills the space around the background.]]
Basic colors
[[Displays the basic colors available.
You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and
then defining a custom color by using the color matrix.]]
Custom colors
[[Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom Colors.
When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom Colors.
To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then
click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then click Add to
Custom Colors.]]
Color matrix (With the cursor looking deal)
[[Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in
the matrix. To further define your custom colors, you can change the
hue, saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red, green,
and blue for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix, or by
typing the numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer
horizontally; change saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use
the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity.]]
Slider (Upper right hand side)
[[Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or
darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in Lum.]]
The Red, Green and Blue values also change.
Color | Solid
[[Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the
Custom colors boxes. If your monitor is set to display 256 colors,
Color|Solid might show two colors. The right side shows how the selected
color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the available 256
colors the selected color will map to). The left side shows the
"dithered" color, which is the approximation of the specified color
using two of the available 256 colors.]]
Hue
[[Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for
red, green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to
239.]]
Sat
[[Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or
purity of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The higher
the saturation, the purer
the color.]]
Lum
[[Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or
darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240
(white). If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.]]
Red
[[Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Green
[[Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Blue
[[Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar eg
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by giving a step
by step guide? --
Baz
:
Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
the different items that are displayed at the top. For example if you
click on the OK button on the Message box that is displayed, 3D Objects
will be highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it says Message
Text and Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive Window and
Inactive Title bar will be in the Item list. Click on any of the [X]
buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click where its says
Window Text and Window will be listed. It makes it easier to figure
out what some of the Windows elements are called. Click on the area
around all of the items and Desktop will be listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I need to adjust the sizes of menu box's and headings due to my
eyesight .I go to desktop-Properties-Appearance-Advanced to drop down
boxes starting with *desktop-3d etc* BUt i cannot work out what
alters what! is their an explanation of what each title alters?
Wesley Vogel said:You bet.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:THanks for trouble the answer is ACE!
--
Baz
Wesley Vogel said:Hi Baz,
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
That is called the Menu bar and is listed as Menu in the Window elements
menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size
and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the
bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Here's some other info that I hurriedly put together. This is by no
means complete and still needs some work.
I use Windows Classic theme and Windows Classic style in the Windows and
buttons list on the Appearance tab, so all of these are what I find with
those.
You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
window as you make changes before applying them.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* 3D Objects
OK, Cancel, Apply, Browse, etc. buttons on Message boxes or other Windows
dialog boxes. All of the buttons on the Windows Calculator also. Color
is the button color, but this also affects the color of Message boxes,
border color, etc. Color is the font color.
* Active Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Active Window Border
Size is the border size. Color is the border color.
* Application Background
The background color of applications like MS Word with Word open and no
document open. Color 1 is the background color.
* Caption Buttons
Window control buttons like Minimize, Restore down, Maximize and Close.
Changing the button size larger will change the size of the Title bar
larger to accommodate a larger button.
* Desktop
Color 1 is the Desktop background color. Same thing as changing it on
the Desktop tab. If you did not select a background (wallpaper), the
color will cover your entire desktop. If you selected a background and
chose Center in the Position list box, the color fills the space around
the background. * Icon
Size is the icon size. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
* Icon Spacing (Vertical)
This is the spacing between icons on the Desktop or in folders with Icons
view.
* Inactive Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Inactive Window Border
Size is the border width. Color 1 is the border color.
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size
and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the
bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
* Message Box
"The text in the Untitled file has changed. Do you want to save the
changes?" is one example. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Palette Title
This setting affects the title bar of floating palettes. Paint's color
box after dragging it away from the edge of the Paint window is one
example. You can change the size and font choice, font size and Bold or
Italic. * Scrollbar
Horizontal or vertical scrollbars. Size is the height or width.
* Selected Items
When you click on an item like a file you Select it and it changes color
to show that it has been selected. When it changes color the font color
also changes so the text can be seen against whatever the background
color is. Color 1 is the background color and Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* ToolTip
These are balloon tips and Tooltips. Hover your mouse over the clock,
for example. Color 1 is the background color, Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Window
Color 1 is the background color and Color 2 is the font color. This will
affect such applications as Notepad, Wordpad and MS Word. Among other
things, it affects the Run box and the background for radio buttons in
Folder Options, for example.
Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
Windows Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab.
If you select a different option, the theme determines the appearance of
your menus, fonts, icons and other Window elements.
* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that do
not display text.
* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title Bar
and Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for
either item are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme
after you change fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop
theme override your selections.
* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot in a
rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image produced
on the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel is the
smallest element that display or print hardware and software can
manipulate to create letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also
called a pel.
* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color the
same, it makes it tough to read any text.
----------------
Desktop Background Color
Display Properties | Appearance tab |
Advanced button | Color | Other...
Or...
Display Properties | Desktop tab |
Color | Other...
Color
[[Lists the background colors you can use for the selected window
component. If this option is unavailable, you cannot change the color of
the selected item.]]
Color
[[Click to select a color to use on your desktop, or customize a new
color. If you did not select a background, the color will cover your
entire desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in the
Position list box, the color fills the space around the background.]]
Basic colors
[[Displays the basic colors available.
You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and
then defining a custom color by using the color matrix.]]
Custom colors
[[Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom Colors.
When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom Colors.
To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then
click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then click Add to
Custom Colors.]]
Color matrix (With the cursor looking deal)
[[Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in
the matrix. To further define your custom colors, you can change the
hue, saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red, green,
and blue for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix, or by
typing the numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer
horizontally; change saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use
the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity.]]
Slider (Upper right hand side)
[[Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or
darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in Lum.]]
The Red, Green and Blue values also change.
Color | Solid
[[Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the
Custom colors boxes. If your monitor is set to display 256 colors,
Color|Solid might show two colors. The right side shows how the selected
color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the available 256
colors the selected color will map to). The left side shows the
"dithered" color, which is the approximation of the specified color
using two of the available 256 colors.]]
Hue
[[Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for
red, green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to
239.]]
Sat
[[Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or
purity of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The higher
the saturation, the purer
the color.]]
Lum
[[Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or
darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240
(white). If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.]]
Red
[[Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Green
[[Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Blue
[[Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar eg
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by step
way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by giving a step
by step guide? --
Baz
:
Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
the different items that are displayed at the top. For example if you
click on the OK button on the Message box that is displayed, 3D Objects
will be highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it says Message
Text and Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive Window and
Inactive Title bar will be in the Item list. Click on any of the [X]
buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click where its says
Window Text and Window will be listed. It makes it easier to figure
out what some of the Windows elements are called. Click on the area
around all of the items and Desktop will be listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I need to adjust the sizes of menu box's and headings due to my
eyesight .I go to desktop-Properties-Appearance-Advanced to drop down
boxes starting with *desktop-3d etc* BUt i cannot work out what
alters what! is their an explanation of what each title alters?
BIGABAZ said:Wesley i have completed all your suggestions-but their is just one i
cannot seem to get right -it is when i go to start -and look at list of
programms i cannot seem to be able to increase the size of the words can
you help once again? thanks
--
Baz
--
Baz
Wesley Vogel said:You bet.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:THanks for trouble the answer is ACE!
--
Baz
:
Hi Baz,
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by
step
That is called the Menu bar and is listed as Menu in the Window
elements menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font
size and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also
change the bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Here's some other info that I hurriedly put together. This is by no
means complete and still needs some work.
I use Windows Classic theme and Windows Classic style in the Windows
and buttons list on the Appearance tab, so all of these are what I
find with those.
You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
window as you make changes before applying them.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* 3D Objects
OK, Cancel, Apply, Browse, etc. buttons on Message boxes or other
Windows dialog boxes. All of the buttons on the Windows Calculator
also. Color is the button color, but this also affects the color of
Message boxes, border color, etc. Color is the font color.
* Active Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Active Window Border
Size is the border size. Color is the border color.
* Application Background
The background color of applications like MS Word with Word open and no
document open. Color 1 is the background color.
* Caption Buttons
Window control buttons like Minimize, Restore down, Maximize and Close.
Changing the button size larger will change the size of the Title bar
larger to accommodate a larger button.
* Desktop
Color 1 is the Desktop background color. Same thing as changing it on
the Desktop tab. If you did not select a background (wallpaper), the
color will cover your entire desktop. If you selected a background and
chose Center in the Position list box, the color fills the space around
the background. * Icon
Size is the icon size. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
* Icon Spacing (Vertical)
This is the spacing between icons on the Desktop or in folders with
Icons view.
* Inactive Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Inactive Window Border
Size is the border width. Color 1 is the border color.
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font
size and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also
change the bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
* Message Box
"The text in the Untitled file has changed. Do you want to save the
changes?" is one example. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Palette Title
This setting affects the title bar of floating palettes. Paint's color
box after dragging it away from the edge of the Paint window is one
example. You can change the size and font choice, font size and Bold or
Italic. * Scrollbar
Horizontal or vertical scrollbars. Size is the height or width.
* Selected Items
When you click on an item like a file you Select it and it changes
color to show that it has been selected. When it changes color the
font color also changes so the text can be seen against whatever the
background color is. Color 1 is the background color and Color is the
font color. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* ToolTip
These are balloon tips and Tooltips. Hover your mouse over the clock,
for example. Color 1 is the background color, Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Window
Color 1 is the background color and Color 2 is the font color. This
will affect such applications as Notepad, Wordpad and MS Word. Among
other things, it affects the Run box and the background for radio
buttons in Folder Options, for example.
Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
Windows Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab.
If you select a different option, the theme determines the appearance
of your menus, fonts, icons and other Window elements.
* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that
do not display text.
* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title
Bar and Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections
for either item are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop
theme after you change fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that
desktop theme override your selections.
* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot
in a rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image
produced on the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel
is the smallest element that display or print hardware and software can
manipulate to create letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also
called a pel.
* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color
the same, it makes it tough to read any text.
----------------
Desktop Background Color
Display Properties | Appearance tab |
Advanced button | Color | Other...
Or...
Display Properties | Desktop tab |
Color | Other...
Color
[[Lists the background colors you can use for the selected window
component. If this option is unavailable, you cannot change the color
of the selected item.]]
Color
[[Click to select a color to use on your desktop, or customize a new
color. If you did not select a background, the color will cover your
entire desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in the
Position list box, the color fills the space around the background.]]
Basic colors
[[Displays the basic colors available.
You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and
then defining a custom color by using the color matrix.]]
Custom colors
[[Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom
Colors. When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom
Colors.
To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then
click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then click Add
to Custom Colors.]]
Color matrix (With the cursor looking deal)
[[Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in
the matrix. To further define your custom colors, you can change the
hue, saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red, green,
and blue for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix, or by
typing the numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer
horizontally; change saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use
the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity.]]
Slider (Upper right hand side)
[[Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or
darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in
Lum.]] The Red, Green and Blue values also change.
Color | Solid
[[Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the
Custom colors boxes. If your monitor is set to display 256 colors,
Color|Solid might show two colors. The right side shows how the
selected color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the
available 256 colors the selected color will map to). The left side
shows the "dithered" color, which is the approximation of the
specified color using two of the available 256 colors.]]
Hue
[[Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for
red, green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to
239.]]
Sat
[[Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or
purity of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The higher
the saturation, the purer
the color.]]
Lum
[[Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or
darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240
(white). If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.]]
Red
[[Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Green
[[Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination
of red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Blue
[[Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar eg
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by
step way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by giving
a step by step guide? --
Baz
:
Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click
on the different items that are displayed at the top. For example
if you click on the OK button on the Message box that is displayed,
3D Objects will be highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it
says Message Text and Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive
Window and Inactive Title bar will be in the Item list. Click on
any of the [X] buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click
where its says Window Text and Window will be listed. It makes it
easier to figure out what some of the Windows elements are called.
Click on the area around all of the items and Desktop will be
listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I need to adjust the sizes of menu box's and headings due to my
eyesight .I go to desktop-Properties-Appearance-Advanced to drop
down boxes starting with *desktop-3d etc* BUt i cannot work out what
alters what! is their an explanation of what each title alters?
Wesley Vogel said:Change the Font size for Menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height. Color
1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size and Bold
or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the bar height
larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Besides the text on the Start menu, this also affects right click menus;
File, Edit, View, etc. text on the Menu bar; the text on File, Edit, View,
etc. menus.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:Wesley i have completed all your suggestions-but their is just one i
cannot seem to get right -it is when i go to start -and look at list of
programms i cannot seem to be able to increase the size of the words can
you help once again? thanks
--
Baz
--
Baz
Wesley Vogel said:You bet.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
THanks for trouble the answer is ACE!
--
Baz
:
Hi Baz,
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by
step
That is called the Menu bar and is listed as Menu in the Window
elements menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font
size and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also
change the bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Here's some other info that I hurriedly put together. This is by no
means complete and still needs some work.
I use Windows Classic theme and Windows Classic style in the Windows
and buttons list on the Appearance tab, so all of these are what I
find with those.
You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
window as you make changes before applying them.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* 3D Objects
OK, Cancel, Apply, Browse, etc. buttons on Message boxes or other
Windows dialog boxes. All of the buttons on the Windows Calculator
also. Color is the button color, but this also affects the color of
Message boxes, border color, etc. Color is the font color.
* Active Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Active Window Border
Size is the border size. Color is the border color.
* Application Background
The background color of applications like MS Word with Word open and no
document open. Color 1 is the background color.
* Caption Buttons
Window control buttons like Minimize, Restore down, Maximize and Close.
Changing the button size larger will change the size of the Title bar
larger to accommodate a larger button.
* Desktop
Color 1 is the Desktop background color. Same thing as changing it on
the Desktop tab. If you did not select a background (wallpaper), the
color will cover your entire desktop. If you selected a background and
chose Center in the Position list box, the color fills the space around
the background. * Icon
Size is the icon size. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
* Icon Spacing (Vertical)
This is the spacing between icons on the Desktop or in folders with
Icons view.
* Inactive Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color. Color
2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to another color).
Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Inactive Window Border
Size is the border width. Color 1 is the border color.
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font
size and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also
change the bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
* Message Box
"The text in the Untitled file has changed. Do you want to save the
changes?" is one example. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Palette Title
This setting affects the title bar of floating palettes. Paint's color
box after dragging it away from the edge of the Paint window is one
example. You can change the size and font choice, font size and Bold or
Italic. * Scrollbar
Horizontal or vertical scrollbars. Size is the height or width.
* Selected Items
When you click on an item like a file you Select it and it changes
color to show that it has been selected. When it changes color the
font color also changes so the text can be seen against whatever the
background color is. Color 1 is the background color and Color is the
font color. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* ToolTip
These are balloon tips and Tooltips. Hover your mouse over the clock,
for example. Color 1 is the background color, Color is the font color.
Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Window
Color 1 is the background color and Color 2 is the font color. This
will affect such applications as Notepad, Wordpad and MS Word. Among
other things, it affects the Run box and the background for radio
buttons in Folder Options, for example.
Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
Windows Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab.
If you select a different option, the theme determines the appearance
of your menus, fonts, icons and other Window elements.
* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that
do not display text.
* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title
Bar and Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections
for either item are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop
theme after you change fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that
desktop theme override your selections.
* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot
in a rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image
produced on the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel
is the smallest element that display or print hardware and software can
manipulate to create letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also
called a pel.
* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color
the same, it makes it tough to read any text.
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Desktop Background Color
Display Properties | Appearance tab |
Advanced button | Color | Other...
Or...
Display Properties | Desktop tab |
Color | Other...
Color
[[Lists the background colors you can use for the selected window
component. If this option is unavailable, you cannot change the color
of the selected item.]]
Color
[[Click to select a color to use on your desktop, or customize a new
color. If you did not select a background, the color will cover your
entire desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in the
Position list box, the color fills the space around the background.]]
Basic colors
[[Displays the basic colors available.
You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and
then defining a custom color by using the color matrix.]]
Custom colors
[[Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom
Colors. When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom
Colors.
To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then
click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then click Add
to Custom Colors.]]
Color matrix (With the cursor looking deal)
[[Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in
the matrix. To further define your custom colors, you can change the
hue, saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red, green,
and blue for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix, or by
typing the numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer
horizontally; change saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use
the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity.]]
Slider (Upper right hand side)
[[Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or
darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in
Lum.]] The Red, Green and Blue values also change.
Color | Solid
[[Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the
Custom colors boxes. If your monitor is set to display 256 colors,
Color|Solid might show two colors. The right side shows how the
selected color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the
available 256 colors the selected color will map to). The left side
shows the "dithered" color, which is the approximation of the
specified color using two of the available 256 colors.]]
Hue
[[Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for
red, green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to
239.]]
Sat
[[Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or
purity of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The higher
the saturation, the purer
the color.]]
Lum
[[Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or
darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240
(white). If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.]]
Red
[[Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Green
[[Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination
of red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Blue
[[Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination of
red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar eg
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by
step way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by giving
a step by step guide? --
Baz
:
Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click
on the different items that are displayed at the top. For example
if you click on the OK button on the Message box that is displayed,
3D Objects will be highlighted in the Item list. Click on where it
says Message Text and Message box will be listed. Click on Inactive
Window and Inactive Title bar will be in the Item list. Click on
any of the [X] buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click
where its says Window Text and Window will be listed. It makes it
easier to figure out what some of the Windows elements are called.
Click on the area around all of the items and Desktop will be
listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
BIGABAZ said:Thanks once again
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Baz
Wesley Vogel said:Change the Font size for Menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size
and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the
bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Besides the text on the Start menu, this also affects right click menus;
File, Edit, View, etc. text on the Menu bar; the text on File, Edit,
View, etc. menus.
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBIGABAZ said:Wesley i have completed all your suggestions-but their is just one i
cannot seem to get right -it is when i go to start -and look at list of
programms i cannot seem to be able to increase the size of the words can
you help once again? thanks
--
Baz
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Baz
:
You bet.
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Wes
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In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
THanks for trouble the answer is ACE!
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Baz
:
Hi Baz,
were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step by
step
That is called the Menu bar and is listed as Menu in the Window
elements menu.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font
size and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also
change the bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
Here's some other info that I hurriedly put together. This is by no
means complete and still needs some work.
I use Windows Classic theme and Windows Classic style in the Windows
and buttons list on the Appearance tab, so all of these are what I
find with those.
You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
window as you make changes before applying them.
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
Window elements menu:
* 3D Objects
OK, Cancel, Apply, Browse, etc. buttons on Message boxes or other
Windows dialog boxes. All of the buttons on the Windows Calculator
also. Color is the button color, but this also affects the color of
Message boxes, border color, etc. Color is the font color.
* Active Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color.
Color 2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to
another color). Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or
Italic. * Active Window Border
Size is the border size. Color is the border color.
* Application Background
The background color of applications like MS Word with Word open and
no document open. Color 1 is the background color.
* Caption Buttons
Window control buttons like Minimize, Restore down, Maximize and
Close. Changing the button size larger will change the size of the
Title bar larger to accommodate a larger button.
* Desktop
Color 1 is the Desktop background color. Same thing as changing it
on the Desktop tab. If you did not select a background (wallpaper),
the color will cover your entire desktop. If you selected a
background and chose Center in the Position list box, the color
fills the space around the background. * Icon
Size is the icon size. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
* Icon Spacing (Vertical)
This is the spacing between icons on the Desktop or in folders with
Icons view.
* Inactive Title Bar
Size is the height of the bar. Color 1 is the background color.
Color 2 is the gradient color (smooth shading of one color to
another color). Font choice, font color, font size and Bold or
Italic. * Inactive Window Border
Size is the border width. Color 1 is the border color.
* Menu
Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
Color 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font
size and Bold or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also
change the bar height larger to accommodate the larger text size.
* Message Box
"The text in the Untitled file has changed. Do you want to save the
changes?" is one example. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Palette Title
This setting affects the title bar of floating palettes. Paint's
color box after dragging it away from the edge of the Paint window
is one example. You can change the size and font choice, font size
and Bold or Italic. * Scrollbar
Horizontal or vertical scrollbars. Size is the height or width.
* Selected Items
When you click on an item like a file you Select it and it changes
color to show that it has been selected. When it changes color the
font color also changes so the text can be seen against whatever the
background color is. Color 1 is the background color and Color is the
font color. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* ToolTip
These are balloon tips and Tooltips. Hover your mouse over the
clock, for example. Color 1 is the background color, Color is the
font color. Font choice, font size and Bold or Italic.
* Window
Color 1 is the background color and Color 2 is the font color. This
will affect such applications as Notepad, Wordpad and MS Word. Among
other things, it affects the Run box and the background for radio
buttons in Folder Options, for example.
Notes:
* Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
Windows Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance
tab. If you select a different option, the theme determines the
appearance of your menus, fonts, icons and other Window elements.
* The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list
that do not display text.
* Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title
Bar and Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections
for either item are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop
theme after you change fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that
desktop theme override your selections.
* Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot
in a rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image
produced on the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A
pixel is the smallest element that display or print hardware and
software can manipulate to create letters, numbers, or graphics. A
pixel is also called a pel.
* Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color
the same, it makes it tough to read any text.
----------------
Desktop Background Color
Display Properties | Appearance tab |
Advanced button | Color | Other...
Or...
Display Properties | Desktop tab |
Color | Other...
Color
[[Lists the background colors you can use for the selected window
component. If this option is unavailable, you cannot change the color
of the selected item.]]
Color
[[Click to select a color to use on your desktop, or customize a new
color. If you did not select a background, the color will cover your
entire desktop. If you selected a background and chose Center in the
Position list box, the color fills the space around the background.]]
Basic colors
[[Displays the basic colors available.
You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and
then defining a custom color by using the color matrix.]]
Custom colors
[[Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom
Colors. When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom
Colors.
To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and
then click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then
click Add to Custom Colors.]]
Color matrix (With the cursor looking deal)
[[Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere
in the matrix. To further define your custom colors, you can change
the hue, saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red,
green, and blue for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix,
or by typing the numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer
horizontally; change saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use
the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity.]]
Slider (Upper right hand side)
[[Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or
darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in
Lum.]] The Red, Green and Blue values also change.
Color | Solid
[[Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the
Custom colors boxes. If your monitor is set to display 256 colors,
Color|Solid might show two colors. The right side shows how the
selected color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the
available 256 colors the selected color will map to). The left side
shows the "dithered" color, which is the approximation of the
specified color using two of the available 256 colors.]]
Hue
[[Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for
red, green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to
239.]]
Sat
[[Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or
purity of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The
higher the saturation, the purer
the color.]]
Lum
[[Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or
darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240
(white). If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.]]
Red
[[Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination
of red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Green
[[Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination
of red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
Blue
[[Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination
of red, green, and blue to define any color.]]
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BIGABAZ <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
THANKS- but if you take the size of the words on the top of toobar
eg were it says file-edit-view etc i still cannot work out the step
by step way of doing this ,maybe its my age.can/will you help by
giving a step by step guide? --
Baz
:
Here's some info.
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can
click on the different items that are displayed at the top. For
example if you click on the OK button on the Message box that is
displayed, 3D Objects will be highlighted in the Item list. Click
on where it says Message Text and Message box will be listed.
Click on Inactive Window and Inactive Title bar will be in the
Item list. Click on any of the [X] buttons and Caption Buttons
will be listed. Click where its says Window Text and Window will
be listed. It makes it easier to figure out what some of the
Windows elements are called. Click on the area around all of the
items and Desktop will be listed. See the trend?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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