Making Web pages fit the window

[Guest]

In Vista, some Web pages I view have huge type, others have type so tiny I
can hardly read it. Is there a way to smooth this out by making the Web page
fit th window by default?

Thanx,

 

[Robert Firth]

That is difficult because web pages often explicitely state which font and
sizes they want. If the web designer did not take into account differences
in user screen resolutions, this will happen. In IE7, you can zoom in or out
of a document using the magnifying glass and percentage in the bottom right
corner. However, I don't think there is a setting to automatically adjust.

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[swb_mct]

The size (width) of the web page is controlled by the code in the page.
Some pages expand to the full window width but most are limited to 800
pixels or1024 pixels so the developer doesn't have to deal with strange
layouts if the page gets too wide.

The font size has nothing to do with this anyway.

You can try the Text size adjusment in Internet Explorer under view . . but
this does not always control all fonts on every page.

Or you can go to Display Dettings and chang the dpi from 100% to 125%. . .
.. but this does not control all fonts on every web page either.

You are experiencing the problem of a display resolution that is too high
for your preference. Web content has not really been adjusted to match the
high resolution screens.

The lower resoltuion screen that you can find in an LCD now is a 19" 1280 x
1024 pixels.

 

[Richard Urban]

While looking at the web page, press "ctrl" and roll the mouse wheel.

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