Hi Inta, Are you using a custom screen resolution with your new screen? Legacy doesn't like that, sometimes. It's come up on this list before, so you should be able to find something in the archives about it.
Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy -----Original Message----- *Subject:* RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Cant format font size *Sent:* Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:13:46 +1030 *From:* Inta Warner <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] > Thanks for the reply but yes I have tried both changing the minimum font size > within Legacy and also had the "Stretch fonts" ticked. Someone has suggested > using 2 monitors and using Legacy from the trouble free monitor. The whole > (perhaps naive) point of the exercise was to have a bigger screen and hence > larger and easier to read words. Hmmmm. > > Inta Warner > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Gray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 3 January 2011 12:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Cant format font size > > Inta, > > What worked for me was to tick the 'Stretch Fonts when resizing' just above > the minimum/maximum font setting that Ron is referring to. My minimum is set > to 6 (the default I think) but I get much larger than that when I maximise my > screen. > > Paul > > On Jan 2, 2011, Ron Ferguson<[email protected]> wrote: > > Inta, > > You do not say whether or not you have tried to change the minimum font size > from within Legacy, Options>Customise>Fonts. Didn't that work either? > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Inta Warner > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 10:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Cant format font size > > I recently changed to a 23 in monitor. I have had 64bit Windows7 for quite a > while and found no problem with changing to a font which was easily readable > for old eyes. The monitor was supposed to help! Instead I cannot get any of > the font sizes to change. Colours and font types are not a problem but the > size can't seem to be changed much. I finally managed to get something > vaguely readable but when the program was reopened next morning I was back > to something resembling a size 8 font. I read in the archives that Legacy > "doesn't like" custom settings for font size (set in Control Panel). I have > mine set to the medium font size. I haven't had problems with any other > programs yet. > A happy and healthy New Year to all > > > Inta Warner Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
