Hi, PEter -- I did it - hours ago - and sent reply to list, you and David
It works in Firefox - It doesn't in Netscape 4.6 I had done all that stuff years ago except I didn't know the location box was a kind of message box I guess. WHen I first got the computer I went through all the display boxes changing colors and all the sounds changing some "waves" to an owl sound and turning off lots of them... removing tons of "helpful" things from MS word - etc.... and changing colors to eliminate all white backgrounds. I always go to the control panel for stuff like that - never occured to me to consider properties of the desktop. THe other thing I cant do - well - don't WANT to do, that people find weird is that I always work with only one window open at a time at full screen... Though I used split screens in Kedit in the old days when I had to to copy pieces of a program from one file to another. I've finally got into dragging and dropping files from a directory into the Nero burning window. I'm chiling out tonight watching movies on tv - just finished watching OUR MAN IN HAVANA on TCM - One of my favorite Guiness films. But I've only seen it about ten times and not in the last few years. ann "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > Ann, I just tried it on my Win98se box and it works, (If I make the font > too large it makes everything look fugley though). I'll take you > through it step by step. > > 1.) Right click on your desktop and select properties from the context > menu. > 2.) On the display properties dialog select the appearance tab. (you > probably got this far without a problem but I'm just making sure). > > In the appearance tab there are a representation of a bunch of windowz > and below that input boxes. > > 3. Click on "Message Text" in the message box example. > > The "Font" "Size" and "Color" controls should become active. > > 4.) Select the size you want. (Default is 8pts I chose 14 and it made > the information in the mozilla address locator huge.) > > 5.) Press the Apply button and check to make sure it's what you're > looking for. > 6.) Close the dialog by pressing OK. otherwise go back to step 4. > > If you don't select the Message Box->Message Text it won't change the > part of the UI you want to effect. > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >"P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > > > >>Ann, He knows what he's talking about it works. It will change the text > >>size on all the controls that widows thinks are part of a message box, > >>which includes all of the folders window, the list of messages, the text > >>under the icons in the icon bar, etc., but it does work. > >> > >> > >> > > > >PEter - the thing I want to enlarge is the text within the > >location box... > >every thing else on my computer has been enlarged... but no > >matter what > >program I'm in, the stuff that is , for want of a better > >word, underneath > >stays the same. I did try what he suggested - it simply > >didn't work. > > > >IF i were able to attach my camera to the computer I'd photo > >what I mean > >I may not be using the correct buzz word for the area.... I > >thought > >it was simply called the location box. > > > > > >I have to get out of here and escape from technology for a > >while now. > >It really has got me down. > > > >ann > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>David - > >>> > >>>I have large type all over the place - differently set > >>>overall , in Netscape and in > >>>Firefox... in Word, in Photoshop.... all those are set just > >>>right but nothing > >>>I tried ever enlarged the type in the little box with the > >>>http: stuff in it that > >>>is on the tool bar, no matter which browser I'm using, it > >>>won't enlarge. > >>>and, of course, if I click on that area all it does is take > >>>me to the page > >>>that the URL refers to :) > >>> > >>>I'll try your suggestion when I get XP. > >>> > >>>ann > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>David Savage wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Give this a try: > >>>> > >>>>- Right Click on your desktop and select "Properties", > >>>>- Click on the "Appearance" tab, > >>>>- Click on the "Advanced" tab, > >>>>- Under "Item" select "Message Box" from the drop down list, > >>>>- Under font size change it to one your more comfortable with, click > >>>>"OK" then "Apply". > >>>> > >>>>This will make your URL bar text, as well as the browser tab labels & > >>>>favorite text in Firefox larger. > >>>> > >>>>Now I'm using Windows XP x64 so I don't know if this is valid for Win98. > >>>> > >>>>HTH > >>>> > >>>>Dave > >>>> > >>>>On 9/30/06, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>I still have never figured out a way to enlarge the fonts in > >>>>>the URL location box so I > >>>>>can actually see them. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>[email protected] > >>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > >> > >> --Albert Einstein > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
