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Old September 6th 04, 10:26 AM
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Some web pages such as 'BankWests online banking' are
bigger than my screen (15 inch) and have no scroll bars.
Is there a way to shrink them ?

Also pages such as yours have scroll bars but the viewing
panel is so small it's hard to read due to having to
scroll them from side to side. Is there a way to expand
the viewing panel.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Roy.
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Old September 8th 04, 03:51 PM
PattyL
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I believe that what is happening is that you have your display set to
640x480. With monitors coming down in price in the last few years, more and
more sites are writing their web pages so that they are intended to be seen
at 800x600 or more. If you have a lower resolution, then you get scroll
bars. On a 15" monitor, the text may be too small for you to see
comfortably at the higher resolution. You can test by changing the
resolution for your monitor by going to Control Panel, Display, Settings and
moving the slider.

If this setting is not comfortable for you (text too small), it might be
time to think about getting a larger screen monitor. You can get a 17" for
under $100 now and I've even recently seen 19" for very near $100. That
would give you a larger viewing area and you could then increase the
resolution so that the text size was comfortable for you to read at the
higher resolution and web pages fit on the screen without horizontal scroll
bars.

PattyL


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...
Some web pages such as 'BankWests online banking' are
bigger than my screen (15 inch) and have no scroll bars.
Is there a way to shrink them ?

Also pages such as yours have scroll bars but the viewing
panel is so small it's hard to read due to having to
scroll them from side to side. Is there a way to expand
the viewing panel.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Roy.



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Old September 17th 04, 10:22 AM
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Thanks Patty,

It works but my screen doesn't appreciate the stretch. I
shall have to invest in a new monitor as you suggest.

Regards
Roy.
-----Original Message-----
I believe that what is happening is that you have your

display set to
640x480. With monitors coming down in price in the last

few years, more and
more sites are writing their web pages so that they are

intended to be seen
at 800x600 or more. If you have a lower resolution, then

you get scroll
bars. On a 15" monitor, the text may be too small for

you to see
comfortably at the higher resolution. You can test by

changing the
resolution for your monitor by going to Control Panel,

Display, Settings and
moving the slider.

If this setting is not comfortable for you (text too

small), it might be
time to think about getting a larger screen monitor. You

can get a 17" for
under $100 now and I've even recently seen 19" for very

near $100. That
would give you a larger viewing area and you could then

increase the
resolution so that the text size was comfortable for you

to read at the
higher resolution and web pages fit on the screen without

horizontal scroll
bars.

PattyL


"

wrote in message
...
Some web pages such as 'BankWests online banking' are
bigger than my screen (15 inch) and have no scroll bars.
Is there a way to shrink them ?

Also pages such as yours have scroll bars but the

viewing
panel is so small it's hard to read due to having to
scroll them from side to side. Is there a way to expand
the viewing panel.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Roy.



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