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Web page size
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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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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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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