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Why is the text so small on the MBA 13"?
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That's the ONE thing I miss about Windows 7, the ability to increase all fonts by 125% or 150%.
The only one though...
The only one though...
welcome to the world of higher resolution. i wonder if tinkertool would help.
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html
Speaking of small text... is there ANY way to zoom in on text in the TextEdit program? Anything? That text is REALLY small (to me).
Are you positive this works in TextEdit? I could've sworn I tried this when I was at the store (heck, I tried whatever I could think of!).
That's the ONE thing I miss about Windows 7, the ability to increase all fonts by 125% or 150%.
The only one though...
I do agree that's a nice feature in Windows 7.
Actually I find Windows 7 just as easy to use and manage as OS X. They have never been closer in terms of the user experience. Perhaps it's just years of using both Macs and PC's.
Yet that said, if I had to choose just one, it would be a Mac without hesitation.
I agree but I'm getting old and my eye sight is much worse now. 
I like the Lion double tap to zoom in feature. That was a nice bit of the iOS they copied.
I like the Lion double tap to zoom in feature. That was a nice bit of the iOS they copied.
Interesting. I'm on Windows Vista right now and gearin' up for a new lappy. Trying to decide between a PC with Windows 7 or a MacBook Air (which would be my first Mac ever). Easy decision for most on this forum... not so easy for me.
My aging eyes love that feature -- but I wish it worked on everything. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't.
My aging eyes love that feature -- but I wish it worked on everything. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't.
Couldn't agree with you more. Assuming, of course, I was able to correctly read your post.
While I am no where near what anyone could call old (26), I do find the text on the 13" to be a little small. I guess I'll blame it on the years of gaming and being behind screens all the time
Easy - MacBook Air + Windows 7 installed on Bootcamp. Best of both worlds. The Air runs Windows 7 beautifully...
Positive. Just now tried it again to be sure. It changes the font size. You can also click on Format / Font / Bigger.
Positive. Just now tried it again to be sure. It changes the font size. You can also click on Format / Font / Bigger.
Thanks. I'll try it again on my next trip to Apple.
I've thought about this. Especially since I don't wanna have to buy new software (Mac versions). Also, I use software from Slysoft (AnyDVD, etc) which doesn't come in a Mac version (and I don't want to use a substitute for this particular software).
Although I'll have to do some research to see which way to go: Bootcamp or Parallels (or VMWare).
Thanks.
I chose to do both. I did Bootcamp so I could boot native into Win7 for maximum performance, and I then installed Parallels and had I use the Bootcamp partition as the source for a VM. That way I can run some PC apps from inside Lion, or reboot into a native Win7 environment if I want to.
The Win7 installation using Bootcamp was a breeze. This was my first Mac and I am very impressed with how Lion works. Where it not for Quicken and DVD Profiler, I'd be using Lion exclusively.
Parallels also let's me run WinXP, Win98 (without sound), DOS and Ubuntu. Only reason I do is because I can.
I love to tinker. I am trying to get my hands on some OS/2 Warp 4.5 media, and my schizophrenic system will be complete!check out this thread
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/826047/
I did rant on a bit, but the stuff you're looking for is about half way thru... how to easily zoom to a level you like, and set window size and position...
Text on webpage is fine for me, but I find the text in Excel 2011 too small (at 100%).
As for TextEdit, you can go to [Preferences] and change the default font size.
As for TextEdit, you can go to [Preferences] and change the default font size.
For Word you can put a "zoom to page width" button on the toolbar and also set the default zoom by setting the zoom on a blank new doc and saving back out to the default template normal.dot -- not sure if it affects docs brought over from a PC though and I can't try it right now.
On Excel, I haven't tried setting a default zoom but again you can put zoom in/out buttons on the toolbar.
Is this true for existing files? Or only new ones? In my case I've got a bunch of existing Notepad (Windows) files that I'd to be able to increase the text size on. Can it be done? Or is it for new files only?As for TextEdit, you can go to [Preferences] and change the default font size.
Hmmm, that actually brings up another question too: will I be able to import all my Notepad files from Windows and open (read) the files on a Mac?