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Sider Bar issue - 2/18/2012 11:31:33 PM

Joe D.

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When I click on my units, my side bar expands such that I lose the extreme right side of it, including some of my orders selctions; when I deselect the unit, the sidebar appears "normal' again.

I suspect this has something to do with the latest MS update/fix to Net4.

Running XP wSP3.

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RE: Sider Bar issue - 2/19/2012 12:47:07 AM

Arjuna

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What text size font are you using for your system font. If under System 7, go to the Display control panel and ensure it is set to "smaller - 100% (default)". IIRC under XP it should be set to "Normal - 96 dpi".

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RE: Sider Bar issue - 2/19/2012 11:49:29 AM

Joe D.

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

What text size font are you using for your system font. If under System 7, go to the Display control panel and ensure it is set to "smaller - 100% (default)". IIRC under XP it should be set to "Normal - 96 dpi".

I haven't (deliberately) changed any text fonts, but I did notice that the text for the adjust screen resolution seemed significantly larger.

How do I get to the Display control panel in XP?

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RE: Sider Bar issue - 2/20/2012 12:21:22 AM

Joe D.

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

What text size font are you using for your system font. If under System 7, go to the Display control panel and ensure it is set to "smaller - 100% (default)". IIRC under XP it should be set to "Normal - 96 dpi".

I haven't (deliberately) changed any text fonts, but I did notice that the text for the adjust screen resolution seemed significantly larger ...

In XP, you can change fonts, but not font sizes (?), so I took a look in the BftB pdf manual for some help, but found it was greatly magnified, so I reduced it for "normal" viewing and voila, my sidebar issue was solved.

I still can't believe it!

< Message edited by Joe D. -- 2/20/2012 12:23:31 AM >

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