The high-resolution displays that Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system has allowed laptop, desktop and tablet manufacturers to incorporate into their machines are spectacular. Today, users can get their hands on a device with great displays that even use 4K technology. Unfortunately, doing so may mean that you can’t really see small text on your screen, causing users to strain their eyes just to check their email or read a document. Fortunately, Windows 8.1 allows users to make text and applications larger so that they can be read comfortably on these large screens.
When this problem comes to mind, many users of older versions of Windows automatically assume that to fix the problem, users need to change what’s called Screen Resolution. This is not what you want to do here. Changing your Screen Resolution changes the way your laptop, desktop or tablet outputs everything. Therefore, videos will stick to this new resolution, causing your videos to look weird.
Navigate to on your Windows 8.1 laptop, desktop or tablet by pressing the Windows key on your device’s keyboard or the Windows button at the bottom or side of its screen.
Now, or in the past, you’ll have to open what you probably thought of as Windows. It lets you run applications like iTunes and usually includes a taskbar that stays at the bottom of your screen. In our example, it is represented by a tile with a stone mural and several trees that say Desktop. Tap or click on it.
Once on the desktop, mouse users should be pretty much everywhere to bring up a small menu of new options. Tablet users should place their fingers anywhere and leave them there until the same menu appears. To be clear, a menu should appear, but it may not have all the options you see here.
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Do not change your screen resolution using the drop-down menus. Instead, tap or click on it Make text and other elements are larger or smaller. The middle option at the bottom of the window.
Inside the display screen you will see several different options. In the middle is a slider that allows you to adjust the size of the elements on your screen. Swiping right enlarges Desktop apps, makes them easier to see, and saves you some eye strain. Shifting to the left shrinks the elements. This option will increase the size of apps and folders universally.
Change text size only It allows you to keep applications and windows the size they are now, but make the text inside them easier to read. If you decide to do this instead, remember that you will change the font size for each part of your screen. By default the font size is set to 11. The higher the number, the larger the words in your desktop app will be.
Tap or click after making some changes. To apply Press to make sure these changes are saved. The screen elements of the desktop, again the area that allows you to run applications like iTunes, should immediately switch to the new settings.
Indeed, the Enlarge or reduce text and other elements option is the most effective way to deal with text that is too small to see. Again, it’s about making changes without breaking your device’s screen resolution too much. This is important as you want your screen to be set at the resolution it was made at. Not setting it will waste a good screen.
If there is a downside to this, toggling this option does nothing for Start Screen apps and apps. Changing this is a secondary setting.
Go to by pressing the Windows key on your keyboard or the Windows button next to your device’s screen.
Mouse users must move their pointer to the corner of their screen to open the Charms menu. Tablet users should place their fingers on the right edge of their screen and swipe from the right edge of the screen to the left edge. Tap or click Charm.
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Once in the app, tap or click its icon from the menu in the top left menu.
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See More Options now. Below it is a drop-down menu that allows you to adjust the size of the screen elements on the Start Screen and its applications. Tap or click on it and change it to Default if you’re looking for larger screen elements or if you think they’re already too big.
Now press the Windows key on your keyboard or the Windows button next to your device’s screen again. You will immediately notice that the screen items you are looking at are larger.
After making these changes, it will be much easier for you to read the text. They should also make the Start Screen feel a little more comfortable on devices with large high-resolution screens.
