Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: lower part of dialog boxes not visible

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:33 AM, NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 05/17/2011 10:58 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> ...
> > Good evening from Germany (instead of my usual Japan ...)
> > Thank you.
> > That personalize trick "works" (barely), but I am afraid I am too old to
> > work a whole day long with stuff displayed on the screen
> > so small, that I need a microscope to read it. There are only two options
> I
> > can see: 100% and 125%.
> > The latter one I chose upon setting the PC up (bought extra for this
> trip)
> > and is the minimum I need to read anything on the screen. 100% is not
> really
> > an "option".
> > And even with the 100% option the lowest items in the dialog box are only
> > half visible. The other half is still hidden behind the lower task bar.
> >
> > Is this really the only way to get to dialog boxes and menus?
> > (I suspect, there are a lot of other similar boxes I have not yet
> > tried/used) that too disappear beneath the horizon!)
> ...
>
> Sorry, but that's pretty much my limit w/Win7. I only booted into it to
> see if I could figure out your problem. Hopefully someone with Win7
> experience will come along & assist further. You could always shrink the
> partition & install Ubuntu to dual boot :-)

Thank you for your help!
Yes, Linux may be the solution.
(otherwise, I will keep looking and report back here, if I find anything)
I am really trying to get away from MS, but Linux too has its problems.
The one and foremost I am struggling with: I cannot find (or make them work)
any good dictionary software.
Which is for me a "fatal"  disadvantage.

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