Questions tagged [scaling]
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MS Excel 2007: How to keep same scaling of font size for multiple sheets
I have multiple sheets on Excel 2007. Unfortunately, the number of columns and their widths are different. I set all sheets to scale to 1 page. However, different sheets scale differently, and the ...
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How to fix scaling on external monitor
i cannot figure out how to fix scaling on my external monitor. I have connected to it via HDMI. I'm running windows 10. The content doesn't fit correctly on it.
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QT scaling in ubuntu gnome creates big fonts
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome, and I'm having scaling problems with some QT applications (VLC, TexStudio). I use a HiDPi external screen and when I disconnect my laptop from the external screen, ...
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All desktop icons became rectangles instead of squares on Windows 10
I have changed some scaling back and forth to chose the one I like best and as a side effect I got all windows icons to become rectangles instead of ordinary squares.
They also take enormous amount ...
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Is there a way to explicitly set a program's exact DPI scaling value?
I have a program that is fussy when it comes to DPI scaling, and the high DPI settings in the Compatibility Properties are not working for this particular program, no matter the combination of ...
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Why do applications appear blurry on Windows when using HiDPI screens?
I am taking a course on Digital Image Processing at my college and am wondering why do applications appear blurry on high resolution screens (on Windows). My assumption is that Windows use some kind ...
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How can I print a large image to multiple pages on mac os?
I have a large png image. I want to print it to pdf with paper size 8.5x11 across multiple pages - the image should be scaled up to fit the paper width and since the image is tall, it should be split ...
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Why do apps blur out when not focused on windows?
I am having scaling issues in windows 10. The applications blur out frequently. This is not happening in all of the apps though, examples for problematic apps: Skype, Slack, Visual Studio Code.
My ...
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Windows 10: Application windows are scaled down
Many applications windows are scaled down to about two thirds of original size on my system (a laptop with two external monitors) and also on one another (also a laptop, but with a single external ...
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Drag a window beyond screen that is not resizable with custom scaled text turned on [duplicate]
Alt+Space+M doesn't work either, and I can't resize the window because it reverts to its original position when I press enter, I have custom scaled text turned on and the window is too big to fit on ...
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Is it possible to change display scaling via command line?
I've got a laptop with a 2560 x 1440 display, connected to 2 external 1080p monitors. The scaling is fine normally, with the native monitor at 125% and the 1080p monitors at 100%, but when I undock ...
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Citrix Receiver 4k DPI scaling issue
I've set my Windows 10 scaling to 150% on my 2160p display, but Citrix Receiver recognizes a 100% scaling with a 1440p resolution. How can I have the 2160p and 150% scaling even over Citrix?
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MacOS High Sierra doesn't offer HiDPI scaling options
Windows and Linux DE environments usually have HiDPI scaling, which means keeping the resolution native (4k, 2k...) but scaling up the graphics.
MacOS seems to have this feature as well in the ...
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How to correct scaling / font in dialogs of application settings
I recently had some kind of corruption during Windows 10 updates and my computer wouldn't start. I was able to reinstall Windows 10 successfully, and am in the process of re-installing some programs ...
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set default scaling windows 10 all users all monitors
how do i default the scaling on all monitors on a device for all users?
we have a station in each Operating Room. a computer with one normal sized monitor and two flatscreen tvs. In order to get a ...
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High DPI display at quarter native resolution
I have a high-DPI display (13" 3200x1800) and figured that if I set it at 1600x900 (exactly 1/4 native - 1/2 width and 1/2 height) then each pixel outputted should be represented by a 2x2 block of ...
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Windows 10 monitor scaling blurry
Circumstances
Windows 10 Version 1709 x64
One 4K (27") and one 2K (27") monitor
Nvidia 1050 TI
Feel free to ask for more information, if you need them.
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Everything works fine if I don't ...
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Citrix on Windows 10 with display scaling
I'm using Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.10.1.22 on Surface Pro 4
Virtual Desktop runs fine all the time, but when I'm trying to run any other citrix app if external display with different scaling is ...
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Set Scaling of individual applications in Windows
I occurs to be that I want any app I'm not looking at to be scaled down (to say 100%), but the one in focus to be scaled up (to 200%). This would both make maximal use of my hi-res laptop screen for ...
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Reduce the font size windows 10 [duplicate]
I have been trying to reduce the font size of my PC. However in Display Settings there is option to increase the font size to 125% but no option to reduce it to 75%.
Here is the screenshot.
Also is ...
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"height not divisible by 2" with "min"
Using this command:
ffmpeg -loop 1 -r 1 -i q.jpg -t 5 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vf 'scale=-2:min(1080\,ih)' z.mp4
I get this message:
[libx264 @ 00000000004d0ec0] height not divisible by 2 (954x953)
I can ...
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My 768 laptop is getting 1050 resolution when I plug into an external and mirror the videos.
This seems crazy to me, but when I plug my laptop into a 22" HP monitor that supports 1050 mode, I can mirror my display on both screens and set the video settings of both at 1050.
This certainly ...
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Windows 10 scaling keeps changing
During a typical day I move from my desk to meeting rooms and back several times a day. Every time I dock or un-dock the scaling of apps will change and the fonts and windows will become large. If I ...
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Windows 10 taskbar missing icons after scaling
I have a new Windows 10 device at work and its doing fine. For better usability I changed the display scaling from 100% to 110%. Using the new scaling, some icons are not displayed on the taskbar any ...
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Overriding High DPI Scaling from the Command Line
I am compiling and building an OpenCV app on Windows 10, which shows some images.
I want to overrride the high DPI scaling behavior and set it to "Application".
I can do this fine on the .exe file ...
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How to change screen's DPI scaling automatically when switching to multi-monitor setup?
I have a 14" 1920×1080 laptop and a 24" 1920×1200 screen. The pixel density difference is huge.
When I'm using the large screen as a main one and laptop as an additional screen, I'd like ...
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Is it possible to change the Windows 7 display scaling without logging out?
In Windows 7 and 10 (possibly in earlier versions as well), you can change how the DPI scaling for your desktop, essentially "magnifying" items on the screen. In Windows 7, this option can be found ...
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How to enable display scaling beyond the default cap?
I have a PC running Windows 10 that has its "Size of text, apps and other items" setting capped at 125%. I need more. How can I unlock higher scaling values?
I'm talking about this slider:
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What's the difference between windows scaling and screen resolution in Windows 10?
I've discovered, to my disappointment, that changing the windows scaling (125%, 150%, 175%) actually changes the screen resolution.
So what's the functional difference between adjusting the scaling ...
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Is it possible to scale specific apps on Windows 10?
We know that with the Windows 10 feature Display Scaling is possible to change the size of text, apps and icons.
Once you set a value, this is applied to ALL texts, apps and icons.
I just want to set ...
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Windows 10 strange behavior of title bar
I'm facing strange issue on Windows 10. Same application behaves different on same windows version - the difference is seen at title bar appearance:
Above is normal, expected (at least by me) ...
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How can I scale printouts in Google Chrome like Firefox can?
Chrome is slowly wooing me from Firefox.
When I print on Firefox, I can have the page print at 80% of normal, and get smaller print and MORE on a page. When I try that on Google Chrome, I get the ...
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How does Adobe Acrobat determine the scaling for fit-printing?
Due to printer margins, outer page elements may not be printed when attempting to print a document at 100% scale. When one chooses the "fit" scaling option instead, Acrobat chooses a scale such that ...
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Remote Desktop to Windows 10 will not scale font size
I am attempting to remote desktop into Windows 10. I have adjusted the display size on the actual PC to scale fonts and such to 125%, which is what I had previously set on my WIndows Server 2012R2 ...
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command for disable display scaling
I know you can disable the display scaling factor by right clicking an .exe file and then going to the Compatibility tab, but I need a way to launch and app from terminal or .bat file with either ...
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Minimize print dimension error
I wish to minimize the error in my print dimensions.
I've measured that at 254dpi, an image of 2000x2500 pixels comes out at 199.0x249.5 millimeters, so I'd like all my prints to be scaled ...
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Extended displays with wrong proportions
Q: I have two monitors with different scaling on the same window. Any ideas on how to fix this issue? I also have a minor issue with new windows or browser windows opening half off screen and I think ...
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Xerox printer scales down all prints
With the international firm I'm working for, we have a Xeros ColorQube 9303 in the office in the US. This printer has been fitted with four trays and a manual feeding bin. For the sake of this issue, ...
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Scaling display for Mac OSX in VMWare
I'm running Mac OSX 10.10 under VMWare 12, my monitor is a 4K 27" display - so the text is tiny.
I opened System Preference -> Display -> Scaled, but the only option available is 3840 x 2160 (my 4K ...
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VLC avoid "interpolation" between pixel when resizing the window playing a low resolution video
I've got a video that has a original resolution of 80x60 pixel. Actually it's a color heatmap recording of a thermal camera. Now, when I'm playing the video I've got to resize the vlc window so that I ...
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Change Windows low resolution smoothing algorithm
I'm using Windows 8.1 and running some old games on it (they are fully compatible). Lots of them use 800x600 or even 640x480 resolutions, but I have 1920x1080 display. While scaling, Windows provides ...
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Windows tab header font messed up
Some of my Windows 10 fonts are messed up. I have reset all DPI scaling, font settings, themes etc. but cannot get rid of this problem. See this image as an example: http://imgur.com/6vvlChs
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What does "Disable Display Scaling on High DPI Settings" on Windows 10 mean?
When checked in the compatibility properties for a shortcut, I assume this means that "Display Scaling" is disabled when there are "High DPI Settings." Fine, but my questions are:
What exactly is ...
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On Windows 10, why are some programs not scaling on second monitor?
Per the 2 screenshots below, Adobe Acrobat DC and Internet Explorer failed to scale correctly on my second monitor because the menus are too big. Under Settings > System > Display, I cannot ...
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How to achieve high-quality downscaling of diagrams (like in Firefox)?
I often need to downscale raster images consisting of thick straight lines and other thick curves, like this one:
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Using GIMP 2.8.16 and its various interpolation options to resize the image to ...
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Why Do Some Components Not Respect DPI Scaling on Windows 10
This has been a problem for me for too long, and I have no idea how to resolve. I use a Dell Laptop with a docking station, the 14" Touch Screen has a greater than HD resolution.
This means that when ...
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How do I force Windows 10 programs to adapt to a change of text size without signing out?
Windows 10 has a feature which allows one to change the size of fonts. However it comes with a warning:
Changing the font size without signing out does indeed cause many programs (including browsers) ...
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Windows 10 - different icons and font after scaling?
Never would have thought, but I think I'm running out of keywords to search for on Google.
Here's what bothers me: There are two monitors involved. One has a resolution of 2560x1440 and the other ...
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Mouse cursor much larger on secondary displays
I have a Windows 10 laptop with a high resolution (3840x2160), high DPI built in display. I have two "standard" external 1920x1080 monitors attached to the laptop to use for extended desktop. One of ...
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Windows 10 force 80% display scaling
I would like to force 80% display scaling in Windows 10 Pro, so that it look more sharp and provide more workspace on my HD screen. The GPU is Intel, so upscaling resolution seems impossible.
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