Questions tagged [scaling]
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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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