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To: Bahbah
I did have to copy and paste it so I could increase the size of the font to actually be able to read it.

you know about my eye troubles, so this is a topic near and dear to my heart.  I use FireFox exactly for this reason.  You can make the font size on a web page as large as you need.  If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel just hold down the control key and you can "scroll" the font size directly. 

Firefox is a free download and, so far, is not having as many security exploits as Microsoft's Internet Explorer. 

253 posted on 08/20/2006 8:48:23 AM PDT by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: Phsstpok

Thanks, Phsst. I have downloaded FireFox. From things I read here, it seems it has many very nice features that I have absolutely no ability to figure out. I have even read their "Getting Started" information and learned nothing. The internet can make me feel very dumb sometimes.

The thing that I hate most about it is, if I am following a thread and hit refresh, it takes me to the last post and I have to scroll back up to see what I missed.


265 posted on 08/20/2006 8:56:31 AM PDT by Bahbah (Goldwasser, Regev and Shalit, we are praying for you...and now Steve and Olaf.)
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To: Phsstpok
"I use FireFox exactly for this reason. You can make the font size on a web page as large as you need. If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel just hold down the control key and you can "scroll" the font size directly."

I just did that with my Explorer, and it did the same thing. Didn't know I could do that, Thanks!

277 posted on 08/20/2006 9:06:03 AM PDT by LZ_Bayonet
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To: Phsstpok; Bahbah

You can also increase the font size in IE go to View menu and then text size


278 posted on 08/20/2006 9:07:15 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: Phsstpok
eye troubles

Check out DeskBot at www.deskbot.com

It is a free program that uses the MS Agent text2speech to read the clipboard and certain other program pages to the listener. [I also use a tabbed browser that has incorporated that feature into it. Check www.fastbrowser.net]

I use it frequently on lengthy news articles with excessively small print.

Several voices are available, and it does a fairly decent vocal rendering. FYI
298 posted on 08/20/2006 9:25:04 AM PDT by TomGuy
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