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How to Change Screen Resolution

If you find that text or images on your computer are too small or too big, you might want to adjust your screens resolution. Screen resolution is also referred to as screen area.

The effects of adjusting resolution is similar to zooming in and out of a Word document. Increasing screen resolution will make images on the screen smaller. The advantage is that you will be able to fit more items on your screen. This is a plus if you view large spread sheets on your monitor.

Decreasing the resolution, you guessed it, makes images larger. The advantage is that text is much easier to read. Higher resolutions sometimes cause text to blur.

 
Step 1: Right click on a blank area of your desktop.
Step 2: Select Properties from the menu
 
Step 4: Choose the Settings tab from the dialog box that appears.
 
Step 4: Adjust the slider in the screen area to change the resolution.
 
Step 5: Click OK. Windows will give you a message telling you it will try to resize your desktop. Click the OK button from the message box.
 
Congratulations. You are done.
 
Note: The size of your monitor and the type of video card you have determines how high you can raise your resolution, and the quality of the images after it is change. If you have a 15" or 17" monitor, images may become blurred if the screen area is larger that 800 by 600. Simply adjust the screen area until you are satisfied with the image quality. A screen area of 800 by 600 is standard for 15" & 17" monitors. 19" or larger monitors can go higher.
 

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