Changing Your Screen Resolution
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Why is Screen Resolution Important?
Web page designers want their pages to look good. Any web designer will tell you that the biggest difficulty when it comes to designing is producing a page that will look good no matter what the monitor size or screen resolution is of the computer user visiting the site. Designers tend to design for 1024 x 768 because they know that this is the current standard They know that computer monitors are usually shipped already preset to this resolution, and so, to design for that resolution makes the most sense.
Why Should You Care?
You should care, at least enough to do some quick comparisons yourself, because web designers (professional and amateur) are starting to design more for 1024x768 these days. After all, it's a much easier resolution to design for, and more and more people have larger monitors. If your monitor is still set to 800x600, you may come to a page and find that you're able to see less of it all at once than the designer intended you to. You're going to have to do a lot more scrolling of sidebars and bottom-bars, and, to put it bluntly, you're going to be aesthetically disadvantaged. This would be a shame as aesthetics make up a big part of a pleasing Internet experience.
Changing Your Resolution Under Windows XP
1. Simply go to your desktop and right-click on some free space. A grey menu box will pop up.
2. Left-click on Properties near the bottom of the menu. A large Display Properties box will pop up.
3. Select the Settings tab in the Display Properties box.
4. Use the little slide bar near the lower left of the Display Properties box to adjust desired screen resolution and then click Okay.
After you've done this, Windows will ask you to confirm that changing your resolution is indeed what you want to do. After you've clicked Okay again, your monitor will flick off for a few seconds and then pop back to life again with the new resolution. Windows will usually ask you to confirm the change one last time, and then it will leave you to it.
Changing Your Resolution Under Windows 98, 98SE and ME
1. First click on the START button then hover the mouse over Settings and then click on Control Panel .
2. Now Double click on the Display icon (see below).
3. Then click on Settings tab at the top right.
4. Notice the slider labeled Screen Area (see below), this can be moved left and right to adjust the resolution, the available settings will depend on your PC, Set it to 1024x768 if your computer will allow this setting.
5. Next you will get a prompt informing you that if your screen doesn't display properly wait 15 seconds and it will resume the last resolution.
6. Simply click OK
7. Now your screen will be at your selected resolution, if you want to keep the change then simply click Yes .
Changing Your Resolution with a Macintosh
For all Macintosh operating systems below OS X, resolution settings are found under the Apple Menu. Select Control Panels, and then Monitors and Sound. Or, you can use the Control Strip at the bottom of the screen, and click on the Screen resolution icon.
For Macintosh OS X, resolution settings are found by clicking the Apple Menu, and then selecting System Preferences and then Displays. Or you can click on the Apple in the Dock at the bottom, and select Displays.
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