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INCREASING THE FONT SIZE FOR WINDOWS

Is that text on your Windows displays getting smaller all the time? (Or, maybe, horrors, you are getting older...) Anyway, the default font for text in folder windows is 8-point MS San Serif. To increase the font size, just right click on the Desktop (anywhere but on an icon) and choose the Properties option from the context menu. This takes you to the Display applet in Control Panel. Click on the tab for Appearance, choose Icon from the drop-down menu labeled Item. Now the Font type and size will appear in the boxes below that. You could increase the size to 10, say, click on the Apply button so you can see what it looks like.