The text on some commercial web pages is too small for me to read on
my monitor.  There must be some way to fix this, otherwise no one else
could read their web pages.  What can I do?

I have a Samsun 910MP monitor (19" hi resolution flat panel) and have
the desktop properties set to 1280x1024 screen resolution - I've tried
all the way down to 800x600 (the minimum resolution available in my
desktop properties box) which is still illegible, however I can guess
at the individual letters in that resolution.  On a single web page, some
text is as large as 1" tall (on 600x800) and other text is so small as
to not be legible (roughly 1/16?").  A web page for example is
http://www.schwab.com/  where the largest text is over 1/2" but most
of the text on that web site is so small as to be illegible on my
montor in 1024 mode or 600/800 mode.  I'm using Windows XP servie pack
2 and internet explorer version 6.0.29

Please help!!!!

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 03 Sep 2005 06:33 PDT

johnt01-ga,

Have you tried in your Internet Explorer going on the tool bar 
click> View
click> Text Size  
Then you can select the text size you require.

See how this works for you.
answerfinder-ga

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Clarification of Question by johnt01-ga on 03 Sep 2005 06:52 PDT

Oh.... my god.....  

I've spent 15 yrs in the computer industry...  - I cannot believe I
missed that.  I thought I'd tried evertying.

Worked like a charm - worth every penny.  Hope you have a great
weekend, and thanks again!

jtg.

Dear johnt01-ga,
Pleased to see that it works now.

By way of answer I'll just post the same comment.

Have you tried in your Internet Explorer going on the tool bar 
click> View
click> Text Size  
Then you can select the text size you require.

Have a good week-end yourself.
answerfinder-ga

The View > Text Size option should solve your problem on most sites
but often throws out the format of the webpage.

There is an excellent piece of software called Web Eyes that I have
been using for a couple of years which is available as an Explorer
plug-in:

http://www.ionwebeyes.com/

You can also try the new Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 which
allows you to instantly magnify any portion of your screen without
zooming into the whole display.