Solved The first of many times

Young Simmo

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OK, I am brand new in here and will probably wear the site out by the time I am finished. After many years with Windows 7 ( A piece of cake to use) I have made the big move to windows 8 and am going around in circles.
The first question is:

A. Somehow I managed to unpin the desktop flag on the front page, how can I get it back?

B. I seem to have lost the top section on my Internet home page. That is I can't see the address line and Favourites button etc.

C. After having a play on my mates Windows 8, I decided I didn't like his e-mail set-up and installed Windows Live Mail which is working perfectly, but just need to increase the size of the font.........HOW
 

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Try this ..

Go here ..
Options.jpg

Reading size ..
Read fonts.jpg

Compose size ..
compose.jpg
 

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Thanks Daddy G, but no joy. I went through the routine several times but at the end it was different.

After clicking FONT I get.
Proportional Font
Fixed width Font
Font size
Encoding.

Then I click Font Size and get,
Smallest
Smaller
Medium
Larger
Largest

Then regardless of which size I click, nothing changes on my e-mail page.
Maybe if my brain was 12 years, instead of 74 years it might work better.
 

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  • OS
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    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    Memory
    8 GB
WOW, I thought there would be a flood of suggestions to help me increase the size of the font on my Windows Live Mail. Just goes to show you that some things take time, and at 74 I give myself 10 minutes to 10 years, will I get some help or Kark it first.
 

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    8 GB
What happens when you hold down the CTRL key and use the + or - keys on your number pad (or keyboard).
Or alternatively, hold down the CTRL key and 'roll' the middle button on your mouse.

Works for me (on Win 7 at least). I had no problem in being able to increase the font size for easy reading of my Windows Live Mail emails.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro plus Windows 8.1 Pro VM
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    i7-3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
    Memory
    16 GB x G.SKILL Ripjaws
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX560
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Main - OCZ Vertex4 128 GB Solid Drive
    Sec - Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000D 1TB
    PSU
    Seasonic X-760
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF912 ATX Mid Tower
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro Series H80 CPU water cooler
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Eset
Thanks DaddyG, it worked perfectly. Another little trick for my note book. These forums and Google, sure do beat having a dictionary in the kitchen cupboard. YEEHAAAA.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    Memory
    8 GB
Thanks DaddyG, it worked perfectly. Another little trick for my note book. These forums and Google, sure do beat having a dictionary in the kitchen cupboard. YEEHAAAA.
Actually the Ctrl trick makes the actual e-mail larger font size, but I would also like to have the rest of the page with enlarged font as well.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    Memory
    8 GB
OK, I managed to sort this one out myself by wandering and clicking all over the place.
For the benefit of anybody else that wants to make things easier to see and read, this is how I got there.
Some people my say ELEMENTERY, I say, not for an ancient old brain like mine.

I went::
Control Panel
Optimise visual display
Change size of text and Icons
Then clicked 125%

All over Red Rover.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    Memory
    8 GB
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