Hello Frustrated Bike Brochure Viewers -
This relates to the scanned bike brochure images many of us are viewing on the web.
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At 01:53 PM 8/15/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Jim Merz wrote:
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> > Seems the scans are too crude to read. I would like to see this
> > story though.
Mark Bulgier replied:
>Any chance you are viewing them too small? Can you zoom in, in whatever
>picture viewer you're using? I have the same scans, sent to me by Kurt, on
>my web page at http://bulgier.net/
>maybe those are more readable for you. I can read 'em just fine.
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Internet Explorer 6.0 has a feature that is enabled by default that reduces the size of graphic files to fit your browser window. This means that almost any brochure graphic, as soon as it is loaded, is automatically reduced too small to be able to read text. I just learned of this today after a couple of frustrating hours of with what I thought was a nutty client, who kept asking me to "make it bigger". (please - no Viagra jokes :-)
The fix is to go to: Tools/ Internet Options / Advanced / Multimedia /
Uncheck the box next to: Enable Automatic Image Resizing
Refresh the screen. The Teledyne graphic above becomes huge, extending well off my 17 inch screen, in both directions. Scrolling is required in both directions but the text is readable.
Sorry for the off-topic post but I hope this will reduce some puzzlement out there.
Cheers,
Skip Echert Renton, WA. (perfect weather but stuck inside)