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Old April 16th, 2008, 12:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Rick Brandt
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Default Low resolution screens hides some of the form

M Skabialka wrote:
The Shrinker Stretcher would be nice except these people use LoRes
because they can't see well! If I shrink it then they can't read it!
6" x 4" is a guess or realistic?
I am wary about downloading executables from foreign sites, so
resizeform is out, and modscale form was asking me to do product
surveys so that's out. I don't have the Access handbook that's for
sale on hand. All I need is a scale: Resolution vs size!


Similar to what the other poster said I have found that if I keep forms at
around 4 inches tall and 7 inches wide (according to the design ruler) that
they will fit on 800 by 600 screens if Access is maximized. This varies
according to how many command bars you are showing and whether the user is
using large fonts or different DPI settings in Windows.

Shrinker Stretcher (in my experience) is better at making forms larger than
it is at making them smaller. The best thing to do is TEST and make all of
your forms fit on the lowest resolution you need to support.

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