IE7 and OE6 visual appearance

By no means a critical issue but....

Installing IE7 at work has improved the font which web pages and also
Outlook 03 are displayed with. The font is softer and has a more modern look
to it (there's probably a technical term for this, but I'm sorry, I don't
know what it is!).
After installing at home the changes have only been applied to IE and not
OE6. OE6 has not been changed at all and looks out of date compared with the
viewing font of IE7. Should OE6 have been changed and / or can it be changed
manually as I much prefer the new font used by IE7 etc??

Incase its needed - I'm running XP home SP2 and believe I have the latest
IE7 release (from auto update).

"MattB" wrote in message
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By no means a critical issue but....

Installing IE7 at work has improved the font which web pages and also
Outlook 03 are displayed with. The font is softer and has a more modern
look
to it (there's probably a technical term for this, but I'm sorry, I don't
know what it is!).
After installing at home the changes have only been applied to IE and not
OE6. OE6 has not been changed at all and looks out of date compared with
the
viewing font of IE7. Should OE6 have been changed and / or can it be
changed
manually as I much prefer the new font used by IE7 etc??

Incase its needed - I'm running XP home SP2 and believe I have the latest
IE7 release (from auto update).

Right click a blank spot on the desktop and choose Properties | Appearance.
Click the Effects button.
In the drop down box for the second field choose Clear Type and make sure
it's check box is checked.

And you may be able to improve it mo
Clear Type tuner:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/Step1.aspx
There's also a powertoy now:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
or http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ePowerToy.mspx

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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Tried this at work - has made an improvement. As soon as my internet
connection at home is restored, I'll try it there!

Many thanks for your help and quick response.
Matt.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"MattB" wrote in message
...
By no means a critical issue but....

Installing IE7 at work has improved the font which web pages and also
Outlook 03 are displayed with. The font is softer and has a more modern
look
to it (there's probably a technical term for this, but I'm sorry, I don't
know what it is!).
After installing at home the changes have only been applied to IE and not
OE6. OE6 has not been changed at all and looks out of date compared with
the
viewing font of IE7. Should OE6 have been changed and / or can it be
changed
manually as I much prefer the new font used by IE7 etc??

Incase its needed - I'm running XP home SP2 and believe I have the latest
IE7 release (from auto update).

Right click a blank spot on the desktop and choose Properties | Appearance.
Click the Effects button.
In the drop down box for the second field choose Clear Type and make sure
it's check box is checked.

And you may be able to improve it mo
Clear Type tuner:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/Step1.aspx
There's also a powertoy now:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
or http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ePowerToy.mspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.