From: ctcboater@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 10/10/2010 2:17 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote:   
   > On 10/9/2010 15:00, knuttle wrote:   
   >> On 10/9/2010 7:02 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote:   
   >>> I am using XP in an Acer netbook. The netbook has the wide (Cinerama)   
   >>> screen and it is fine for movies and such but can be very annoying when   
   >>> dealing with a web site that isn't formatted in wide screen, like banks   
   >>> and professional databases.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is similar to watching a non-HD television program on an HD screen,   
   >>> but on that one I can go to "Normal" and just use part of the screen but   
   >>> it shows the whole picture. I can't figure out how to do that. Is it   
   >>> possible?   
   >>>   
   >>> gm   
   >>   
   >> I handle the diferent aspec ratios is several ways.   
   >>   
   >> One is to make the 4:3 ratio the width of my wide screen and then   
   >> scroll thrugh   
   >> it like you do with some large pages on a 4:3 screen. This gives me   
   >> larger   
   >> characters which makes them easier to read.   
   >>   
   >> Another is to place the webpage in a 4:3 window on one edge of the   
   >> wide screen   
   >> and place what ever else I am working on the other edge. It may be a   
   >> spreadsheet, a list, or another webpage.   
   >>   
   >> Some time I just ignore it.   
   >>   
   >> I have heard that some people place all of the desktop icons on the   
   >> left and   
   >> then create a 4:3 browser window on the right, so all of thier icons   
   >> area easily   
   >> available with out moving the browser window.   
   >   
   > I guess that's going to be the way I'll have to do it, by decreasing the   
   > screen size of the window. I am sure it will work but will have to be   
   > done individually for every window. I had been hoping for a switchable   
   > "fix".   
   >   
   > Thanks to you and Grinder for the replies.   
   >   
   > gm   
   >   
   You can use Autohotkey to automatically size each window as it opens   
   with its Winmove function.   
      
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