Increase Font Size in Help Files

How can I increase the font size of the help file? Ever since Microsoft
'upgraded' the help file interface, the menu item to increase font size
is gone. I'm using Solidworks 2004 running under Windows 2000.

In a couple of places I have read that if I set Internet Explorer to
use 'Larger' or 'Largest' font size the help file (.chm) will follow
it. On my machine, that doesn't have any effect. Is there a registry
item I can add or modify?

It's pretty hard to learn more about Solidworks without using the help
file, and it's hard for me to read. Thanks!

 

As a last resort there is a magnifying glass in the Accesibility folder.

 

Or you could lower your resolution. Though normally this is the last
last resort, as it changes the size of everything.

Corey

 

I had the same problem, then I got these newfangled things called "glasses"

Problem solved

Mark

 

Well, I kept looking and have solutions. Thanks, everyone!

I've checked out the magnifying glass tool and it's not very usable,
though if you were desperate it might be ok.

Glasses I already have.

Lowering the screen resolution is not an option if I want Solidworks
and everything else to be normally functional, but one guy suggested
running a second monitor, and setting it at lower resolution. This I
did, and though my desk is more crowded, it's a fine solution, and
pretty handy in general for keeping other windows visible for
reference.

And someone just told me how to get the IE font size control to
actually take effect, which now works properly, and is a fine solution:

John Sweeney wrote:

The help files are compiled using HTML help, so they obey your Internet
Explorer settings. The help files use a 9pt Verdana font.

If you find that this isn't big enough, there is one workaround.
Unfortunately, or fotunately (depending on how you perceive it), this
change will also affect the font on any web page you view with Internet
Explorer.

In Internet Explorer:
A. Click Tools, Internent Options.
B. Click 'Accessibility'.
C. Select 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'.
D. Click OK twice.
E. Click View, Text Size and pick one of the text sizing options.

Steps B and C were what I hadn't figured out. You have to close and
reopen the Solidworks Help window for the change to take effect.