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QuickBooks Tips :
Can't See? You are not alone-
Having trouble reading the QuickBooks screen?
Yes, you can make those itty bitty words in QuickBooks Larger!
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Changing the Display properties of Windows |
The Microsoft windows operating
system on your computer includes a feature
in the display properties that will allow you to change
the
font size, however this will not change the font size
for printed forms or reports.
From the windows menu > select control panel > select
Display > select the size of the text
Smaller is 100%, Medium is 125% and Larger is 150% of
the original font size
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Changing QuickBooks Font size in
Registers, Forms, Lists |
There is not a feature within
QuickBooks to make this change, however there is file
that you can manually open and edit to make this change.
With QuickBooks closed, navigate to the file named QBW.ini by opening windows explorer
Choose which Operating system
you have (For all QuickBooks versions 2007 and later):
Windows 7 - C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks
YEAR
Windows XP - C:\Documents
and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Intuit\QuickBooks YEAR
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Double click to open QBW.ini
Locate the [Fonts] section
Put your cursor at the end of the [FONTS] line and hit
enter
Type the following text: FontName=Arial and hit enter.
Type the following text: FontSize=12.3
Your file should look look similar to the one
to the right
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See the results for yourself!
What a difference 12.3 can make! |
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Changing QuickBooks Font size is not a
difficult task. Follow the steps outlined above will
reduce eye strain when working on your QuickBooks data
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