Re: Change icon and font size on the All Programs menu?

Unfortunatly nothing in your long reply answered his question on how to
change the font size of the all programs menu.

Wesley Vogel;2899424 Wrote:
> > Is it possible to change the font and icon sizes on the All Programs
> menu
> > on the Start button in Windows XP?
>
> Yes.
>
> Start Menu Icon sizes.
>
> For the XP Start Menu...
> Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize
> button |
> General tab | Select Large icons or Small icons | Click OK | Click
> Apply |
> Click OK
>
> Large icons...
> [[Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the
> Start
> menu are displayed in a larger size.]]
>
> Small icons...
> [[Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the
> Start
> menu are displayed in a smaller size. You can increase the number of
> programs that are displayed in the most recently used programs list by
> increasing the number in the Programs box.]]
>
> For the Classic Start Menu...
> Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize
> button |
> Check or uncheck: Use Small Icons in Start menu
>
> Use Small Icons in Start menu checked...
> [[Reduces the size of the icons in the Start menu.]]
>
> Use Small Icons in Start menu unchecked uses larger icons.
>
> Step by Step Tutorials for Windows XP: Use Large Icons
> http://www.microsoft.com/enable/trai...argeicons.aspx
>
> Start Menu Font.
>
> If you select a windows and buttons setting other than Windows Classic,
> it
> will override the above settings, except in some older programs.
>
> Note: In order to fully use this feature you must have your Windows
> and
> buttons setting on Windows Classic.
>
> Windows Classic style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance
> tab
> of Display Properties, *NOT* Windows Classic theme on the Themes tab
> of
> Display Properties. These are two entirely different things.
>
> Display Properties | Appearance tab | Windows and buttons |
> Set to Windows Classic style
>
> You can change the look of individual items if you select Windows
> Classic
> style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab of Display
> Properties.
>
> You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
> window as
> you make changes before applying them.
>
> Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
> Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
> Window elements menu:
>
> * Menu
>
> Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
> Color
> 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size and
> Bold
> or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the bar
> height
> larger to accommodate the larger text size.
> Besides the text on the Start menu, this also affects right click
> menus;
> File, Edit, View, etc. text on the Menu bar; the text on File, Edit,
> View,
> etc. menus.
>
> Notes:
> * Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
> Windows
> Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab. If you
> select
> a different option, the theme determines the appearance of your menus,
> fonts, icons and other Window elements.
>
> * The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that
> do
> not display text.
>
> * Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title
> Bar and
> Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for either
> item
> are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme after you
> change
> fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop theme override
> your
> selections.
>
> * Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot in
> a
> rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image produced
> on
> the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel is the
> smallest
> element that display or print hardware and software can manipulate to
> create
> letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also called a pel.
>
> * Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color
> the
> same, it makes it tough to read any text.
>
> Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
> the
> different items that are displayed at the top in the preview window and
> the
> corresponding item will be listed in the Item list. For example if
> you
> click on Inactive Window, Inactive Title Bar will be displayed under
> Item.
> Click on the narrow border on the Inactive Window and Inactive Window
> Border
> will be listed. Click on any of the Minimize, Maximize or Close
> buttons [X]
> buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click on Active Window
> and
> Active Title Bar will be listed. Click on the word Normal and Menu
> will be
> listed. Click on the word Selected and Selected Items will be listed.
> Click where its says Window Text and Window will be listed. Click on
> the
> vertical scrollbar and Scrollbar will be listed. Click on the narrow
> border
> to the right of the vertical scroll bar and Active Window Border will
> be
> listed. Click on the words Message Text and Message Box will be
> listed.
> Click on the OK button and 3D Objects will be listed. Click on the
> preview
> window background and Desktop will be displayed.
>
> How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
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