Re: [NTLK] Zooming in the Newton?

From: Woody Smith (woody_at_bitstream.net)
Date: Sun May 23 2004 - 14:56:34 PDT


I set the margins to screen width which means that I only have vertical
scrolling. And while this is much less than you ask for it allows me
to use font size to increase readability. Use print and preview to see
layout of full page.

Woody

On Sunday, May 23, 2004, at 04:29 PM, kareljansens wrote:

>
> So, here goes: one of the things I loved about Psions was the fact
> that you
> could easily zoom the display in and out without any repercussions to
> the
> formatting of the text. I liked this, because it gave the ability to
> both see
> text more clearly, by selecting a high zoom level and therefore a large
> screen typeface, or work on the layout, by selecting a small screen
> typeface.
> Psions even allowed you to select wrap-to-screen or wrap-to-page with
> one key
> combination.
>
> I really miss this in the Newton, especially in Newtworks where, if
> the page
> margins are not selected _very_ carefully, a lot of scrolling will
> happen.
> Has anyone ever looked at the possibility of incorporating such a
> thing into
> the Newton?
>
> Karel Jansens

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