HD screen Windows 8 device display settings and optimization

Let the traditional desktop taskbar display large icons

In Windows traditional desktops, non-HD screens display small icons on the taskbar to hold more content, but these small-sized icons display the area on the HD screen. It will be too small, so we may set the icon on the taskbar to a large size, which can fully display the display accuracy of the high-definition screen, and make the user see more clearly and easily.

The method is simple: right-click on the taskbar, click on “Attributes” from the menu, and then uncheck “Use small taskbar button” in the taskbar tab. , click “OK”.
Icon: Win8 traditional desktop taskbar displays small size icons
Icon: Let Win8 traditional desktop taskbar display large size icons

Change all item sizes in the control panel

If we want to change not only the program icon button in the taskbar, but also want to further change the size of all display items such as the window, the pop-up dialog box and the text size of the display content, etc., we can open Win8's "Control Panel" — Appearance and Personalization & mdash; Display & rdquo; set. We can globally zoom the entire screen and elements, with presets of 100%, 125%, 150% and a custom 200%.

The easiest way to reduce the screen resolution (not recommended)

It is the easiest and most intuitive way to reduce the screen resolution by setting it, such as changing the 1920× 1080 pixel resolution to 1366× 768 pixels. This can directly enlarge all the display elements, but this is a waste of HD display, which can be used occasionally, not recommended.

The operation steps are as follows: First enter the Win8 control panel. Press the shortcut key “Win+X” in any state, a system function menu will appear in the lower left corner of the screen, select “ldquo; control panel” to quickly enter the Win8 traditional desktop and Windows control panel. The touch screen user can use his finger to slide up from the bottom of the screen. Win8 starts to display the function area at the bottom of the screen, click the “All Apps” icon on the right side, and then find “Control Panel” to open.
Icon: directly reduce the display resolution in the Win8 control panel

After entering the Win8 control panel, click <; Appearance and Personalization & mdash; Display & mdash; Screen Resolution & rdquo; To see the current display device status, on the right side of the “Resolution” setting, we can select a different resolution by clicking the drop-down menu. After setting it to a lower resolution and determining it, you can see that the content displayed on the large screen of the Win8 device has been scaled up.
Icon: Reduce display resolution directly in Win8 control panel

Start Win8“Easy to use “Enlarge all content on screen"switch

For Win8 The start screen setting, we can open all the content on the screen in the “Easy to use” setting interface, so that all the content on the screen is enlarged, and the number of lines displayed on the screen is displayed. It will change as well, but the display status under the traditional desktop will not change.

The operation steps are as follows: first enter the Win8 system setting interface, the touch user can use the finger to swipe from the right side of the screen to the left, or move the mouse to the upper right or lower right corner of the screen to bring up the super button menu. (Charm menu bar), then select the "Settings" button, the keyboard operation is to directly press the "Win+i" key, select "Change computer settings". Click "Easy to use" &

Note: This setting switch is only available in HD screen. When the resolution is set to 1366× 768 or lower, the button is grayed out and unavailable.
Icon: In the Win8<;Easy to use" setting interface, "Enlarge all the content on the screen" switch on
Icon: In the Win8 & ldquo;Easy to use & ldquo; setting interface will "zoom in the screen" All the contents on the ” switch on
Icon: The size of the tile in the Win8 start screen is enlarged

Note that once we set a larger display scale, the article size will expand simultaneously, then The text size can no longer be modified by manual settings.

If we only need to modify the text size separately, we can make the text in the title bar, menu, message box, palette title, icon and tooltip more flexible while maintaining the default display scale. The font size setting.
Temporary use of magnifying glass

In addition to the permanent settings mentioned above to magnify the displayed content, you can also temporarily zoom in on the content viewed through a magnifying glass. In addition, the text in many programs supports Ctrl+mouse wheel for text size adjustment, which is easier to view after simple changes.

Let's take a look at the methods and techniques for setting the size of the Windows 8 Modern interface.