HD screen Windows 8 device display setup and optimization

Make the traditional desktop taskbar display large icons

In the Windows traditional desktop, non-HD screen display small icons on the taskbar can accommodate more content, but these small size icons on the HD Screen display area will be too small, so we may want to set the icon on the taskbar to large size, so that you can fully display the high-definition screen display accuracy, It also allows users to see more clearly and easily.

The method is simple: Click the right mouse button on the taskbar, select "Properties" from the menu, and then cancel the "Use Small taskbar button" Check in the Taskbar tab and click OK.

Diagram: Win8 traditional desktop taskbar display small size icon

Icon: let Win8 traditional desktop taskbar display large size icons

Change all item dimensions in Control Panel

If we want to change more than just the program icon button in the taskbar, and want to further change all the display items such as Windows, pop-up dialogs, and the text size of the displayed content, we can set up the Win8 Control Panel-appearance and personalization-display. We can magnify the entire screen and the elements globally, scaling includes presets 100%, 125%, 150%, and custom 200%.

Easiest to reduce screen resolution (not recommended)

Setting down screen resolution is the easiest way to do this, such as modifying the 1920x1080 pixel resolution to the 1366x768 pixel, so that you can magnify all the display elements directly, but this is a bit wasteful for high-definition displays, which you can occasionally temporarily use, not recommended.

The operation steps are as follows: First, enter the Win8 control Panel. In any state, press the shortcut key "Win+x", the lower left corner of the screen will appear a system function menu, select "Control Panel" can quickly enter the Win8 traditional desktop and Windows Control Panel. Touch screen users can use their fingers to slide up from the bottom of the screen, Win8 start the bottom of the screen to appear functional area, click on the right side of the "All apps" icon, and then find "Control Panel" open.

Diagram: Lower the display resolution directly in the WIN8 Control Panel

After entering the WIN8 Control Panel, click on "Appearance and personalization-display-screen resolution", where you can see the current display device status, the "Resolution" set to the right, we click on the Drop-down menu to choose a different resolution. When set to a lower resolution and determined, you can see that the content displayed on the WIN8 device's large screen expands proportionally.

Diagram: Lower the display resolution directly in the WIN8 Control Panel

Start the "Enlarge all content on screen" switch in Win8 "easy to use"

For the start screen setting for Win8, we can turn on the "Everything on the screen" switch in the "Easy to use" Setup interface so that all the content in the screen is magnified and the number of lines displayed in the Start screen changes, but the display status under the traditional desktop does not change.

Operation steps are as follows: First enter the WIN8 system Setup interface, touch users can use their fingers to move from the right side of the screen to the left, or move the mouse to the top right corner of the screen or lower right corner, the Super button menu bar (Charm menu bar), and then select the "Settings" button, the keyboard operation is to press the "Win+i" key, Select "Change computer settings." Click "Easy to use" again.

Note: This setting switch is only available under the High Definition screen and is grayed out when the resolution is set to 1366x768 or lower.

Diagram: Turn on the "Enlarge all content on screen" switch in the Win8 "easy to use" settings interface

Diagram: Turn on the "Enlarge all content on screen" switch in the Win8 "easy to use" settings interface

Icon: Win8 Start screen in the size of the magnetic paste enlarged

Note that once we set a larger display scale, the article size will be enlarged synchronously, and then you can no longer modify the text size manually.

If we only need to modify the text size individually, you can make more flexible font size settings for the text in the title bar, menus, message boxes, color palette headers, icons, and ToolTips, and so on, in the default display scale.

Use Magnifier temporarily

In addition to the previous set of permanent settings to enlarge the contents of the display, you can temporarily enlarge the view through the magnifying glass. In addition, the text in many programs supports the resizing of text by Ctrl + mouse wheel, making it easier to view after a simple change.

Let's take a look at the methods and techniques for displaying the dimension settings in the Windows 8 modern interface.