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natalijad
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November 6, 2019
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[Locked] Re: Resolution Settings -- DW Menus are too small

  • November 6, 2019
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How to adjust display's resolution settings downward in OS? And what is OS?

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

CS6 is legacy software from 2012.  It was never Hi-dpi aware.  And it never will be because Adobe stopped supporting Creative Suite when Creative Cloud was released in 2013.   The best you can do is dial back your display settings to a lower screen resolution that's better for your eyes.  See  the correct answer to this related discussion below.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/Dreamweaver/Increasing-the-size-of-fonts-on-the-menu-bar/m-p/10723182#M55921

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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November 15, 2019

I have branched this to a new discussion because the other one is 2 years out of date.

  • Which version of DW do you have?
  • Which operating system do you have?

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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natalijadAuthor
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November 15, 2019

I have Adobe Master Collection CS6 and Windows 10 (I bought new laptop couple weeks ago)

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natalijadAuthor
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November 22, 2019

I am sorry that you are experiencing the problems, seemingly from more than one source.

 

As one of the moderators, I have no knowledge of the rejected reply and am therefore not able to comment.

 

As far as the problem related to a Hi-DPI screen is concerned, I agree that Adobe should have facilitated Hi-DPI as far back as Dreamweaver CS6. Since then, the Hi-DPI problem has been fixed in later versions of Dreamweaver alongside many other improvements. 

 

Quite often, software has to be updated to cater for continual improvements in equipment and operating systems. One glaring example is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system which makes Dreamweaver totaly unuseable. Is this the fault of Adobe or of the operating system?

 

Leaving emotions aside, the best way forward is to take out a Dreamweaver CC subscription. This will always give you the updated version. For more info see https://www.adobe.com/au/creativecloud/plans.html?promoid=FR7NZ7YY&mv=other

 

Another option is to find a Dreamweaver replacement like the free version of Visual Studio or the paid for version of Wappler


Thank you Ben, I appreciate it. I am frustrated with this issue, as you can tell. I realize, technology has its limitations, just like we humans do.
I have no idea why you suggest that I am "experiencing the problems, seemingly from more than one source", when I never wrote such thing and in fact wrote that I have only issues with using Adobe, nothing else. As if you imply that the problem lies in me and my resources, rather than in poor quality of Adobe, which off course is not the case and not nice to imply.
Nancy also suggested that problem is with Windows or with graphic card, shoving fault anywhere else but to Adobe. If Adobe doesn't take responsibility for their software not working with new technologies, than I feel sorry for them. Bright people will sense that and know better than to use companies like that.

I don't know what Hi-DPI is (and it doesn't really matter), but I am sure that many things could be in advance anticipated, so Adobe could have anticipated Hi-DPI and build their software to last. If many other old programs can work seamlessly with new laptops and Hi-DPI, then Adobe should have too, but as it seems, it is not in the best interest of Adobe to create software that lasts, because it is in their financial interest to charge us again and again for something that we already bought, which sucks. It makes no sense to pay for expensive monthly subscription because if I bought a software, it should last, considering how expensive it is. If Microsoft could offer all their Windows 8 users a free upgrade to Windows 10 and they update our software always for free, without asking us for subscription, then Adobe could too, but it doesn't because it is profit-driven, rather than virtue-driven. If Adobe cared, they would offer a free upgrade to their buyers, because it is not our fault that their software is outdated and doesn't work with new technology, it is their fault that they don't build quality software that can work with any new technologies.

It is a capitalistic world we are living in, driven by profits rather than by kindness and generosity. I hope that with postcapitalism Adobe and other postcapitalistic companies base their business models on virtues, rather than profits.
Have a nice day.

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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November 6, 2019

OS = operating system. 

Change screen resolution on Windows 7 or 10.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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natalijadAuthor
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November 15, 2019

Thank you, Nancy. On the first link you gave me, the explanation is off because there is no option Adjust screen resolution under under Appearance and Personalization in Control Panel. Here is the screenshot:

 

On the other link you gave, the site wanted me to accept something about privacy, which I didn't want to accept for now.

I don't know if screen resolution and display resolution is the same or not, but my display resolution is on 125% and 1920 x 1080 as recommended.

Please advise what to do about it.

In the meantime I did Windows High DPI Fix as explanied here:

https://danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/

However, this only scaled the fonts, which kind of works for the fonts in the Menus, but it is blurry and hard on my eyes when I work with DW's html files.

So my question is, even if I find in the Control Panel the ption Adjust screen resolution with your help, what exactly shall I do there and would that do the same - just scale it so that it is blurry, or would that fix it?

 

I just can't believe that Adobe is so bad, that it puts us through so much troubles in order to use their expensive software!!! I wasted so much time in finding a solution and still haven't find one and still can't use DW for too long because it is hard on my eyes.

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