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Why are my indesign toolbars/panels so tiny?

Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2018 Jan 31, 2018

I just recently got a new laptop that has a 4K screen, and the panels and text within the program are so tiny. Even when I lower the screen resolution or drag the program onto my non-4K second monitor, it doesn't change the problem at all. I've been searching the internet for over an hour and can't seem to find anything. How do I adjust the scaling?

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Enthusiast ,
Jan 31, 2018 Jan 31, 2018

I found an answer in an threat from 2016:

mytaxsite.co.uk le 22 juin 2016 18:09

Actually there is away if you manage to override the Adobe manifests by using the technique given this article:

<Adobe App Scaling on High DPI Displays (FIX) « Dan Antonielli >

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2018 Jan 31, 2018

This worked for the scale, but now my display is slightly pixelated.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 01, 2018 Feb 01, 2018
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What version of InDesign? UI scaling is not available in CS6 or earlier. If you are using CS6 you can stop reading now.

Assuming you have the latest version of InDesign. What is the operating system display scaling set to (right click the desktop and choose display settings)?

Try 150% and 200% and then set the InDesign UI scaling (edit>preferences>UI scaling) to use the smaller scale (which is also 150%) and larger (which is 200%). This will keep those percentages in sync and give you a sharp display.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 31, 2018 Jan 31, 2018

Hi Kelley:

Are you on Mac or Windows?

~Barb

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2018 Jan 31, 2018

PC with Windows 10

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