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CS5 Very small toolbar- Tried Preferences, Interface, Large and it doesn't work.

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May 23, 2010
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I have Win 7 and just got the CS5 Premium installed. Everything is fine in the other programs but Photoshop's toolbar and swatch pallette are so small that it is very hard to work with. The menu bar(file, edit, etc) all across the top look like they are are a 2 pt. font. They are also very hard to read. I tried setting it to large in the preferences but it didn'tchange anything. Any other suggestions?

Correct answer Mylenium

Your system's DPI setting in the display settings.

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dhawn6

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I am like the rest of you. I have 30 inch screens and have to roll my chair up to the screen to see it, I have tried large in settings, it didn't make a difference. Please if they are any fixes other than resetting screen please post.

Noel Carboni

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Could one of you with the problem please photograph or capture your screen, and post the image here?

What's impossible to be sure of, from the text above, is whether some folks are seeing larger fonts than others, or whether the single somewhat fixed display setup is simply too small for some eyes.

Is this the same size as what you're seeing? Make sure you click on these images to see them full size:

-Noel

Noel Carboni

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One thing I can suggest, for those of you running Windows 7, is to run the ClearType Tuner. You can make choices that will make small characters seem darker and easier to read.

-Noel

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mikeobe

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I'll have to look when I get home, but I don't think I've noticed this Problem at all! Win 7, 64 bit. Could it have something to do with the Video Card?

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sjhpubs

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I have a brand new machine. What I am noticing is that the full version of

Acrobat 9 is accessible, at least when it is used through the browser. So

they have made some progress but unless there is something really well

hidden in PS, there is still no way to make it fully accessible. The menu

items are accessible but not the menus or the palettes or the dialogue

boxes.

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toivoanderson

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Amen. I have a 30 inch monitor and 66 yr old eyes (and Windows 7). My workflow is constantly interrupted by having to change my seated position and thrust my head forward so that I can read the icons. It's like buying a Ferrari but being unable to adjust the seat. I find it a gross oversight and sleight to users who spend a lot of money to use their product, which supplies multiple options to manipulate the workspace and photographs but no way to adjust the fonts in the workspace.

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gambist1

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Have you tried making the menu options larger? Not idea I know, as the menu titles remain ridiculously small.

I used Control panel - App and Personalise - Personalize - change window glass colour - Adv application settings.

Then select from list of Items - Menu and make it larger font type and size (Verdana is nicely spaced for reading on screen). It does make the menu items list much larger.

I also tried Edit/prefs/Interface. UI text = large and I think it made the palette size a bit larger.

The real issue here is why does Adobe not conform to Windows accessibility options. I thought most companies now had to allow for reading problems on screens - I guess they just forgot it!!

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gambist1

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Well, I, for one, only purchased CS5 when I was assured by the sales rep on the phone that I was going to be "very happy" with the improvements Adobe has made in terms of accessibility. I was told that they finally did conform to the Windows accessibility practices and that I would be able to use these programs as I do any other (including Paint Shop Pro, which I have been using for decades partly because the Adobe products were not accessible.

And to add insult to injury, I now have a project with a deadline, and Adobe says I have to pay for telephone support. But I see here that it's not just me that is having these issues.

sjbh

I have now resorted to changing my screen res to 1280 x 960 and I can now (just) read everything on PS screen.

What a ridiculous situation though. I have not read any reviews that mention this lack of compatibility with Windows yet it is a very important point. And I don't know how to even start complaining to Adobe - any ideas?

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gambist1

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I have just installed CS5 and am having same problem. Also Win 7. The menu titles and icons in title bar are so tiny they are unreadable. Adjusting dpi size doesn't affect this program atr all. It seems as if Adobe doesn't respond to the usual Windows adjustments? Any ideas? I just can't see the menu titles. It is awful

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Honeydew56Author

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Do you have the trial version of CS5? That is what I am using and I will be getting the disks today. I'm hoping once I install the disks that my tools and menus will get bigger. I did read where you can manually set the dpi to 149% or 151% in your display settings. That didn't help with making the tools any bigger but it did take away the triple cursor problem that I had in Photoshop Elements. If you find a solution, let me know.

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gambist1

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I have the full version of CS5. Nothing will change the title bar text. If I play around with my Win7 display settings I can increase the size of everything else, slide bars, menus themselves, palettes, but not Adobe menu titles. Dreamweaver seems the same, it has teeny weeny text and is nearly unreadable.

I am very cross about this, every other program is amenable to being changed within Windows - why not this one?

MyleniumCorrect answer

Legend

Your system's DPI setting in the display settings.

Mylenium

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Honeydew56Author

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I have always had my system appearance/display setting set at "Larger" (150%). I did go to the control panel and changed the screen resolution from 1920 x 1080 down to 1360 x 768. That made the tools and menus the correct size. But then all my other programs(and desktop) had huge menus and tools. They were so large that it would be hard to work in those programs. So I set it back to 1920 x 1080 and I'm back to the microscopic tools and menus in Photoshop. Is there anything else that you could recommend? Thanks for your help.