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• Increasing font sizes in dialog boxes

TechTip of the Month Contest Winner of May 2004:

László Nagy's tip on increasing font sizes in dialog boxes on Windows!

"(...) I use a 19" monitor with 1600/1200 pixels display area. The digits in the Coordinate Box are very small and can't be seen well."

On Windows it is possible to enlarge the font size in this (and other) smaller dialog boxes:

1. Quit ArchiCAD.

2. Open the Registry Editor by typing 'regedit' in the Run... dialog (Start/Run...) and hitting 'Enter'.

3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD\ArchiCAD 8.1.0 INT R2\Font Description
   Be sure to choose the ArchiCAD version you are currently using!

4. Here double-click the 'Extra Small Dialog Font Size' value and change it to e.g. 14 or 15 from 12 (see screenshot for steps to follow).
   

5. Then click on 'OK', and quit the Registry Editor.

6. Restart ArchiCAD - no need to put on those glasses :o)
   

Hint: Other fonts control various other font sizes of Dialogs and palettes of ArchiCAD.

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