Re: circle or oval

You say you bought a new monitor. Did you change anything on your computer 
when you attached the new monitor? Does the new monitor have a different 
aspect ratio (height/width)? I'm guessing the monitor does have a different 
aspect ratio and that you didn't change anything on the computer. This means 
you are running at the incorrect resolution. If you bought an LCD monitor, 
the ONLY resolution you should use is the native resolution of the display. 
Anything else will degrade the quality and most likely also cause the 
problem you are seeing.


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Not sure if this is a CDX3 issue, monitor issue or video card issue.
I bought a new Acer monitor and all circles look like ovals. See attached 
screenshot. Very annoying. It measures and prints correctly. Measuring with 
a ruler on screen it's 7.5" top to bottom and 9.25" left to right.
PPX3 is 
the same.
How do I get my circles to look like circles?
thanks 

You will have to calibrate your display in the options menu. Also if you are 
not running your monitor at it's native resolution you will have problems. 
This has nothing to do with Draw!

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Alfred
http://www.alfredky.com
"Shank" <shank@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Not sure if this is a CDX3 issue, monitor issue or video card issue.
>
> I bought a new Acer monitor and all circles look like ovals. See attached 
> screenshot. Very annoying. It measures and prints correctly. Measuring 
> with a ruler on screen it's 7.5" top to bottom and 9.25" left to
right. 
> PPX3 is the same.
>
> How do I get my circles to look like circles?
>
> thanks
>
> 

You adjust the font sizes through Windows; those sizes also carry 
through to most application programs. Right click on an empty space in 
the Windows desk top (same way you set the resolution to this point), 
then under *appearance* adjust the font sizes, icon sizes etc. You can 
set "large" fonts, sort of globally there, or you can use the
"advanced" 
  to set individual items (many of which are *extremely* obscure.)

Be careful; some "advanced" settings can have unintended consequences
if 
you get carried away with their size.

BTW CDGS X4 allows you to choose the size of all its icons--X4 
out-of-the-box is a heavy duty eye test until you change to medium or 
large icons within X4.

And Foster is absolutely correct--LCDs MUST be run at their native 
resolution (which burned me when I updated a client's system with a wide 
screen monitor only to find his ageing video card couldn't support its 
native resolution--had to upgrade it with dollars coming out of my pocket!

Shank wrote:
> The native resolution happens to be the issue. I prefer 1024 x 768. When I

> change it to the highest (which I assume is 'native') the circle is much 
> better, if not perfect. However, I need a magnifying glass to read
anything. 
> I up the font size and that just doesn't seem to work well under all 
> programs. I don't think there's any new LCD monitors that have a high 
> resolution of 1024 x 768. So how do I get my cake and eat it too?
> 
> thanks
>

The native resolution happens to be the issue. I prefer 1024 x 768. When I 
change it to the highest (which I assume is 'native') the circle is much 
better, if not perfect. However, I need a magnifying glass to read anything. 
I up the font size and that just doesn't seem to work well under all 
programs. I don't think there's any new LCD monitors that have a high 
resolution of 1024 x 768. So how do I get my cake and eat it too?

thanks

"Foster D. Coburn III" <foster--remove--@unleash.com> wrote in
message 
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> You say you bought a new monitor. Did you change anything on your computer

> when you attached the new monitor? Does the new monitor have a different 
> aspect ratio (height/width)? I'm guessing the monitor does have a 
> different aspect ratio and that you didn't change anything on the 
> computer. This means you are running at the incorrect resolution. If you 
> bought an LCD monitor, the ONLY resolution you should use is the native 
> resolution of the display. Anything else will degrade the quality and most

> likely also cause the problem you are seeing.
>
>
> -- 
> Foster D. Coburn III
> CorelDRAW Unleashed
> http://www.coreldrawunleashed.com
> Books, Boot Camps, Conferences and Magazines
>
>
>