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Excel automatic reduced print size - all print size change to small, all positions are wrong

My company have one file shared for users, it provided by another company and set the print area NOT allow to change (password protected) User A, B using same configuration computer, same OS and ...
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Could a display or monitor use subpixel rendering when used at a higher or lower resolution than its native one?

My neighbor insists that a $75 22" (as of 2024) HDMI display that is advertised as 1080p is 4K because his Xbox asks to enable 4K gaming when he uses it. It probably just accepts a higher ...
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All Chrome-based browsers have fractional pixel size on my system

I'm using an Ubuntu-based OS with XOrg as the display server. I don't have system-wide scaling enabled, and if I open this test in Firefox, it shows that the displayPixelRatio is 1. However, if I open ...
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Jagged/bad quality resolution after attaching second monitor

I have a 2560 x 1440, 144 Hz monitor and a 3840 x 2160, 144 Hz monitor. I use a Geforce RTX 4070 TI. The monitor with the lower resolution used to provide good quality when it was combined with a full ...
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How to select text scale of > 175% on a 3840 x 1100 secondary monitor?

I have a Windows 10 Version 22H2 (build 19045.3324) laptop with 3 monitors: The primary builtin monitor, 3840 x 2162, 16.5" A secondary builtin ScreenPad monitor, 3840 x 1100, 14" An ...
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Where is resizing done when non native resolution is used on LCD screens - in the drivers or by the monitor itself?

Where is done image resizing/upscaling when a non native resolution is used on a LCD/IPS/OLED, any fixed resolution screen? Is it done by the OS, by its drivers, or by the monitor itself? Let's say my ...
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Windows 11 Single (Main Laptop Monitor) custom scaling while other monitors scaling shouldn't change

I am using a laptop in a multi-monitor setup and also on the go. While the default scaling options are somewhat fine for my laptop monitor, I find 125% scaling to be too small and 150% to be too big ...
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How to change website scale? Live Preview extention for Visual Studio Code

I use Live Preview extention for Visual Studio Code (Windows). Is there any way to change or reduce scale of website preview? I tried using Ctrl + Plus/Minus - it affects the whole Visual Studio Code ...
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Windows 10 Scaling Issue with Java 11 Application

We have recently upgraded an application which has been using Java 8 but was upgraded to Java 11 during the process. Now we are faced with the following problem: Users are working on a HiDPI Laptop (...
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Blurry distorted text and icons

So my text and icons look blurry, distorted and It also looks like small top portion of letters are being cut off by like 1 pixel. But the thing is that 20% of right side of the screen seem normal, ...
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Fractional display scaling: get and set in terminal

How do I get current fractional scaling value via terminal? E.g. with GUI set to 125%: gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor returns 0 gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface ...
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Tiny fonts on a Windows Server 2016 Standard Chrome file open dialog

I run an instance of Windows Server 2016 Standard inside a Hyper-V VM. All scaling, fonts and resolution looks fine across all apps, with 1 exception: Google Chrome's file browser dialog: the ...
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Windows 11 having probems with windows on multiple monitors with different scaling

I've got two fullHD monitors connected to a 4k laptop, with 100% and 300% scaling. My problem is that when I try to pull a window from the 4k monitor to another the window won't scale back to 100% ...
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How to reduce Win 10 display scale of everything to 50% or less?

everyone! Hey, the mobo on my main Win 10 desktop computer is broke and I can't afford to replace it yet. So I'm trying to use my Toshiba Satellite laptop running 64-bit Windows 10 Pro (an older ...
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Too big UI of few programs, and to big webpages

In my Microsoft Edge, and Firefox program UI are too big, and also contents of webpages are too big. I have set 100% dpi, no custom scaling. This issue appear only in Firefox and Edge. How can I fix ...
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When I access a server that has multiple DNS IP addresses, which one do I use?

Right now if I run host superuser.com, I get: superuser.com has address 151.101.193.69 superuser.com has address 151.101.1.69 superuser.com has address 151.101.65.69 superuser.com has address 151.101....
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Awfully large screenshots; is there anything to do about this?

My new laptop has half-4K display. In order to look "usable" Windows 11 suggests 300% scaling on all elements. Most UI elements looks just fine, but Snipping Tool is not able to recognize ...
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What variant of Spline algorithm is used in "spline" parameter from "scale" filter?

FFmpeg has two filters to scale the video: scale and zscale - zscale has spline16 and spline36 parameters (they represent Spline16 and Spline36 variants of the algorithm), scale has spline parameter. ...
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Automatically adjust scaling of a display when a second monitor is plugged in [Windows 10]

I currently have a work laptop that I would like to have the scaling set to 125% when it is plugged into another monitor/docked, and set to 100% when it is not plugged in. Does anyone know of any ways ...
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Only Maintain Display Scaling in Intel graphics control panel

I want to scale my display for 4:3, but in intel graphics control panel i have only Maintain Display Scaling and in Nvidia control panel i dont have display tab. intel panel nvidia panel How can I ...
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How to disable GPU scaling on Windows when drivers provide no such option

Alternative questions: Disabling screen stretch under lower resolutions on Windows. Force matching screen resolution to display pixels 1:1. Full story: quite often (especially for older apps) ...
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ffmpeg scaling with precise edges?

i'd like to extract thumbnails from videos. the problem i'm running into is that the boundaries of the reduced images aren't clear due to edge effects in the scaling algorithm. here is a simple mire ...
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Custom scaling laptop for CRT TV

I have searched online but has not found a solution. I have a CRT tv with aspect ratio 4:3. I need to connect my laptop to the TV with HDMI to AV adapter. It works fine but I am having problems with ...
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What could be the reason for difference in clarity on two different displays with approximately same DPI?

I have two displays - LG 22" monitor (22MP68VQ) which has a FullHD resolution (1920x1080) with DPI = 100. Contents are displayed without scaling. Lenovo X1 carbon 6th gen laptop screen (14")...
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RDP: Reset display scaling setting?

I encountered a problem with a Windows 10 Enterprise system which is executing local GUI based programs executed on a logged-in local user account. This local user-profile is accessed from multiple ...
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Downscaling VP9 from 4K to 1080p without re-compression

I have a video file that is a 4K upscale of a 1080p video in VP9 (upscaled to 4K to force Youtube to use higher bitrate for the video). I want to downscale the 4K video file to 1080p while (...
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Restore CPU Scaling after Resume from Sleep

Starting from boot, my computer responds to system load normally, with Windows 10 able to scale the processor speed higher or lower. But, after resuming operation from Sleep, the computer seems to ...
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Windows 10 make text bigger problems with office apps

If I go on Windows 10 to Settings -> Display -> Make Text Bigger and drag the slider to increase text to 110% my office apps appear with fuzzy text. I'm not scaling though, but just making the ...
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Is there a way to limit display resolution options in Windows 10?

I'm trying to find out if it is possible to restrict or edit the list of possible resolutions offered in the Windows 10 Display Settings. I would want to make sure that if the user changes the ...
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Is there any way to account for higher DPI scaling in case of Windows internal utilities

Because of high resolution of my displays I have to turn to using higher DPI scaling (125% and 150%). Windows 10 is smart enough to take it into account when rendering most of the program windows, so ...
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FFmpeg: scaling RGB at 16 bits/channel = inaccurate color output

I'm trying to scale an RGB image in a gamma-correct way, i.e. with a gamma transform before and after the scaler. Because gamma correction at 8 bits/channel creates "banding", I convert the ...
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ffmpeg filter_complex connecting outputs

I do splitscreens with ffmpeg xstack - these get really large after some iterations, so I want to scale them down in the process. But I get the error "Filter scale has an unconnected output"....
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Display / Browser resolutions

On a Lenovo thinkpad 15", I have a resolution of 1920x1080. Windows 10 recommends a 125% scaling on the laptop screen. I expected a screen-width (in pixels) of 1536px but this system gives me ...
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Is it possible to change display scaling to 150% via command line?

I found this batch file and it gets me close Is it possible to change display scaling via command line?_ . I'd like 1 batch file that gets me to 150% without any more clicking than a batch file ...
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Scaling Spotify client on Linux HiDPI display

On my Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon I just installed Spotify like this: curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com ...
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Why win 10 display scaling is disabled

I have win 10 Dell 7480 machine. Integrated graphic card Intel HD Graphics 620. The screen is pretty old CHIMEI-24EH HDMI, and is co connected with HDMI cable. I am trying to adjust DPI scaling, but ...
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Google search results too wide in Edge and Chrome at recommended scaling in Windows 10

I have a 7th gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon with a FHD screen. The recommended scaling is at 150%, which for me works well for almost everything... except this little rendering issue that keeps bugging me. In ...
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Windows 10: different scaling when using external display vs laptop only

Is there any software/trick that would set my laptop display scaling differently when external monitor is connected vs no external monitor? When I go fully mobile I have the laptop screen close to ...
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Print an image in several sheets with real size

I have a png with a specific dimension. In real life that would be 80cm * 30cm. I looking for a way to print that in real life size in several sheets. It needs to be as precise as possible since its ...
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Display resolution and scaling

I have a 27" monitor with 3840x2160 resolution. I use 150 % scaling, does my monitor fit the same amount of information as a 2560x1440 monitor? I consider getting ultrawide so I can keep two ...
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FFmpeg - Is it better to scale mosaic videos at the input or the output?

The (batch) script below produces a mosaic of the nine input videos: FFMPEG ^ -y -i "v1.mp4" -i "v2.mp4" -i "v3.mp4" -i "v4.mp4" -i "v5.mp4" -i "v6.mp4" -i "v7.mp4" -i "v8.mp4" -i "v9.mp4" ^ -...
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Windows 10 display resolution is getting scaled

I'm trying to hook up my new Dell Inspiron 15 5000 to my QHD monitor and having problems with the display resolution. The Display settings dialog (Desktop->Display Settings) lists the maximum ...
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Windows 10 Multiple 4K Displays - All Windows Move To Primary Monitor On Resume BUT ONLY When Text Scaling Not Set To 100%

I've got a really odd problem that I can't seem to get to the bottom of. Here's the setup: Dell XPS 13 9380 Intel UHD Graphics 620 Windows 10 18363.592 Dell WD19TB Dock XPS 13 connected via ...
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Adjusting printer vertical scaling in PPD file?

I've got two printers on my Linux system with CUPS 2.2.7: HP Office Jet 8725 Brother HL-2350 DW My problem is: I want to print business cards (eg. 85x54 mm), but the paper is too thick for the ...
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Disable custom scaling factor

Each time I restart my Windows 10 I have applied custom scaling factor. In order to get scaling I need I should always press Turn off custom scaling and sign out. How to disable custom custom scaling ...
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Individual "Custom Scaling" per monitor in Windows 10 (1809)?

I am a happy Windows 10 user. Now I got a new 13 inch laptop that has a 1920 x 1080 resolution and the pixels are tiny. I could even live with those tiny pixels if I would not be using it with an ...
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Windows 10 icon names not wrapping after resolution and scaling changes

I changed the scaling and resolution of my monitor but it somehow messed up the icon names on my desktop. I have tried resetting and changing desktop theme but nothing seems to work. Icon names are ...
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RemoteApp doesn't apply correct scaling initially

I have a large app that we are delaying supporting dynamic DPI for. Currently, when we launch our app via RemoteApp (RDP to our Windows Server 2016 server) on a high DPI screen, the text and controls ...
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Change Display Scaling on Main Monitor via Batch

I followed this guide: Is it possible to change display scaling via command line? which works, but only for my secondary monitor which is set as monitor 1 and the main is monitor 2 in Windows. I was ...
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Unable to change text-scaling-factor on gnome 3.30.2

On debian (testing) with gnome 3.30.2 I am unable to change the text-scaling-factor to 1.25. Neither the tweak-tool nor using the gsettings command works: As you can see on the screenshot the plus ...
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