Firefox sizing

dogmaryxx

Have downloaded firefox to wifes laptop/vista but webpages are too big for screen yet ok on IE. Any suggestions?

Jaffa.

Has your wife got the laptop at the correct resolution? It may be that she has the resolution set too low and the zoom level in IE set less than 100%

dogmaryxx

Resolution and zoom are ok.
Tried this but did not work
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Firefox window is too large or opens off screen


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If Firefox windows open off screen or are too large to use, you may need to reset Firefox's controls and toolbars.

1. Close down Firefox completely: At the top of the Firefox window, click the File menu, and select the Exit menu item.Close down Firefox completely: On the menu bar, click the Firefox menu, and select the Quit Firefox menu item.Close down Firefox completely: At the top of the Firefox window, click the File menu, and select the Quit menu item.
2. In Windows, click
   Start
   , open the All Programs list, and navigate to the Mozilla Firefox folder. In the Mozilla Firefox folder, select Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode).3, Mac OS:
   Hold down the Option key, as you start Firefox.
   
   2.0, Mac OS:
   Go to the Utilities directory (in the Applications folder) and open Terminal, then run:/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -safe-mode
   
   Go to your Terminal and run:/path/to/firefox/firefox -safe-mode
3. Firefox should start up with a Firefox Safe Mode dialog.
   Note: You can also start Firefox in Safe Mode by clicking
   Start
   , selecting Run (or use the Start Search box in Windows Vista) and then entering the following in the text field:
   firefox -safe-mode
4. Check mark Reset toolbars and controls.
5. Click
   Make Changes and Restart
   to restart Firefox
   
   

dogmaryxx

Now trying this


Toolbars and page content appear too large after upgrading to Firefox 3


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If you find that after upgrading to Firefox 3, your toolbars, menu text, and page content are much larger than they should be, follow the instructions in this article.
If your Firefox window's text toolbars, menu text, and page content are normal size, but the window is too large, see the Firefox window is too large or opens off screen article.
To restore Firefox to a normal size:

1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press EnterReturn.
   • The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click
     I'll be careful, I promise!
     , to continue to the about:config page.
2. Type layout.css.dpi into the Filter.
3. If the layout.css.dpi preference is shown:
   1. Double-click on it to edit it.
   2. Enter a value of 96 and press
      OK
      .

If the layout.css.dpi preference is not shown

1. Right-clickHold down the Ctrl key while you click anywhere in the grid, select New, then select Integer from the context menu.
2. In the Enter the preference name prompt, type layout.css.dpi and click
   OK
   .
3. Next enter the value 96.
4. Click
   OK
   .
5. From the menu at the top of the Firefox windowbar, select FileFirefox and then select the ExitQuit FirefoxQuit menu item.

Firefox will be sized normally after you restart it.

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Jaffa.

Try un-installing, then re-installing Firefox.

How does it look in Firefox? Do you have to use the horizontal scroll to view every page?

It might help if you could take a print screen of what you see in IE and what you see in Firefox, then post them here. To do that you want to press the PrtScn key (you might need to hold down the fn key at the same time) then past the image into Paint, save it as JPEG and upload it using this site http://tinypic.com/ (find the image on your computer by using the browse button) then just copy and paste the forum link, it will be the link that starts with [img][/img]

dogmaryxx

Above solution worked .Post 4
Thanks for interest