Dpoirier
Fractal Fanatic
This question is so unrelated to Fractal, I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but you folks are so resourceful.
My father-in-law (99 y.o.!) is a history author and uses a computer in very rudimentary ways. He's struggling with the technology, and uses Word essentially like a fancy typewriter. A new challenge is cataracts and general visual impairment, to the extent that his use of Word is being severely limited.
Where I need help is this: is there a way to increase the size of the various buttons, icons, and commands in MS Word? When I set the various sizing options in Windows (accessibility, screen resolution, font sizes, etc.), Word stubbornly continues to display everything (user interface) in the same microscopic size. The only thing I managed to increase is the text size in the document itself (that's a no-brainer) but nothing in the Word interface. I don't have Word on my PC (I use open source alternatives), so I can't experiment except when visiting him. And my google searches for "Word customization" have yielded a gazillion unrelated menu and functionality tweaks.
I'd be very grateful to anyone who has tips or advice.
My father-in-law (99 y.o.!) is a history author and uses a computer in very rudimentary ways. He's struggling with the technology, and uses Word essentially like a fancy typewriter. A new challenge is cataracts and general visual impairment, to the extent that his use of Word is being severely limited.
Where I need help is this: is there a way to increase the size of the various buttons, icons, and commands in MS Word? When I set the various sizing options in Windows (accessibility, screen resolution, font sizes, etc.), Word stubbornly continues to display everything (user interface) in the same microscopic size. The only thing I managed to increase is the text size in the document itself (that's a no-brainer) but nothing in the Word interface. I don't have Word on my PC (I use open source alternatives), so I can't experiment except when visiting him. And my google searches for "Word customization" have yielded a gazillion unrelated menu and functionality tweaks.
I'd be very grateful to anyone who has tips or advice.