Internet Explorer 5.2 enables a feature called Quartz Text Smoothing. This allows text to look nicer by smoothing the edges. However, small type tends to look light gray and is harder to read. You can turn this off and get more legible type by going to the Explorer->Preferences... menu and selecting the Interface Extras tab (under Web Browser). Uncheck the "Enable Quartz text smoothing" and you'll find the text easier to read.
The next thing you can do if the text is too small is press Command + (plus key) to make the text larger. Command - (minus key) makes it smaller each time you press the command. If you MUST use the mouse the same commands are under the View->Text Zoom menu. You could also customize the Toolbar and add a plus and minus icon (to make the text larger or smaller) by going to the View->Customize Toolbars... menu and dragging those icons from the main screen area to the toolbar. As for text not showing up, that is a bug in IE 5.x. To remedy that situation click anywhere on the blank area (except on a link) and press Command A to select all. That will make it all re-appear. Hope that helps, Esver At 1:40 PM -0700 9/14/02, Pat wrote: > >I have a iMac 600 with 10.2. Recently when I read mail >in mail.yahoo the type is very light. Also, webpages >don't always show all of the type -- sometimes when I >run my cursor in the space where type should be, the >type shows up, sometimes it doesn't. It's becoming >very annoying. -- Esver Camacho mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gold Coast Macintosh Users Group http://www.gcmac.org -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
