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Butter For Your Eyes



So how long have you been staring at this glass window today? 2 hours? 6 Hours? Read on...

For this to butter your eyes up you must:

1) Have Windows XP Home or Pro
2) Preferably use an LCD Flat Panel Monitor (though readability on regular monitors also improve a bit)

This is just one of those things where you find out a little computer tip and it makes you wonder:

1) How can such a small thing make computer work seem so fresh?

2) Why haven't I heard about this sooner?

Be a friend to your eyes and click below to find out how to enable ClearType.

Before cleartype

Tha above image shows how you normally view the fonts on your computer. And the image below shows how fonts look with Clear Type.

After cleartype

Q.How Do I Turn It On?
A.

1.

Right click on the desktop and select 'Properties'

2.

Select the 'Appearance' tab and press the 'Effects…' button

3.

Check the box for 'Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts', then select 'ClearType' in the dropdown list

4.

Close the Effects dialog by clicking 'OK' and click 'Apply' to complete the process

There you are all set, no need to thank me. Reading just became silky smooth.

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