Change font in info/dialog box in Win 11; text is too small


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SheSilver

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Hi, if anyone can assist me, I'd greatly appreciate it. I've tried searching through Google and YouTube for this information. I'm not speaking about the slider text in the Display area; I need the actual boxes that have information. This is within Microsoft Office software boxes (Word, Excel, Outlook and Windows 11 boxes).
 

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I don't know what you mean by "slider text in the Display area".

The text scaling in the Display settings affects the size of the text in Office applications.
 

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There is a way to change the font in SETTINGS/DISPLAY which has a slider to move to enlarge or decrease the total page's font; I'm not speaking about this font setting. I'm more speaking about the boxes that have info; sorry, please see the attached example. The text in these boxes are too small.
 

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    HP Envy x360
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    160 GHrz
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    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10210U CPU @ 1.60GHz 2.11 GHz
    Memory
    8 Gigs
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
Certain areas of the GUI are controlled by the app, certain areas are controlled by the theme, and certain areas are hard coded into the OS. From a user perspective, to change the areas you are allowed to change, you have to either increase the size of your system font through scale/resolution or settings/accessibility/text size to see any increase/decrease in font size in certain areas. However, these settings increase/decrease font size for your entire screen.
I also incorporated a standalone app by Wintools called System Font Changer that allowed me to tweak further. Advanced System Font Changer - WinTools.Info

I have very bad eyes so I had to play around with these settings to get to a medium point I could live with.
I highly suggest you backup your registry before playing around with this. Until I learned what I was doing I got mine totally screwed up.

Also, you can consider using keyboard shortcuts Windows logo key + Plus sign (+) (or minus sign) to zoom in and out.
 

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Thank you, Glasskuter; I'll try your methods. I also like how you used the "k" in your screen name 👌
 

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  • OS
    Win 11
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy x360
    CPU
    160 GHrz
    Motherboard
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10210U CPU @ 1.60GHz 2.11 GHz
    Memory
    8 Gigs
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    1
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