IBM 2193, 6345, 2194 manual Tips for choosing display properties, 4IBM Personal Computer User Guide

In the Settings tab of the Display Properties window, you can set the display properties. Some of the properties you can set are:

•Colors

Lets you specify the number of colors that can be displayed on the screen.

•Font size

If you click on the Advanced... button, and then click on the General tab, you can specify the size of the characters displayed on the screen.

You should generally use the default setting for font size because some programs are not designed to work with large fonts.

•Screen area

Lets you specify the screen resolution. The resolution setting determines the amount of information that can be displayed on your screen. The larger the resolution setting numbers, the more you can see on your screen, but the smaller the images on the screen appear.

The values you can choose for screen area (resolution) and colors will be limited by:

•Your monitor's maximum horizontal and vertical frequencies.

•The amount of memory dedicated to video on the computer's system memory.

Your IBM computer uses 4MB or more of system memory as video memory. You can select the amount of use as video memory through the Configuration/ Setup utility program. See “Chapter 6. BIOS Setup configuration” for details.

Tips for choosing display properties

Of the settings that your monitor supports, you should select the ones that are most comfortable for you to work with. The highest resolution and color settings are not always best. For example:

•Higher resolutions display more pels (picture elements). While this allows more text and graphics to be displayed, it makes them appear smaller. For most

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