Getting started 4-5users, 640x480 or 800x600 is a comfortable resolution setting.• When you select more colors, most software programs will slow down. Chooseonly as many colors as you need.• You can determine which settings are most comfortable to work with byselecting and trying each one.• While your monitor resolution may allow you to change the font size, someprograms do not support large fonts. Large fonts may cause words to appearcut off or pushed together.• If attaching a monitor other than an SVGA monitor, you may need to change theScreen area in Display Properties to 640 x 480 pixels and set the Palette to 16colors to prevent the image from scrolling, blinking, or flashing. Read ”Isanything displayed on the monitor?” on page 10-4 in the chapter “Diagnosingand recovering from problems” for the steps to restart your computer in Savemode and reconfigure your monitor.Using the Windows Help function to select display propertiesWindows Help provides instructions for choosing monitor settings. To select displayproperties, follow these steps:1. From the Windows 98 desktop, click on the Start button.2. Click on Help.The Windows Help folder appears.3. Click on the Index tab.4. In the first box, type:monitor5. The second box will automatically display a list of tasks related to the monitor.Click on the task you want; then, click on the Display button for instructions.
