Date:         Tue, 23 May 2000 07:39:45 -0500
Reply-To:     k1cajun <k1cajun@PIPELINE.COM>
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From:         k1cajun <k1cajun@PIPELINE.COM>
Subject:      Re: parts cd great help
Comments: To: Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
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Sudhir Desai wrote:

> the parts cd was a great help to me this morning ...
>
> the only problem i had was that the "window" of the
> parts catalog, was larger than my screen. i was
> wondering what resolution/size screen do i have to be
> running to see the entire "window"

1280x1064 is needed.  This can be a problem if

1) Your graphics card won't allow that high a resolution.
or
2) Graphics card goes that high, but monitor is small making it hard to
read.

To solve either problem, you can install a "virtual desktop".  You can
download a utility like this from many shareware sites.  Try
http://www.tucows.com

What this does is makes the OS think that the desktop is bigger, but you
only see part of it at any given time.  You can scroll to the unseen
parts.  Think of it as reading a newspaper spread out on the floor while
looking through a box open at both ends.  You slid the box around to
read different parts of the page.  Your monitor's plastic frame becomes
the "box" and it is moved around over the imaginary large desktop.  The
graphics card at any given time is displaying less resolution, such as
1024x768.