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From: Bobbi on 10 May 2010 02:58 Is there a way to force the name under a desktop shortcut to be shorter in width and wrap the text to one or more new lines? For example, the name "Internet Explorer" under the IE symbol is 17 characters long including the space; I'd like it to form 2 shorter lines, so I can space the icons closer together. Bobbi
From: dadiOH on 10 May 2010 08:05 Bobbi wrote: > Is there a way to force the name under a desktop shortcut to be > shorter in width and wrap the text to one or more new lines? > For example, the name "Internet Explorer" under the IE symbol is 17 > characters long including the space; I'd like it to form 2 shorter > lines, so I can space the icons closer together. > > Bobbi Changing the number of lines in the name wouldn't affect the icon spacing. In "Advanced" under "Appearance" in Display Properties" there are settings you can change for boh icon vertical and horizontal spacing. Size too. Those spacing setting work in conjunction with right click desktop, arrange icons, align to grid,auto arrange. If you turn off those, you can put the icons anywhere you want...even one on top of another. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: Bobbi on 10 May 2010 10:24 Thanks, didiOH. I don't have my icons aligned to a grid or auto arrange. Where are those settings located? Regardless of the size of the icons, I want to be able to control the width of the name underneath. Some of them are too long, preventing me from spacing the icons closer together. Instead of "Internet Explorer" on one line, I'd like to force it onto two lines: Internet Explorer Is there a way to do that? Or is the width of the line determined by icon size? Bobbi "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:uRaJIkD8KHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Bobbi wrote: >> Is there a way to force the name under a desktop shortcut to be >> shorter in width and wrap the text to one or more new lines? >> For example, the name "Internet Explorer" under the IE symbol is 17 >> characters long including the space; I'd like it to form 2 shorter >> lines, so I can space the icons closer together. >> >> Bobbi > > Changing the number of lines in the name wouldn't affect the icon spacing. > In "Advanced" under "Appearance" in Display Properties" there are settings > you can change for boh icon vertical and horizontal spacing. Size too. > > Those spacing setting work in conjunction with right click desktop, > arrange icons, align to grid,auto arrange. If you turn off those, you can > put the icons anywhere you want...even one on top of another. > > -- > > dadiOH > ____________________________ > > dadiOH's dandies v3.06... > ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from > LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. > Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico > > >
From: dadiOH on 10 May 2010 13:09 Bobbi wrote: > Thanks, didiOH. I don't have my icons aligned to a grid or auto > arrange. Where are those settings located? By right clicking the desktop. As I said. _________ > Regardless of the size of the icons, I want to be able to control the > width of the name underneath. Some of them are too long, preventing > me from spacing the icons closer together. Read again what I wrote the first time. _______________ > Instead of "Internet > Explorer" on one line, I'd like to force it onto two lines: > Internet > Explorer > Is there a way to do that? No. AFAIK dadiOH ____________ > "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in message > news:uRaJIkD8KHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Bobbi wrote: >>> Is there a way to force the name under a desktop shortcut to be >>> shorter in width and wrap the text to one or more new lines? >>> For example, the name "Internet Explorer" under the IE symbol is 17 >>> characters long including the space; I'd like it to form 2 shorter >>> lines, so I can space the icons closer together. >>> >>> Bobbi >> >> Changing the number of lines in the name wouldn't affect the icon >> spacing. In "Advanced" under "Appearance" in Display Properties" >> there are settings you can change for boh icon vertical and >> horizontal spacing. Size too. Those spacing setting work in conjunction >> with right click desktop, >> arrange icons, align to grid,auto arrange. If you turn off those, >> you can put the icons anywhere you want...even one on top of another. >> >> -- >> >> dadiOH >> ____________________________ -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: spamlet on 10 May 2010 13:55
I have dozens of icons on my desktop and they are mostly in two lines. I have it set to align to grid, and not to show dropdown boxes under icons. Putting the icons any closer would just be confusing. S "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:uUtpOOG8KHA.4832(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Bobbi wrote: >> Thanks, didiOH. I don't have my icons aligned to a grid or auto >> arrange. Where are those settings located? > > By right clicking the desktop. As I said. > _________ > >> Regardless of the size of the icons, I want to be able to control the >> width of the name underneath. Some of them are too long, preventing >> me from spacing the icons closer together. > > Read again what I wrote the first time. > _______________ > >> Instead of "Internet >> Explorer" on one line, I'd like to force it onto two lines: >> Internet >> Explorer >> Is there a way to do that? > > No. AFAIK > > dadiOH > ____________ > >> "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in message >> news:uRaJIkD8KHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Bobbi wrote: >>>> Is there a way to force the name under a desktop shortcut to be >>>> shorter in width and wrap the text to one or more new lines? >>>> For example, the name "Internet Explorer" under the IE symbol is 17 >>>> characters long including the space; I'd like it to form 2 shorter >>>> lines, so I can space the icons closer together. >>>> >>>> Bobbi >>> >>> Changing the number of lines in the name wouldn't affect the icon >>> spacing. In "Advanced" under "Appearance" in Display Properties" >>> there are settings you can change for boh icon vertical and >>> horizontal spacing. Size too. Those spacing setting work in conjunction >>> with right click desktop, >>> arrange icons, align to grid,auto arrange. If you turn off those, >>> you can put the icons anywhere you want...even one on top of another. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> dadiOH >>> ____________________________ > > > > > -- > > dadiOH > ____________________________ > > dadiOH's dandies v3.06... > ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from > LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. > Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico > > > |