July 2, 201114 yr For years and years I've read this forum for ideas that I couldn't come up with or had forgotten. This week I think I found my BEST tip. Many, Many thanks to an idea from DAVE MORGAN for his idea. I had forgotten about this procedure. My problem was that I had started flying the Eaglesoft Cessna Citation X version 2 ( version 1 would not fly satisfactory (black screens) on my Windows 64bit computer, but version 2 flys GREAT)..... but in the VC cockpit mode when adjusted to my liking the read out of the "heading" and "altitude" was SO small that it was virtually impossible to read !!!!! Until now. The tip from Dave MORGAN change that. Someone had a post on how to make text larger and this is some of what Dave said to give the idea to me on how to fix my small readout problem."... don't know the Dash-8 Q202 but as a temporary workaround you can open a small 'internal' window with the [ key. If the plane has a VC, zoom in to that gauge in VC in the internal window"Here's what I did. I opened a small window by keying the "[" key then right clicked and selected the VC cockpit. I saw that by using the "+" key that I could zoom in on the window, but it was not the part of the window that I wanted or needed. Then I remembered what I do to setup my flights. I use 4 monitors... 3 for flight and 1 for my GPS and I have to "move" (adjust) them to line up the 3 different views properly. This is the same way to "zoom" in and get the proper view of what ever you are trying to zoom in on or magnify. You can use the "+" key to do this but then that puts a nasty red message as to what the magnification factor is/was. Instead, us the combination keys of "Ctrl" and "backspace" and that will "bring in" or magnify your window without the red magnify message. To move the window around to get the desired view use the "standard" keys to move a window around which are: Ctrl, Shift, Enter and Backspace. This 4 keys used in the proper combination will move a window around anyway you want it. Instruction are somewhere, probably in HELP, under "views". Just play around with the 4 different keys and you will see what each combination will do. You can also use your mouse to "drag/ stretch" a window to any size that you want. Also the choice to "dock" or "undock" the window and put it any where in the cockpit that you want. Using these windows could have a lot of uses, try and think of some more. Thanks Dave. jerrycwo4PS The Heading and Altitude readouts (bottom left hand corner of screen shot are a LOT easier to read than the screenshot shows.
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