Ensuring the OS Zoom Factor is 100 Percent
True size calibration settings should always be determined with your operating system (OS) zoom factor set to 100 percent. Having the OS zoom factor set to 100 percent is crucial to maintaining true size calibration. See Calibrating Monitors for True Size Image Display.
Windows
To keep the zoom factor at 100 percent across all monitors in a workstation (including mixed high and low resolution monitors), you must do the following:
Steps
- Navigate to Start > Settings > System > Display.
- For each monitor, select 100% for the option Change the size of text, apps, and other items.
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For best image quality, it is important to ensure that the operating system zoom level is set to 100% at all times. |
Additional Information
- Status bars do not display in dialog boxes. When opening a True Size Calibration dialog box, ensure it was opened from and on the same monitor as the window that is set to 100 percent zoom at the time.
- The CTRL + 0 shortcut key will change a window's zoom factor to 100% if all of your workstation's monitors have a similar resolution.
- On a mixed-resolution multi-monitor system, the CTRL + 0 shortcut key might change the zoom factor to something other than 100 percent.
- To verify the zoom factor is 100 percent, check the status bar.