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Changing the Display Mode
2 Click Control Panel.
Windows 95 displays the Control Panel.
3 Double-click the Display icon.
Windows 95 opens the Display Properties sheet.
4 Click the Settings tab to move to the Settings page.
5 Change the number of colors the display can show by
changing the Color palette setting.
Setting the palette to High Color (16-bit) provides 64k colors.
True Color (24-bit) provides 16 million colors. Some color
modes and resolutions are available only on an external mon-
itor. See "Video Modes" on page 391 for the modes available
on the internal display.
6 Change the screen resolution by clicking and dragging the
Desktop area slider.
7 To change your monitor type, click Change Display Type,
set the new monitor type and click Change.
8 When you've made all your changes, click OK.
To close the Display Properties sheet without enabling your
changes, click Cancel.
The internal display uses virtual display modes to simulate resolu-
tions beyond its capacity. In a virtual display mode, the display
shows all of the screen image it can. To see the rest of the screen
image, scroll down and to the right.
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