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Click on a section below for more information on how to change the display settings in Windows.
The screen resolution of a monitor determines how much information is displayed on the screen. It is measured horizontally and vertically in pixels. At lower screen resolutions such as 640 x 480, fewer items will fit the screen but they will appear larger. At higher resolutions such as 1900 x 1080, more items will fit the screen but they will appear smaller.
The resolution modes will vary with each display based on the video card, monitor size, video driver, and monitor driver where applicable.
By default, Windows will choose the best display settings for your computer based on the monitor and video drivers installed. You can change the screen resolution manually for each monitor that is connected to your computer.
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Extended, the maximum screen resolution can be set individually for each monitor.
Duplicate, the maximum available screen resolution will be the lowest resolution supported by one of the monitors. For example, if monitor 1 supports 1920 x 1080 and monitor 2 supports 2560 x 1440, then the maximum resolution supported on both monitors in
Duplicatemode will be 1920 x 1080.
Dell laptops have hotkeys or shortcut keys on the keyboard to increase or decrease the brightness of the screen. This is usually a combination of the Fn key and one of the function keys.
To learn more about how to set the brightness on your Dell laptop, see the User Guide of your Dell laptop.
Dell monitors use the On-Screen Display (OSD) menu to increase or decrease the brightness and contrast of the screen. Use the buttons on the monitor to access the On-Screen Display menu.
To learn more about how to use the On-Screen Display menu to set the brightness and/or contrast on your Dell monitor, see the User Guide of your Dell monitor.
Windows ensures that everything appears on the screen at a useable and consistent size by instructing applications to resize their content by a scale factor. On most desktop monitors and laptops this setting is usually in the range of 95-110 DPI, Windows sets a scale factor of 100% by default.
When you change the DPI scaling level for your monitor, it changes the size of text, apps, and other items to appear larger or smaller. A higher DPI level has everything appear larger, and a lower DPI level has everything appear smaller.
ClearType adjusts how text appears on your screen through a series of interactive options.
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More information and support for your Dell monitor, laptop or tablet screen can be found on our Monitor or Display Support site.
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