9/1/2008
By Nancy Hendrickson
Our tech maven tackles readers' most common computer conundrums.
Technology is supposed to make our lives — and our genealogy research — easier. Why, then, do computers cause us so much grief? Seems as though the dratted contraptions never work properly. Instead of finding Great-grandpa licketysplit, you spend hours trying to figure out why your printer's spitting out pages in 72-point type.
Because there's no toll-free help line for technologically challenged family historians, we decided to provide a little tech support of our own: answers to 10 problems readers often ask about.
Q. Reading on a computer strains my eyes. How can I enlarge the text on a Web site or in my e-mail?