Just regarding the resolution of my monitor, you asked if I have it right.
I currently have it set to 1280x1024 which is the default setting for my Benq FP731 17" monitor. In my resolution settings the other increments choices are
1280x960, 1280x800, 1280x768, 1280x720, (these make the display too narrow in depth)
1152x864 & 800x600 (but both bring up a message "out of range")
With the default resolution I am currently using of 1280x1024 everything is so tiny I have trouble seeing it. But the next increment without reducing the depth of the screen display is 1152x864 but that says its "out of range" is there any way I can have the resolution so it makes display just a little bigger than the recommended setting of 1280x1024 ?
I also have Catalyst control centre where there is an option to change the monitor resolution (I have it turned off at the moment - see attached picture). I did try changing resolution through Catalyst before but it distorted the screen display.


I want to now keep my DPI on 100% as you suggested but I am really having trouble seeing my monitors display.

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