Adjusting desktop icon spacing in Windows 7
Q: Windows Vista Ultimate allowed me to specify Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and Icon Spacing (Vertical) from an Advanced button on a Display Properties screen from within Control Panel. How do I navigate to this same control within Windows 7? It is probably in your fine book. I just can’t find it.
A: You can still tinker with your icon spacing in Windows 7, but Microsoft moved the setting. To find it, follow these steps:
- Right-click a blank part of the Desktop and choose Personalize.
- Click the Windows Color icon near the bottom of the Personalize window.
- Choose Advanced Appearance Settings at the bottom of the Window Color window. (The familiar Windows Color and Appearance window appears.)
- In the Item drop-down list, choose either Icon Spacing (Horizontal) or Icon Spacing (Vertical) and choose the desired spacing in the Size box.
- Click Apply to test your changes. Not perfect? Head back to Step 4 and experiment until you find spacing you like.
- Choose OK when you’ve spaced them to meet your needs.
Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Windows 7.
Tags: Desktop, horizontal icon spacing, Icon Spacing (Horizontal), Icon Spacing (Vertical), vertical icon spacing
Comments
Comment from Mike
Time April 25, 2011 at 10:56 pm
The text line spacing for Word Pad in Windows 7 only provides for ratios 2.5, 2.0, 1.5 and 1.0. The 1.0 setting is still too wide for me. How can I get narrower spacing, for example, one line spacing?
Comment from Mike
Time April 26, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Hi Andy: It’s me again with reference to the line spacing problem. Since sending you an e-mail I have resolved the problem. Essentially, I was concerned at not being able to condense my lines of type into a one line gap. The Line Space Icon provides line spaces of 1.0 1.25 1.5 and 2.0 However,I didn’t realise that the foregoing spacer provision is matched to the selected margin. I was busily typing my text and clicking the Enter key when I wished to proceed to the next line, which realised a negative result. The Line Spacing Icon shows a small ticked box named ‘Add 10pt space after paras’. After I removed the aforesaid tick and selected the appropiate line spacing I was free to type my text and use the enter key haphazardly to continue typing my text within the framework of a one line separation. Rather an unorthodox typing method, but it works for me!
Comment from Nandu
Time February 16, 2010 at 5:17 pm
thanks