Windows 10: Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View in Windows 10

How to: Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View in Windows 10

How to Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View in Windows 10


Microsoft Edge is a new web browser that is available across the Windows 10 device family. It is designed for Windows 10 to be faster, safer, and compatible with the modern Web.

Microsoft Edge provides a font size to suit your mood.

If you like, you can also set to have wider text spacing in reading view that could improve reading fluency.

This tutorial will show you how to have normal or wider text spacing while in Microsoft Edge reading view for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View in Text Options
• Option Two: Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View in Learning Tools
• Option Three: Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Normal (off) and wider (on) text spacing in Microsoft Edge reading view











OPTION ONE [/i] Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View in Text Options

*note This option is no longer available starting with Windows 10 build 17711.
1. While you have reading view turned on in Microsoft Edge to read an article, click/tap on an empty area of the article.
2. Click/tap on the Text options icon

. (see screenshot below)
3. Under Text spacing, click/tap on normal

. (default) or wider

. icon you want.









OPTION TWO [/i] Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View in Learning Tools

*note This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 17711.
1. While you have reading view turned on in Microsoft Edge to read an article, click/tap on an empty area of the article.
2. Click/tap on the Learning tools icon

. (see screenshot below)
3. Click/tap on the Text options icon

.

4. Turn on (wider) or off (default - normal) Text spacing for what you want.









OPTION THREE [/i] Change Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

Code:

Style DWORD

0 = Off (normal)
1 = On (wider)


1.Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Turn On Wider Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_text_spacing_for_Microsoft_Edge_reading_view.reg

Download

3. To Turn Off Wider Text Spacing in Microsoft Edge Reading View
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_text_spacing_for_Microsoft_Edge_reading_view.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. If Microsoft Edge is currently open, then close and reopen it to apply.

8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

That's it,
Shawn


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Microsoft Edge Reading View not working after updating to Windows 10 Creators Version 1709

Hi Tom,

Microsoft Edge may have encountered a corrupted component with Windows 10 1709 that caused a compatibility issue on reading view. For us to help you correct this issue on Microsoft Edge, we suggest that you perform the troubleshooting steps given on this

article.

Kindly get back to us with the results.

 

Windows 10 - Microsoft edge - Reading view

Hello,

Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 family.

From the description of the issue, I understand that you want to enable the Reading view in Microsoft Edge.

Please follow the below suggested methods and see if it helps.

Method 1

1. Open the Microsoft Edge app.

2. While on a webpage you want to turn on reading view for, press the
Ctrl + Shift +R keys.

Method 2

1. Open the Microsoft Edge app.

2. Click/tap on the
More actions icon on the toolbar, and click/tap on Settings.

3. Select a Reading view style and
Reading view font size you want to be used whenever you have reading view turned on. Try each setting to see which one you like best.

Hope the above information was helpful. If you need further information, please feel free to write to us and we will be glad to help you.

Thank You.

 

microsoft edge will not open on windows 10

Hi Richard,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



For better understanding of the issue, please reply to the following questions.

• 
  Does the same issue occur when you connect to the internet through Internet Explorer?
  
• 
  Did you make any changes to the system prior to this issue?
  

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it resolves the issue.

Method 1: Delete the Browser history

Follow the steps in below article to clear browser history in Microsoft Edge:

View and delete browser history in Microsoft Edge



Method 2: Reset Microsoft Edge

Follow the below steps to reset Microsoft Edge and check if the issue persist.

• 
  Navigate to the below location and delete everything in this folder.
  

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe

• 
  Type Windows Powershell in search box.
  
• 
  Right click on Windows Powershell and select Run as administrator.
  
• 
  Copy and paste the following command.
  

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml" –Verbose}

• 
  Check if the issue is resolved, if not restart the system.
  

Hope it helps. Let us know how it goes, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Regards.

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

 

Problem with text in IE 11 or Explorer Edge

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I understand that you have an issue with appearance of text in Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge.
I will surely help you to fix this issue.

This issue could have occurred due to Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge incorrect settings.

Method 1:

I suggest you to refer the article and try to change the fonts and text size in Internet Explorer 11. Check if it helps.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/internet-explorer/ie-accessibilty-options#ie=ie-11

Method 2:

To change font style and size in Microsoft Edge, I suggest you to try these steps and check if it helps:

a. Open Microsoft Edge.

b. Click on More Actions (...) and then click on Settings.

c. Under the section Reading change the options Reading view style
and Reading view font size. Check if it helps.

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.