53. The Big Icon Squeeze
Want to squeeze a few more icons into each row on your desktop? The default spacing between any two icons (assuming you haven't hand-placed them) is determined by the Horizontal and Vertical Spacing
settings, which can be changed easily.
Right-click the desktop, select Properties, and in the Display Properties menu that launches, click the Appearance tab. Under Item, select Icon Spacing (Horizontal) or Icon Spacing (Vertical), then adjust the number next to Size. (Note: The default for the Windows Standard scheme is 43.) To test the change, minimize all other windows, click Apply, then click and drag the window over a bit to see the effect on your desktop. (Tip: If your desktop icons don't seem to be moving with each change, right-click the desktop and select Arrange Icons, Auto Arrange.) When you find a setting you like, click OK to make it stick.
(Note: On our 800 x 600 desktop, we changed the vertical icon spacing to 30 and found we could fit 9 icons in each row. At the default 43, we could fit only 7.)
Microsoft® Windows®95 Hints & Tips by Stuart Martin.
