Thank you Alex!!!

I had tried repeatedly Fn+F5 and Fn+F8 but always skipped right over the F7 (Font) key.

Never would have guessed THAT was it!

cheers

>>Suddenly one day, in the middle of a presentation using the projector, the system screen shrunk, apparently to a REAL 1024x768 (versus the interpolated (I assume) display of previously which filled the full screen).
>>This 'real' 1024x768 only occupies about 5/8ths of the screen.
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>>This also happens whenever I change the resolution to 1024x768 manually, even without the projector attached.
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>>This is a real PITA and I sure hope someone can tell me how to get things back the way they were.
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>I don't have a Dell laptop anymore but I've seen that problem. IIRC pressing Fn+F7 is all it took to fix it.
>http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/search?q=black+border+inspiron