EASIEST WAY
- If you have a mouse with a wheel, press
and hold the Control-key (often marked Ctrl),
then move the wheel to change the text size.
otherwise...
Stage 1
1. Click on the Tools menu
2. Click on Internet Options
3. Click on the Accessibility button (on the
General tab)
4. Click in the Ignore font sizes specified
on Web Pages checkbox
5. Click on the OK button to close the Accessibility
dialog box
6. Click on the OK button to close the Internet
Options dialog box
Stage 2
1. Click on the View menu
2. Point to Text Size
3. Click on Larger/Largest to increase and
Small/Smallest to decrease
Please note if you do not like the colour
contrast between background and text, you
can follow the first three stages in Stage
1 described above and select Avoid colours
specified on web pages.
Using
Netscape Navigator 4+ for Windows
1. Click on the View menu
2. Point to Text Zoom (100%)
3. Click on your preferred text size or click
on the smaller/larger options until you find
a size with which you are comfortable.
Further Accessibility Preferences, including
changing the colours used, can be chosen by
clicking on the Edit menu, selecting Preferences
and expanding the Appearance category at the
top left of the dialog box. Expand the category
either by clicking on the + sign or by double-clicking
on Appearance.
Using
Microsoft Internet Explorer for an Apple Macintosh
1. Click on the Edit menu
2. From the options menu which appears, select
Preferences
3. Click on Web Content
4. Click on the Show style sheets checkbox
to remove the tick
5. Return to the list of Preferences
6. Click on Web Browser
7. Select Language/Fonts
8. Select the font size you require
Using
Mozilla Firefox
1. Click on the View menu
2. Select Increase/Decrease Text Size until
you are comfortable
or
1. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press
the Plus ( + ) key to Increase
2. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press
the Minus( - ) key to Decrease
Using Opera
1. Click on the View menu
2. Point to Zoom
3. Click on the appropriate size in the list
or
1. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press
the Plus ( + )* key to Increase
2. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press
the Minus ( - )* key to Decrease
* Please note that you may need to use the
Plus and Minus keys in the Number Pad of the
keyboard rather than the ones which are situated
next to the Backspace key.
