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How to Enlarge Screen Text
Instructions for users of
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
For PC
Using the View menu in Internet Explorer, you can quickly
change the size of fonts on your screen to make the page easier
to read. When you make these changes in Internet Explorer, they
also will be reflected on all Microsoft Help pages. In this
tutorial you can select from five different font sizes.
Increase or Decrease the Font Size of Web Pages Displayed
on Screen
Using the View menu in Internet Explorer, you can quickly
change the size of fonts on your screen to make the page easier
to read. When you make these changes in Internet Explorer, they
also will be reflected on all Microsoft Help pages. In this
tutorial you can select from five different font sizes.
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On the
Internet Explorer menu bar:
- Select View.
- Point to Text Size.
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On the
Internet Explorer menu bar:
- Open the View menu by pressing
ALT+V.
- Select Text Size by pressing X.
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In the
Text Size list:
- Select the text size that best meets your needs.
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In the
Text Size list:
- Move to the text size option that best meets
your needs by pressing the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW
key.
- Press ENTER.
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OR
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Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
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Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window.
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From the options which appear, select 'Internet options...'
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Click on the 'General' tab
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Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
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To change your font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'
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To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'
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Click 'OK' (and again if necessary)
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Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window.
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From the options which appear, select 'Text size'
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Select your desired text size
For the Apple Mac
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Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
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Select the "edit" menu at the top of your window
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From the options menu which appears, select "preferences"
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Click on "web content"
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Deselect the button marked "show style sheets"
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Return to the list of preferences
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Click on "web browser"
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Select "language/fonts"
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Select the font size you require
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Instructions for users of Netscape Navigator
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Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose
'Preferences'
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Open the Appearance group and click the 'Fonts' category
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Next to 'For the encoding' should read Western to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From 'Size' select 18
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Next to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'.
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The Fixed Width Font box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18
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To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'
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Click 'OK'
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Colors:
Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
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Open the Appearance group and click the 'Colors' category
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Select a color button to change colors of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links
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To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select 'Always use my colors, overriding document'
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Click 'OK'
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