Changing text and colours in your browser
- you can choose how Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator display the text size, text and link colours on the website
- below are detailed guidelines for changing text size and colours for different types of browser
- a quick way to change text size in Microsoft Internet Explorer is to to ‘View’ in the top menu bar, then ‘Text Size’ and choose your desired font size.
- in Netscape, the quick way to change text size is to go to ‘View’ in the top menu bar, then ‘Text Zoom’ and choose the zoom value for the text
Microsoft Internet Explorer for PC
1. open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
2. select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window
3. from the options which appear, select 'Internet options'
4. click on the 'General' tab
5. click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
6. to change your font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'
7. to remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'
8. click OK (and again if necessary)
9. select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window
10. from the options which appear, select 'Text Size'
11. select your desired text size
Microsoft Internet Explorer for Apple Macintosh
1. open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
2. select the 'edit' menu at the top of your window
3. from the options menu that appears, select 'preferences'
4. click on 'web content'
5. deselect the button marked 'show style sheets'
6. return to the list of preferences
7. click on 'web browser'
8. select 'language/fonts'
9. select the font size you require
Instructions for users of Netscape Navigator
Text:
1. select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
2. open the 'Appearance' group and click the 'Fonts' category
3. next to 'For the encoding' should read Western to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use From 'Size' select 18, or another desired font size
4. next to the Variable Width Font, or serif field is a drop down box: select 'Arial' or another desired font. The Fixed Width, or monospace, Font box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18, or another desired font size
Colours:
1. select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
2. open the 'Appearance' group and click the 'Colors' category
3. you can choose you own set of 'Text and Background' and 'Link Colors' on the right hand side
4. these colours can be used instead of the colours set by any web page, by checking 'Use my colors' option
