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Text Size

• Changing the text size in Firefox
• Changing the text size in Internet Explorer

Instructions For Changing Text Size In Firefox

Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of the text for the web page you are viewing:

1. Open the View menu with the mouse or by press Alt+V.
2. Select the Text Size option with the mouse or by pressing Z.
3. Increase or decrease the text size with the mouse or by using the up and down arrow keys and pressing Enter '.
4. Alternatively you can press Ctrl and + to increase the text size, Ctrl and - to decrease the text size. Ctrl and 0 returns you to the default text size.

Follow these steps to set a minimum text size for all pages you visit:

1. Open the Tools menu with the mouse or press Alt+T.
2. Click on Options, or press O , to open the Options dialog box.
3. Click the Content tab or use the arrow keys until it is highlighted (in blue).
4. In the Fonts & Colours box click on Advanced , or press Alt+D, to open the Fonts dialog box. see Fig 1 below).

Fig 1

1. Click on Minimum font size box or press 'Alt '+ 'O. Use the up and down arrows to select a new font size and press Enter- see Fig 2 below.
2. Click OK button or press Enter.    
3. Click OK button or tab to OK button and press Enter.

Fig 2

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Instructions For Changing Text Size In Internet Explorer

1. Open the View menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+V.
2. Select the Text Size option with the mouse or by pressing X.
3. Choose your preferred text size with the mouse or by using the up and down arrow keys and pressing Enter or by clicking on it.

The text on our website should now have changed to reflect your choice.

Some websites have fixed the size of their text ('hard-coded') and as a result these websites will not show the change you have just made. If you would like to use your larger text on these sites follow the following steps:

1. Click on the Tools menu with the mouse or press Alt+T.
2. Click on Internet Options option with the mouse or press O. You should now see the Internet Options box as shown in Fig 1, below.

Fig 1

1. Click on the Accessibility button which is highlighted with a red circle in Fig 1 with the mouse or press Alt+E.

Fig 2

1. Click the Ignore font sizes specified on web page checkbox to add a tick or press Alt+Z as shown in Fig 2.
2. Click the OK button twice with the mouse or press Enter twice, to return to Internet Explorer.