Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0
Open your Internet Explorer web browser
Choose the drop down menu at the top of the window of the browser marked "view"
A list of options will appear in the drop down menu, choose "text size"
Next another drop down menu should appear with options including "small", "medium", "large", "largest"
Select "largest".
The text in your browser window should now appear larger. If this is still too small for you then it may be that you need to look at other ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as screen magnification software.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
Open your Internet Explorer web browser
Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key
You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key
Netscape 4.6
Open your Netscape web browser
Choose the drop down menu at the top of the window marked "edit"
A list of options will appear in the drop down menu, select "preferences"
This will open a large window
In a box on the left hand side of this window you will find a list of choices. At the top of this box you will see the word "appearance" and under that "fonts and colours"
Select "fonts"
Another window will appear called "fonts" and under it will be several boxes
In the box will be the text "for the encoding" and a drop down box. In this box it will read "western"
Underneath this there will be the text "variable width font" and a drop down box. Select the box and a drop down menu should appear. Now choose "Arial"
In the box next to this there is the text "size". Choose the drop down box and select "18"
Underneath this there will be the text "fixed width font" and a drop down box. This should already be set by default to "Courier New"
In the box next to this there is the text "size". Choose the drop down box and select "18"
Underneath these boxes there is the text "Sometimes a document will produce its own fonts"
Beneath this there are three choices. The top choice is "Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts"
Choose this option by selecting the circle next to this sentence
Now select "OK"
The text should now appear larger in the window of your browser.
If the text is still not large enough for you then repeat the instruction and when you select "size" and make the text larger than 18. If this is still too small for you then it may be that you need to look at other ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as screen magnification software.
Netscape 6.2, 7.0 and 8.1
Open your Netscape browser
Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key
You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key
The text in your browser window should now appear larger. If this is still too small for you then it may be that you need to look at other ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as screen magnification software.
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Open your Firefox browser
Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key
You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key
The text in your browser window should now appear larger. If this is still too small for you then it may be that you need to look at other ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as screen magnification software.
Apple Safari 1.2 and 2.0
Open your Apple Safari browser
Hold down the Apple Key and press the (+) key
You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
If you need to make the text smaller press the Apple Key on your keyboard and press the (-) key
The text in your browser window should now appear larger. If this is still too small for you then it may be that you need to look at other ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as using the Zoom facility in the Apple Operating System.
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