Changing text size in the browser
Most browsers and computers allow you to change the size of text, to make text either smaller or larger.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Open the page menu
- Select text size
- Select your preferred text size
You can find out more about the Internet Explorer 7 browser at the Microsoft website.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
- Open the view menu
- Select text size
- Select your preferred text size
You can find out more about the Internet Explorer 6 browser at the Microsoft website.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the view menu
- Select text size
- Select your preferred text size from the available options
- Alternatively hold down the 'ctrl' and use the '+' or '-' key to make the text larger or smaller.
You can find out more about the Firefox browser at the Mozilla Firefox website.
Apple Safari
- Open the View menu
- Select 'make text bigger' to increase the text size, or 'make text smaller' to decrease the text size
- Alternatively hold down the 'CMD' and use the '+' or '-' key to make the text larger or smaller.
You can find out more about the Safari browser at the Apple website.
Opera
- Open view
- Select Zoom and choose a size by %.
- Alternatively select the browser window and use '+' to make the text larger and '-' to make it smaller
You can find out more about the Opera browser at the Opera website.
Netscape
- Open the view menu
- Select text size
- Select increase or decrease
- Alternatively hold down the 'ctrl' and use the '+' or '-' key to make the text larger or smaller.
You can find out more about the Netscape browser at the Netscape website.
