Changing your text size

Most browsers and computers allow you to change the size of text, to make text either smaller or larger.

Changing text size setting in the computer

You can change the text size settings through your computer keyboard with later browsers.

For a computer using Windows operating system:

• Full Screen is F11
• Zoom Text Smaller, hold down 'ctrl' and use '-' key.
• Zoom Text larger, hold down 'ctrl' and use '+' key.
• To move arround the page use the arrow keys

For a computer using a Macintosh operating system

• Full Screen is F11
• Zoom Text Smaller, hold down 'cmd' and use '-' key.
• Zoom Text larger, hold down 'cmd and use '+' key.
• To move arround the page use the arrow keys

For a computer using a Linux operating system

• Full Screen: F1l
• Zoom Text Smaller, hold down 'cmd' and use '-' key.
• Zoom Text larger, hold down 'cmd and use '+' key.
• To move arround the page use the arrow keys

Changing text size in the browser

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 prefered 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 prefered text size from the available options
• Alternitivley 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
• Alternitivley 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 %.
• Alternitivley 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
• Alternitivley 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.