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Controlling text and colours in your web browser
If you use the Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers to view the Internet, the
following guidelines will enable you to enlarge the size of the text and control
the colours on your screen. However, if you require even larger text, or use
a text-only browser, please refer to the RNIB website: www.rnib.org.uk , which
contains useful information on how to access the web using different technologies. |
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| Instructions
for users of 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 |
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| For
Apple Mac |
| 1 |
Open
your Internet Explorer Web Browser |
| 2 |
Select
the 'Edit' menu at the top of your window |
| 3 |
From
the options menu which appears, select 'Preference' |
| 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 |
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Instructions
for users of Netscape Navigator prior to version 6
To change the text size: |
| 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 |
| 4 |
Next
to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'. |
| 5 |
The
Fixed Width Font box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size'
select
18 |
| 6 |
To
override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use
my
default fonts overriding document specified fonts' |
| 7 |
Click 'OK' |
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| To
change the page colors: |
| 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 |
Select
a color button to change colors of text, background, unvisited links,
or visited links |
| 4 |
To
override the colours used on the web page, select the 'Use
my colours,
overriding document' option. |
| 5 |
Click 'OK' |
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| Instructions
for users of Netscape Navigator version 6 and up |
| To
change the text size: |
| 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 'Fonts for:' should read Western to tell the computer which types
of letters and symbols to use |
| 4 |
Next
to the 'Proportional' field is a drop down box: select 'Sans-serif'.
For the size select 18 |
| 5 |
Next
to the 'Monospace' field, the box should already read 'Courier
New'.
From 'Size' select 18 |
| 6 |
In
the 'Minimum font size' box select size 18 |
| 7 |
Deselect
the 'Allow documents to use other fonts' checkbox so no tick shows
by clicking on it. |
| 8 |
Click
'OK' |
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| To
change the page colors: |
| 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 |
Select
a color button to change colors of text, background, unvisited links,
or visited links |
| 4 |
To
override the colours used on the web page, select the 'Use
my chosen colors,
ignoring the colors and background image chosen' option. |
| 5 |
Click
'OK' |