How to make the text bigger or change it's colour

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If you want to enlarge the text or font on your screen, or you would like to change the colour of the text or background, you will need to adjust the settings in your browser ( e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape)

Internet Explorer

Netscape 6 and 7

Netscape 8

Internet Explorer users

Change text size

  • Choose View from the menu bar at the top of the page, and then select Text size
  • Choose the size you want

Change colour of text or background 

  • Choose Tools on the menu bar at the top of the page
  • Select Internet Options
  • Click on the General tab
  • At the bottom of the window, click on the Colour button and choose the colour of the text and background
  • At the Accessibility button choose Ignore colours specified on web pages

Netscape 6 and 7 users

Change text size

  • Choose View from the menu bar at the top of the page
  • Netscape 6 users choose increase font and press it as many times as necessary to get the size you want
  • Netscape 7 choose text zoom and choose the percentage of zoom you want

Change colour of text or background

  • Go to Edit on the top menu bar
  • Select Preferences, Appearance
  • Go to Preferences, Colors
  • Choose Always use my colors, overriding document, then specify your colours

Netscape 8 users

Change text size

  • Choose View from the menu bar at the top of the page
  • Choose Text size and click on the Increase option as many times as necessary to get the size you want

Change colour of text or background

  • Go to Tools on the menu bar at the top of the page
  • Select Options 
  • Select Fonts and Colours
  • Choose the colours you want for the text and background by clicking on the coloured boxes next to "text" and "background"
  • Tick the box for "always use my colours"

 

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