Change text size

You can make the text larger or smaller on any website you visit by changing the settings on your computer.

Computers with Microsoft Internet Explorer
Computers with Mozilla/Firefox
Computers with Opera
Computers with Netscape browser
Computers with Safari

To check which version of Internet browser is installed on your machine:

Open your browser.
Select Help from the top menu of your browser.
Select About (followed by your browser name) from the drop down list.
The screen that comes up will display which browser and version you are using.

More information on this subject can be found on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website*.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0:

Select Page.
Select Text size from the menu.
Choose a size from the Largest to Smallest.

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0:

Select View.
Select Text size from the menu.
Choose a size from the Largest to Smallest.

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0:

Select View.
Select Internet Options form the menu.
Choose Fonts and change the size to Small or Large.

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh):

Click View.
Select Text Zoom.
Choose a size from the options 50% - 300% or Larger or Smaller.

Mozilla or Firefox

If you are using Mozilla or Firefox:

In your browser window menu, click on View.
Locate Text size, there you will have the option to increase or decrease text size.
To increase the size of text, select Increase.
To decrease the size of text, select Decrease.
To revert back to the default size of text, select Normal.

If you are using Mozilla:

In your browser window menu, click on View.
Locate Text zoom (...%), there you will have the option to increase or decrease text size.
To increase the size of text, select Larger.
To decrease the size of text, select Smaller.
Alternatively, you can adjust the size of text by selecting a percentage value (e.g. selecting 50% will decrease the text size by half).
To revert back to the default size of text, select 100% (original size).

Opera

If you are using Opera:

In your browser window menu, click on View.
Locate Zoom, there you will have the option to zoom in/out of the page.
To increase the size of text, increase the zoom level.
To decrease the size of text, decrease the zoom level.
To revert back to the default size of text, select 100%.

Netscape

If you are using Netscape 8.0:

In your browser window menu, click on View.
Locate Text size, there you will have the option to increase or decrease text size.
To increase the size of text, select Increase.
To decrease the size of text, select Decrease.
To revert back to the default size of text, select Normal.

If you are using Netscape 7.0:

In your browser window menu, click on View.
Locate Text zoom (...%), there you will have the option to increase or decrease text size.
To increase the size of text, select Larger.
To decrease the size of text, select Smaller.
Alternatively, you can adjust the size of text by selecting a percentage value (e.g. selecting 50% will decrease the text size by half).
To revert back to the default size of text, select 100% (original size).

If you are using Netscape 6.0 or 4.0:

Select Edit.
Select Preferences from the menu, a new window will open.
Select Appearance from the left hand side menu within the new window.
Under Fonts reset the size (for example, 10, 12, 14 and so on).

Safari

If you are using Safari:

Select View.
Select Make Text Bigger to increase the text size or Make Text Smaller to reduce the text size.
Or to add and use shortcuts in the address bar -
- Select View
- Select Text size, two new buttons will appear next to the refresh button, a small A and a large A.
- Select the large A to increase the text size or the small A to decrease.

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Last updated 26 October 2009