Adjusting browser text size

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
• Open your Internet Explorer web browser
• Choose the drop down menu at the top of the window of the browser marked "View"
• A list of options will appear in the drop down menu, choose "Text Size"
• Next another drop down menu should appear with options including "small", "medium", "large", "largest"
• Select "largest"

Netscape 6.2, 7.0 and 8.1
• Open your Netscape browser
• Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus ( + ) key
• You will find that this will enlarge the text - to enlarge again repeat the procedure
• Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
• If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key

Mozilla Firefox 1.5, 2.0, 3.0
• Open your Firefox browser
• Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus ( + ) key
• You will find that this will enlarge the text - to enlarge again repeat the procedure
• Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
• If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key

Apple Safari 1.2 and 2.0
• Open your Apple Safari browser
• Hold down the Apple Key and press the ( + ) key
• You will find that this will enlarge the text - to enlarge again repeat the procedure
• Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
• If you need to make the text smaller press the Apple Key on your keyboard and press the ( - ) key

More Resources
More detailed information about how to change the fonts and font sizes in your operating system and in various other browsers is available online at BBC My Web My Way.