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Adjusting text size


Firefox 1.5 / 2

Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of the text for the web page you are viewing:

  1. Open the ' View ' menu with the mouse or by press ' Alt ' and ' V ' at the same time.
  2. Select the ' Text Size ' option with the mouse or by pressing 'Z' .
  3. Increase or decrease the text size with the mouse or by using the up and down arrow keys and pressing ' Enter '.
  4. Alternatively you can press ' Ctrl ' and ' + ' to increase the text size, ' Ctrl ' and ' - ' to decrease the text size. ' Ctrl ' and ' 0 ' returns you to the default 'normal' size.

Follow these steps to set a minimum text size for all pages you visit:

  1. Open the ' Tools ' menu with the mouse or press ' Alt ' + ' T ' .
  2. Click on ' Options', or press ' O ' , to open the Options dialog box.
  3. Click the ' Content ' tab or use the arrow keys until it is highlighted (in blue).
  4. In the Fonts & Colours box click on ' Advanced ' , or press ' Alt ' + 'D ' , to open the ' Fonts ' dialog box.see Fig 1 below).

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Fig 1

  1. Click on ' Minimum font size ' box or press 'Alt '+ 'O ' . Use the up and down arrows to select a new font size and press ' Enter' - see Fig 2 below.
  2. Click ' OK ' button or press ' Enter ' .    
  3. Click ' OK ' button or tab to ' OK ' button and press ' Enter ' .

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Fig 2

Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies - contact your local IT support for further help.

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