To change the font and colour
- in the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
- in the 'General' tab, click on 'Accessibility'
- click in each of the three boxes to show ticks, click 'OK'
Some fonts such as Arial are easier to read onscreen than others such as Times New Roman.
To change the text font
- in the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
- in the 'General' tab, click 'Fonts'
- in the 'Web page font' and 'Plain text font' lists, choose the fonts you would like to use
- click 'OK'
To enlarge the text
- in the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
- in the 'General' tab, click 'Accessibility'
- tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box
- click 'OK'
or
- in the 'Browser' menu click 'View'
- click 'Text size'
- choose the size of text
Or, if you have a wheel on your mouse hold down the 'Ctrl' key on your keyboard and scroll the mouse wheel to change the font sizes.
To change the text colour and background colour
- in the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
- in the 'General' tab, click 'Colours'
- untick the 'Use Windows Colours' box
- tick the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour. Click 'OK'
- tick the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour. Click 'OK'
