Changing the text and colours in your browser The following guidelines will enable you to enlarge the size of the text and control the colours on your screen. If you require even larger text, or use a text-only browser, please visit the RNIB web site, for information on how to access the internet using other available technologies. The RNIB site also has information on text readers and also how to zoom the text etc.
	Instructions for Microsoft Internet Explorer (for PC)
	Instructions for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer (for Apple)
	Instructions for users of Netscape Navigator
	Instructions for users of Mozilla
	Instructions for Microsoft Internet Explorer (for PC) Open your web browser Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window. Select 'Internet options' Click on 'General' Click on the button marked 'Accessibility' To change the font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages' To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages' Click 'OK' (and again if necessary) Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window. From the options which appear, select 'Text size' Select the text size you prefer
	Instructions for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer (for Apple) Open your web browser Select the ' edit' menu From options menu select ' preferences' Click 'web content' Deselect the button marked 'show style sheets' Return preferences Click on 'web browser' Select 'language/fonts' Select the text size you prefer
	Instructions for users of Netscape Navigator Text: Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'. Open the Appearance group and click the 'Fonts' category. Next to 'For the encoding' should read Western to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From 'Size' select 18. Next to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'. The Fixed Width Font box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18. To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'. Click 'OK'. Colours: Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'. Open the Appearance group and click the 'Colours' category. Select a color button to change colours of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links. To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select 'Always use my colours, overriding document'. Click 'OK'.
	Instructions for users of Mozilla Select 'View' from the top menu select the item labeled 'Text Zoom' with a percentage in parentheses. When you select this item a sub-menu will open which gives you a number of self-explanatory options for changing your font size. Alternately, you can hold down the keyboard key labelled 'Ctrl' and press the keys '+' or '-' to increase or decrease your font size, respectively. Increasing your font size will make the text on the webpage larger (and possibly easier to read), while decreasing your font size will make the text smaller, enabling you to see more of the webpage without scrolling.