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Changing text size on your browser
If you use Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer to view the internet, you can make the text of our website bigger or smaller. The guidelines below, will help you find the right text size for you.
Guidelines for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer
For PC
Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window.
Click 'Internet options...'
Click on the tab marked 'General'
Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
To change your 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 your desired text size
For Apple Mac
Select the "edit" menu at the top of your window
From the options menu which appears, select "preferences"
Click on "web content"
Deselect the button marked "show style sheets"
Return to the list of preferences
Click on "web browser"
Select "language/fonts"
Select the font size you require
Guidelines for users of Mozilla Firefox
Text:
Select 'View' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Text Size'
Next either select Increase or Decrease to change the text size.
Alternatively, you can make the text larger by holding down the 'Ctrl' key and pressing the '+' key or make the text smaller by using holding down the 'Ctrl' key and pressing the '-' key.
