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CHANGING THE SIZE OF TEXT ON OUR WEB PAGES
The people who design webpages choose a certain size text, but if that makes it too hard for you to see, there are several ways you can make text larger or smaller. But remember that if you change the text size, other things may not fit as well on the page and it may look rather odd.
If you are using
Internet Explorer 7


NOTE: Both text and graphics can change size in IE7.

Easiest method: press Ctrl and + at the same time to enlarge text or Ctrl and - (minus) to make it shrink text. (You can do either of these multiple times) Ctrl and 0 (zero) returns you to the size the page was designed to be.

Another method: While pointing at the web page, hold the Ctrl button while you roll the mouse wheel forward (away from yourself) for larger text or backward (towards yourself) for smaller text).

NOTE: With either of the methods above, the larger or smaller text & grqphics size stays with you as you click on links and navigate to other pages, but it does not effect other Tabs. If you exit out of Internet Explorer and come back, pages will be shown at their normal sizes.

Another method: Go to the menu and choose Tools, Internet Options, Accessibility. Click to put a check in front of ignore font sizes specified on webpages. The you can click on the menu View, Text Size, and choose the size you want such as Larger or Smaller as you wish. (The dot next to the choices indicates which choice you are currently using). If you use this approach, it will effect all websites you visit indefinitley. You would need to go back to Tools, Internet Options, Accessbility to take the check mark off to return to a normal view.


If you are using
Internet Explorer 6


Note: only text changes size in IE6

In order to change text size on our web pages in IE 6, you MUST first tell it not to use the text sizes that we used when we created our pages. Go to the menu and choose Tools, Internet Options, Accessibility. Put a click to put a check in front of ignore font sizes specified on webpages.

Then you can use one of these two methods to change text size:

Method 1: Hold the Ctrl button while you roll the mouse wheel towards yourself for larger text, away from yourself for larger text.

Method 2: You can click on the menu View, Text Size, and choose the size you want such as Larger or Largest, as you wish. (The dot next to the choices indicates which choice you are currently using).

If you make any of these changes, they will stay in effect INDEFINITELY - NOT JUST ON OUR SITE. So when you go to other websites, the text will also be larger. If you exit out of Internet Explorer and come back another day, your text on all sites will STILL be larger. You can use Ctrl & the mouse wheel to put it back, or go to the menu and choose Tools, Internet Options, Accessibility, and remove the check mark you put in front of ignore font sizes specified on webpages.


How do I find out what version of Internet Explorer I have? Click on the menu, Help, then About Internet Explorer and it will tell you what version you have.

If you are using
Firefox 1.5 and 2
There are several easy ways to change text size in Firefox

Hold Ctrl key while you roll the mouse wheel, toward you to make text bigger, or roll it away from you to make text smaller. The new text size will stay with you as you go to other links, other websites. It will not effect text size on other Tabs. But when you exit Firefox, it forgets those new sizes. Next time you bring up the Firefox browser, all webpages will appear with the text size they were originally given by the web designer.

Or you can click on the menu View, Text Size, Increase one or more times to make text bigger. View, Text Size, Decrease makes text smaller and smaller each time you use it.

Or use hold Ctrl key while pressing the + key. Each time you press Ctrl + text size will get bigger. Hold Ctrl while you type the minus - to make text smaller. You can pres Ctrl and 0 (zero) to return text to normal size.


Another Idea:
Changing the Resolution of Your Screen

 

If you want everything (text & graphics) bigger (or smaller) in ALL of your programs, not just text on the Internet, then you might want to change your Screen Resolution. Right-click your desktop and choose Properties. Go to the Settings Tab. Under Screen resolution, drag the slider to the left (toward less) to make everthing bigger on your screen.
CAUTION: By following the above instructions, settings on your computer will be changed. These settings may or may not return to a default state when the computer is rebooted. Use caution when making changes to your computer.
 

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