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Resizing Text

You can make the text larger or smaller on this site, or on any website you visit by changing the settings on your computer.

To check which version of web browser is installed on your machine:

The screen that comes up will display which browser and version you are using.

How to change the text size

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

  1. Select the Page button
  2. select Text Size 
  3. choose a size from the options Largest to Smallest.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and 6.0

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. select Text Size 
  3. choose a size from the options Largest to Smallest.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh)

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. select Text Zoom 
  3. choose a size from the options 50% - 300% or Larger or Smaller.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. Select Internet Options 
  3. choose Fonts 
  4. change the size to Small or Large.

Netscape 6.0 and 4.0

  1. From the menu, select Edit 
  2. select Preferences - a new window will open
  3. select Appearance from the left hand side menu within the new window
  4. under Fonts, reset the size (for example, 10, 12, 14 and so on).

Mozilla

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. select Text Zoom 
  3. choose a percentage size or select Larger or Smaller.

Mozilla Firefox (to version 2)

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. select Text Size 
  3. select Increase or Decrease.

Mozilla Firefox (version 3+)

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. select Zoom
  3. select Zoom In or Zoom Out.
    Note: Zoom Text Only option will need to be selected if text only zooming is required

Opera

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. select Zoom 
  3. select a size from the list.

Safari

  1. From the menu, select View 
  2. select Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.

Alternatively, to add and use shortcuts in the address bar:

  1. Select View 
  2. select Text size - two new buttons will appear next to the refresh button, a small A and a larger A 
  3. select the large A to increase the font size or the small A to reduce it.

Last reviewed: Aug 20, 2008, Last modified: Aug 19, 2008