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Change Font Size


Note: Changing text size using browser settings will affect the text size of all sites that are well designed, not only this site.

How to modify text sizes in popular browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Version 6
- Open your Internet Explorer web browser.
- Select the menu at the top of the window of the browser marked “view”.
- From the view menu select the menu item “text size”.
- From the text size sub menu you can modify the text size by selecting from the available options: “Smallest” to “Largest”.

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Version 7
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Open your Internet Explorer web browser.
- Select the page icon at the top right of the window of the browser.
- From the page menu select the menu item “text size”.
- From the text size sub menu you can modify the text size by selecting from the available options: “Smallest” to “Largest”.
- Alternatively, you can modify the entire page including graphics from the page menu by selecting the menu item “zoom”, then selecting the percentage larger or smaller.

Mozilla Firefox – Versions 1 & 2
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Open your Firefox browser
- Select the menu at the top of the window of the browser marked “view”.
- From the view menu select the menu item “text size”. Select “Increase” or “Decrease” from the text size sub menu. Or select “normal” to reset text to the default size.
- Using the keyboard to change text size:
* Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key
* You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
* Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
* If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key
* Reset to default size using Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Mozilla Firefox – Version 3
- Open your Firefox browser
- Select the menu at the top of the window of the browser marked “view”.
- From the view menu select the menu item “Zoom”.
- Select “Zoom in” or “Zoom out” from the zoom sub menu. Or select “reset” to reset the zoom level to 100%.
- The Zoom feature increases and decreases the size of all page content. If you want only the text size to change select “Zoom Text Only” from the zoom sub menu.
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Using the keyboard to change Zoom or text size:
* Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key
* You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
* Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
* If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key
* Reset to default size using Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Check out this video detailing information about how to change the fonts and font sizes in your operating system and in various other browsers.

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