Tips to Increase
Text Size on Your Computer.
Here are a couple easy ways to change
some settings on your computer if you find you
need to increase the text size on our site.
The tips we give you here can be applied to
any site that you are visiting.
Windows
Users
Internet Explorer
(versions 5.x-6.x)
Internet Explorer
(version 7.0 and greater)
Netscape (version
4.x)
Netscape (version
6.0 and greater)
Firefox 1.0
Mozilla 1.7
Mac
OS Users
Internet Explorer
(versions 5.x and greater)
Netscape (version
4.x)
Netscape (version
6.0 and higher)
Firefox 1.0
Mozilla 1.7
Safari 1.2.4
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Windows Users
Internet Explorer
(versions 5.x-6.x)
To change the text sizes in Internet Explorer
(versions 5.x-6.x) for Windows, you must
first disable style sheets. To do so, follow
the directions below:
- From he Menu Bar, select Tools and
click Internet Options
- Select the General tab and click the
box entitled Accessibility
- Ensure that all three buttons under
Formatting are checked
- Click OK in Accessibility dialog box
- Click OK in Internet Options dialog
box
- Click Refresh
After successfully disabling
style sheets,
- From the Menu Bar.select View
- Scroll to Text Size and choose your
preference
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Internet Explorer (version 7.0 and greater)
To change text sizes in Internet Explorer
(version 7.0 and greater) for Windows:
- From the Menu Bar. select View
- Scroll to Text Size and choose your
preference
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Netscape (version
4.x)
To change text sizes in Netscape (version
4.x) for Windows, you must first disable
style sheets. To do so, follow the directions
below:
- From the Menu Bar. select Edi>Preferences
- Click on the Advanced category and
deselect the item entitled Enable Style
Sheets
- Click OK
- Click Reload
After successfully disabling
style sheets,
- From the Menu Bar, select View
- Scroll down to Increase Font
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Netscape
(version 6.0 and greater)
To change text sizes in Netscape (version
6.0 and greater) for Windows:
- From he Menu Bar, select View
- Scroll down to Text Zoom and choose
your preferences.
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Firefox
1.0
- From the Firefox Menu Bar select View>Text
Size>Increase
- This will cause the text to display
on the web page one size larger. However
this is a temporary change.
To make a permanent font size
change:
- From the Firefox Menu Bar, select
Tools>Options.
- Click on General
- Click on Fonts & Colors.
- Set the font sizes. Minimum font size.can
also be set.
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Mozilla
1.7
- From the Menu Bar, select Edit>Preferences.
- Double click Appearance and select
Fonts.
- On the right panel set the font sizes.
Minimum font size can also be set.
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Mac OS Users
Internet Explorer
(versions 5.x-6.x)
To change text sizes in Internet Explorer
(versions 5.x and greater) for Mac OS:
- From the Menu Bar, select View
- Scroll down to Text Zoom and choose
your preference
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Netscape
(version 4.x)
To change text sizes in Netscape (version
4.x) for Mac you must first disable style
sheets. To do so, follow the directions
below:
- From the Menu Bar, selectt Edit and
click Preferences
- Click on the Advanced category and
deselect the item entitled Enable Style
Sheets
- Click OK
- Click Reload
After successfully disabling
style sheets,
- From the Menu Bar, select View
- Scroll down to Increase Font
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Netscape
(version 6.0 and higher)
To change text sizes in Netscape (version
6.0 & higher) for Mac OS:
- From the Menu Bar, select View
- Scroll down to Text Zoom
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Firefox 1.0
- From the Firefox Menu Bar select View>Text
Size>Increase
- This will cause the text to display
on the web page one size larger. However
this is a temporary change.
To make a permanent font size
change:
- From the Firefox menu bar, select
Firefox>Preferences.
- Click on Fonts & Colors.
- Set the font sizes. Minimum font size
can also be set.
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Mozilla
1.7
- From the Mozilla Menu select View>Text
Zoom>Increase
- This will cause the text to display
on the web page one size larger. However
this is a temporary change.
To make a permanent font size
change:
- From the Mozilla Menu select Preferences.
- Click on Appearance then click on
Fonts.
- Set the font sizes.
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Safari
1.2.4
- From the Safari menu, select Preferences.
- Click Appearance.
- To change the standard font or fixed-width
font used in pages, click the appropriate
Select button.
- Change the font size using the slider
bar.
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