IE (Internet Explorer)
Increasing the size of the text
Some visitors find screen text easier to read by increasing the size of the text on the page.
To do this in Microsoft Internet Explorer, (IE),
- go to the 'View menu' on the toolbar,
- select 'Text Size' and then
- select either 'Larger' or 'Largest'.
Keyboard shortcut: (ALT + V, X - choose text size, larGer, Large, Medium, smAll, Smallest)
Changing the display on the screen
Tick the box 'Ignore colors specified on Web pages'
Internet Explorer provides other ways in which you can fine-tune how an ESR page displays on your screen.
You can remove the background colours and choose which colours to have text, links and visited links displayed.
- Click the Tools icon on the toolbar
- Click Internet Options
- Click Accessibility and check Ignore Colours specified on a webpage
- Click OK (This will switch off the background colours of the websites you visit.)
You can choose the colours of text and links
- Click the Tools icon on the toolbar
- Click Internet Options
- Click Accessibility and
- Un-check the box 'Use Windows colors'. You then specify which colours you would prefer to be displayed for the text and for links.
You can also indicate what colours to be use for links you have previously visited.
Firefox
Increasing the size of the text
Some visitors find screen text easier to read by increasing the size that the text is displayed.
To do this in Firefox,
- go to the 'View menu',
- select 'Text Size' and then
- select 'Increase'. You can have the same effect by using the keyboard and press the keys 'Ctrl' and '+' at the same time.
Changing the display on the screen
Firefox provides other ways in which you can fine-tune how a Directgov page displays on your screen.
For example you can change the background colours and choose which colours to have text, links and visited links displayed.
You can make these changes by:
- Going to the 'Tools' menu at the top of the page
- Selecting 'Options...' from that menu
- Clicking the 'Font & Colors...' button
On the 'Font & colors' box you can over-ride the colours used by Directgov by ticking the boxes marked 'Always use my: Fonts' and 'Always use my: Colors'.
You can specify which colours you prefer text and links to be displayed in, and which background colour should show on the page. You can also choose colours to be used for links your have previously visited and links when your mouse hovers over them.