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Changing fonts in Opera for OS X

How to change the font style in your browser

Note: Mac key convention: ' Ctrl ' is used for 'Control', ' Apple ' is used for 'Command' and ' Alt ' is used for the 'Option' key.

Note: For keyboard access make sure ' Full keyboard access ' is turned on - you can turn it on or off; by pressing ' Ctrl ' + ' F1 ' at any time.

Instructions

  1. Click on the ' Opera' menu and then click on ' Preferences... ' as shown in Fig 1 or press ' Apple ' +',' (comma).

Opera preferences
Fig 1

  1. Click on the ' Web pages ' tab or press ' Alt ' + ' Tab ' until the ' Web pages ' tab is selected as shown in Fig 2 .
  2. Click on the large button next to ' Normal font ' as shown in Fig 2 ( ' Times' ) below or press ' Tab ' until the button is selected and then press the ' Spacebar '.

Font options in the Preference menu
Fig 2

  1. This will bring up the ' Select font ' window as shown in Fig 3.

Font properties box
Fig 3

  1. Click on the font you want or press ' Tab' until the ' Font ' box is highlighted and use the up and down arrows to select your font
  2. Click the ' OK ' button or press ' Enter ' to return to the ' Preferences ' window.
  3. Next click on the ' Advanced ' tab or press ' Alt ' + ' Tab' to highlight it (see Fig 5 below).
  4. Click on ' Content ' or use the up and down arrow to selected it (see Fig 4 ).
  5. Click on the ' Style options ' button or press ' Tab ' until it is highlighted and press the ' Spacebar ' as highlighted in Fig4.

Advanced Preferences options in Opera
Fig 4

  1. Under both the ' Author mode ' and ' User mode ' options turn off page style sheet by clicking on the checkbox next to ' Page style sheet ' or press ' Tab ' until the checkbox in the ' Author mode ' column is selected and press the ' Spacebar ' , repeat for ' Page style sheet in the ' User mode ' column. The checkboxes should no longer have ' ticks' in them. (See Fig 5 below).
  2. Repeat step 1 for the ' Page fonts and colors' checkboxes to turn them off.
  3. Select the ' My fonts and colours ' under both the ' Author mode ' and ' User mode ' headings either by clicking on the checkboxes with a mouse or press ' Tab ' until the checkbox in the ' Author mode ' column is selected and press the ' Spacebar ' , repeat for ' My fonts and colours ' in the ' User mode ' column. The checkboxes should have ' ticks' in them. (See Fig 5 below).

Advanced style options in Opera
Fig 5

  1. Click the ' OK ' button twice or press ' Enter ' twice to return to Opera.

Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies - contact your local IT support for further help.

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