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Making text larger in Firefox

Below are the step-by-step instructions on how to increase the font size in Firefox

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.

Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of the text for the web page you are viewing:

  1. Click on the ' View ' menu with the mouse.
  2. Hover your mouse over ' Text Size ' and choose a different text size from the listed options as shown in Fig 1.

Or to use keyboard shortcuts:

  1. Press ' Apple ' and ' + ' (plus) to increase the text size and ' Apple ' and ' - ' (minus ) to decrease the text size.

Text size option in the Firefox view menu
Fig 1

Take the following steps to set a larger text size for all the pages you visit:

  1. Click the ' Firefox ' menu with the mouse or press ' Ctrl ' + ' F2 ' to highlight the menu bar and then press the right arrow to highlight the ' Firefox ' menu .
  2. Click on ' Preferences' or press the down arrow to highlight ' Preferences ' and then press ' Enter '.
  3. Make sure the ' General ' tab is selected if not click on it (no keyboard shortcut ).
  4. Click on ' Fonts and colours ' as shown in fig 2 (no keyboard shortcut ).

Firefox general preferences
Fig 2

  1. Click on the box next to ' Size (pixels) ' and change the font size as highlighted in Fig 3 (no keyboard shortcut ).

Fonts options for Firefox
Fig 3

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

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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