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Making text larger in Safari

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

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. Click on ' Make Text Bigger' or Make Text Smaller to change the font size as shown in Fig 1.

Or to to use keyboard shortcuts:

  1. Increase or decrease the text size with ' Apple ' and ' + ' (plus) and ' Apple ' and ' - ' (minus).

Safari view menu
Fig 1

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

  1. Click on the ' Safari ' menu with the mouse and then then click on ' Preferences ' or press ' Apple ' + ,' (Comma). (see Fig 2 , below)

Preferences option in the Safari menu
Fig 2

  1. Click on the ' Appearance ' icon or press ' Ctrl ' + ' F5 ' to highlight the ' General ' icon and then press the right arrow key to highlight ' Appearance ' then press the ' Spacebar ' see Fig 2, below).

Fonts options in the Appearance section
Fig 3

  1. Click on ' Select ' next to ' Standard font: ' box or press ' Tab ' once to highlight the ' Select ' button and then press the ' Spacebar ' as shown in Fig 3.
  2. This will bring up the ' Fonts ' window click on font size you want under the ' Sizes ' heading or press ' Ctrl ' + ' F6 ' then ' Ctrl ' + ' F7 ' then ' Tab ' twice to enter the ' Sizes ' box were you can type in the font size you want as highlighted in Fig 3 and then press ' Enter '.
  3. Click on the ' Fonts ' box close button or press ' Esc '.
  4. Click on the ' Appearance ' window close button or press ' Esc ' to return to Safari.
  5. On pages that support it the text size should now have changed.

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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