Changing colours in Firefox

1. Click the ' Tools ' menu or press ' Alt' + 'T '.
2. Click ' Options ' or press ' O ' to display the ' Options ' dialog box (see Fig 1).

Fig 1

1. Click the ' Fonts and Colors ' button or press ' F ' to display the ' Fonts and Colors ' dialog box (see Fig 2).

Fig 2

1. To use your Windows colour scheme settings in Firefox click on the ' Use system colors ' checkbox, or ' Tab ' to the checkbox and press the ' Spacebar ' to select it, as highlighted in Fig 2 above.

Alternatively to set text and background colours just for Firefox:

1. Make sure the ' Use system colors ' checkbox is unchecked by clicking on it or ' Tab ' to the checkbox and press the ' Spacebar ' to deselect it.
2. For your text colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Text': heading and click on the colour you want to use, or press ' Alt' + 'T ' to jump to the text colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours and then press ' Enter ' to chose the highlighted colour.
3. For your background colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Background: ' heading and click on the colour you want to use, or press ' Alt ' + ' B ' to jump to the background colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours and then press ' Enter ' to choose the highlighted colour.
4. Next click on ' Always use my: Colors ' checkbox, or press ' Tab ' until the checkbox is highlighted and then press the ' Spacebar ' .
5. Click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to the options dialog box.
6. Click the ' OK ' button, or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is selected and press ' Enter ' , to return to Firefox.
7. Click on the ' Reload current page ' button on the Navigation toolbar or press ' Ctrl ' + ' R ' to reload the page with your colour settings.

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.