Changing colours in Firefox 1.5 / 2.0

1. Click the ' Tools ' menu or press ' Alt' + 'T '.
2. Click ' Options ' or press ' O ' to display the ' Options ' dialog box
3. Click the ' Content ' tab or use the arrow keys until it is highlighted (in blue).(see Fig 1).

Fig 1

1. Click on ' Colours ' or press ' Alt ' + 'C' to open the ' Colours ' 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 press ' Alt' + 'S' to select it, as highlighted in Fig 2 above.
2. Next click on 'Allow pages select their own colours, instead of my selections above ' or press 'Alt' + 'A' to deselect it.
3. Click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to the options dialog box.
4. Click the ' OK ' button, or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is selected and press ' Enter ' , to return to Firefox.

Alternatively to set text and background colours just for Firefox:

1. Make sure the ' Use system colors ' checkbox is unchecked by clicking on it if selected or press ' Alt' + 'S' to deselect it if it is selected
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 - see Fig 3 below.
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 'Allow pages select their own colours, instead of my selections above ' or press 'Alt ' + 'A' to deselect it.

Fig 3

1. Click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to the options dialog box.
2. Click the ' OK ' button, or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is selected and press ' Enter ' , to return to Firefox.
3. 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.