This page explains step-by-step how to change the text and background colours in Netscape
Instructions
- Click the ' Edit ' menu or press ' Alt' + 'E '.
- Click ' Preferences ' or press ' E ' to display the preferences dialog box (Fig 1).
Fig 1
- Click on the arrow ( or cross) next to the ' Appearance ' heading on the left, or select it using the arrow keys and press the ' right arrow ' key, to expand it.
- Click the ' Colors ' sub heading, orselect it using the arrow keys, to view the ' Colors ' preferences section (Fig 2).
Fig 2
- To change your preferred text colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Text: ' heading and click your preferred colour, or press ' Alt' + 'T ' to jump to the text colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours. Press ' Enter ' when your chosen colour is selected.
- To change your preferred background colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Background: ' heading and click your preferred colour, or press ' Alt' + 'B ' to jump to the background colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours. Press ' Enter ' when your chosen colour is selected.
- Click the radio button next to ' Use my chosen colours ignoring the colors and background image specified ' , or ' Tab ' to this section, and select this option with the arrow keys.
- Click ' OK ' , or Tab to the ' OK ' button and press ' Enter ' , to return to Netscape.
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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