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Making text larger - Netscape

Making text larger in Netscape

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

Instructions

To increase the text size:

  1. Click on the ' View ' menu with the mouse or pressing ' Alt '+' V ' .
  2. Click on the ' Text Zoom ' option with the mouse or press ' Z ' .
  3. Click on the text size you want with the mouse or use the up and down keys and then ' Enter ' to select the text size you want .

The text on our website should now have changed to reflect your choice. If you are using an earlier version of Netscape than version 7 then the above instructions will not work on some websites because of the way they have fixed (hard-coded) the size of their text.

You can also set a minimum font size for all the web pages you visit in your browser preferences as an alternative to using the ' Text Zoom ' option. To do so:

  1. Click on the ' Edit ' menu with the mouse or press ' Alt '+' E ' .
  2. Click on ' Preferences ' or press ' E ' to open the preferences dialog box.
  3. Click on the ' Font ' heading underneath the ' Appearance ' category or use the arrow keys to select ' Font ' . If you cannot see the ' Font ' heading, you may need to expand the ' Appearance ' category. Do this by either double clicking on ' Appearance', or selecting ' Appearance ' with the arrow keys and pressing the right arrow key. (See Fig 1).

Netscape preferences dialog box
Fig 1

  1. Click on the drop down box next to ' Minimum font size: ' as highlighted in Fig 1 and choose a font size by clicking on it or press the ' Tab ' key until the box is highlighted, then press the up arrow to expand the list, choose a new font size by selecting the size you want with the ' up' and ' down ' arrow keys and then press ' Enter ' .
  2. If there is a tick in the checkbox ' Allow documents to use other fonts you might need to uncheck it for your minimum font size to work, to do this click on the box to uncheck it or press the ' Tab ' key until the checkbox is highlighted and then press the ' Spacebar ' to uncheck it.
  3. Now click ' OK ' or 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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