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Browser Accessibility Options

 

Controlling text and colours in your web browser

You can specify the font sizes, styles and colors, and foreground and background colors of Web pages displayed on your computer screen, even if the author of the Web page has already specified these. You can also specify the color used to indicate links in Web pages, or a special color for links that is used only when the mouse passes over the link.

This is useful if you have low vision, need larger fonts, or need high-contrast colors. You can set Internet Explorer to use the colors and fonts you specify, your default Windows colors and fonts, or the settings you specify in your own style sheet.

If you use the Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers to view the Internet, the following guidelines will enable you to enlarge the size of the text and control the colours on your screen.

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer for PC

  • Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser.

  • Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window.

  • From the options which appear, select 'Internet options...'.

  • Click on the 'General' tab.

  • Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'.

  • To change your font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'.

  • To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'.

  • Click OK (and again if necessary).

  • Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window.

  • From the options which appear, select 'Text Size'.

  • Select your desired text size.

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer for Apple Mac

  • Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser.

  • Select the "edit" menu at the top of your window.

  • From the options menu which appears, select "preferences".

  • Click on "web content".

  • Deselect the button marked "show style sheets".

  • Return to the list of preferences.

  • Click on "web browser".

  • Select "language/fonts".

  • Select the font size you require.

 

Instructions for users of Netscape Navigator

Text:

  • Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'.

  • Open the Appearance group and click the 'Fonts' category.

  • Next to 'For the encoding' should read Western to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From 'Size' select 18.

  • Next to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'. The Fixed Width Font box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18.

  • To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'.

  • Click 'OK'.

Colours:

  • Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'.

  • Open the Appearance group and click the 'Colours' category.

  • Select a color button to change colours of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links.

  • To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select 'Always use my colours, overriding document'.

  • Click 'OK'.

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Related links

Equality & Diversity
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
www.adobe.com
RNIB: designing accessible Web sites
AbilityNet
Bobby (CAST)
Microsoft® Accessibility
Texthelp Systems
WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
Yahoo! Computers & the Internet for Disabilities
 
         
     
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