Changing Text Size

The 'increase/decrease text size' buttons, on the right hand side of pages in this site, are designed to increase or decrease the size of text which appears on a page. Each click will increase or descrease the size of the text further. This feature will not work with all computer and browers types and versions so, if these buttons do not affect the text size the instructions below should help you.

Internet Explorer

Access the 'View' menu in your browser and select 'Text Size', a sub menu will appear which indicates your current text size preference.

NOTE: It may be necessary to disable text size presets also to allow this to work. To do this simply access the 'Tools' Menu in your browser. Choose 'Internet Options'. Make sure the 'General' Tab is selected and click the button marked 'Accessibility'. In the Acessibility Dialogue box, ensure 'Ingore font sizes specified on Web Pages' is CHECKED.

Netscape

Access the 'Edit' menu, and choose 'Preferences'. In the left hand menu within the 'Preferences' dialogue box choose 'Advanced' and DISABLE the check box alongside 'Enable Style Sheets'.

Once this is done use the 'View' Menu and choose either 'Increase Font' or 'Decrease Font'. You can continually select either of these to make the text change to any size you desire.

NOTE: It is also possible to specify a Font and Text size for any website you visit by Accessing the 'Edit' menu, choosing 'Preferences', clicking on 'Fonts' in the left hand menu. The options for fonts and sizes is in this dialogue box.