Change the text size

You can make the text on this website larger or smaller by following the step-by-step guides below.

Please note these are only for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. More detailed information about how to change the fonts and font sizes in your operating system and in various other browsers is available online at BBC My Web My Way. This comprehensive site also includes information about changing the colours in your operating system and web browser, changing the mouse pointer and using the keyboard instead of the mouse.

Microsoft Internet Explorer - all versions

• Open your Internet Explorer web browser.
• Choose the drop down menu at the top of the window of the browser marked 'view'.
• A list of options will appear in the drop down menu, choose 'text size'.
• Next another drop down menu should appear with options including 'small', 'medium', 'large', 'largest'.
• Select 'largest'.

The text in your browser window should now appear larger. If this is still too small for you then it may be that you need to look at other ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as screen magnification software.

Mozilla Firefox - all versions

• Open your Firefox browser.
• Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key.
• You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure.
• Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements.
• If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key.

The text in your browser window should now appear larger. If this is still too small for you then it may be that you need to look at other ways of enlarging the text on your screen, such as screen magnification software.

This information was provided courtesy of the Royal National Institute of Blind people. 

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