Text Size
To enlarge or reduce displayed text on a Microsoft Windows based PC use the following depending on which browser you are using.
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Firefox
To zoom in/out using the keyboard:
- 'CTRL' and '+' to increase the text size.
- 'CTRL' and '-' to decrease the text size.
- 'CTRL' and '0' (zero) returns you to the default 'normal' zoom size.
or with a wheel mouse:
- 'CTRL' and click the wheel up/down to zoom in/out.
Safari
To zoom in/out using the keyboard:
- 'CTRL' and '+' to increase the text size.
- 'CTRL' and '-' to decrease the text size.
- 'CTRL' and '0' (zero) returns you to the default 'normal' zoom size.
or with a wheel mouse:
- 'CTRL' and click the wheel up/down to zoom in/out.
Internet Explorer
IE supports two approaches to web page text sizing; zoom which is common to other browsers and text size change.
To zoom in/out using the keyboard:
- 'CTRL' and '+' to increase the zoom.
- 'CTRL' and '-' to decrease the zoom.
- 'CTRL' and '0' (zero) returns you to the default 'normal' zoom size.
or with a wheel mouse:
- 'CTRL' and click the wheel up/down to zoom in/out.
To change text size using the keyboard:
- Press the 'ALT' and 'v' keys.
- Then press the 'x' key followed by selecting the desired text size using one of 'a' 's' 'm' 'l' 'g'.
or with the mouse:
- Open the 'View' menu.
- Select the 'Text Size'.
- Select the desired text size (smallest to largest) or reset to medium.
Opera
Opera supports two approaches to web page text sizing; zoom which is common to other browsers and text size change.
To zoom in/out using the keyboard:
- '+' to increase the zoom.
- '-' to decrease the zoom.
- 'CTRL' and '0' (zero) returns you to the default 'normal' zoom size.
or with a wheel mouse:
- 'CTRL' and click the wheel up/down to zoom in/out.
To change text size using the keyboard:
- Hold down the 'ALT' and 'v' key.
- Then press the 'z' key followed by selecting the desired text size using the cursor up/down key.
- Press the 'RETURN' or 'ENTER' key to select.
or with a wheel mouse:
- Open the 'View' menu.
- Select the 'Zoom'.
- Select the desired text size or reset to 100%.
