Internet Explorer

If you have Internet Explorer 6 or above:

To alter your text size, move your mouse pointer over the word 'View' that is displayed at the top of the browser window and click the mouse button once. This will display a dropdown list of options.

Move the mouse pointer over the option labelled 'Text Size' and press the mouse button once. This will display another list of options. Click on the required option for the text size wanted.

The page will then refresh with your newly selected setting.

If you have Internet Explorer 7 and it's being used

Click on the down arrow next to the 'Page' menu. This is on the ribbon on the top right hand of the page, between the printer icon and the 'Tools' menu.

Point to the text size and wait for the drop down menu to appear.

Select your choice of Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Small text sizes.

Apple Mac

Select Edit from the browser menu options

From the options menu which appears, select Preferences

Select Web content

Deselect the button marked Show style sheets

Return to the list of preferences

Select Web browser

Select Language/fonts

Select the font size you require

Netscape

Select Fonts

Next to For the encoding should read ‘Western’, to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use

From Size select the size of font that suits you (for example, 18)

From the drop-down box next to the Variable Width Font field, select Ariel

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

Select OK to save changes