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Font Size and Contrast

In many popular web browsers you can easily enlarge the font and increase the contrast. Use these commands on any website you visit.

Windows Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10

Font Size

Open the View Menu
Select Text Size
Select a size from Largest to Smallest

Contrast (Windows XP or Windows 7)

These steps change the color scheme and contrast in every application, not just your web browser.

Click on the Start button
Open the Control Panel
Open "Accessibility Options" or "Ease of Access" depending on which version of Windows you are using.
In the Accessibility Options window open the Display tab. In the Ease of Access window, choose Optimize visual display.
Follows the prompts to select options for High Contrast.
Click OK to apply your changes.

Firefox on Windows

Font Size

Open the View Menu
Select Zoom
Select Zoom In or Zoom Out to increase or reduce text size
Or select Reset to return to normal size

Keyboard shortcuts:

Zoom in: Control + (Plus)
Zoom out: Control – (minus)
Reset to normal size: Control 0 (zero)

Contrast

Open the Tools Menu
Select Options
In the Options window open the Content tab
Click on the Colors button
In the Colors window choose your preferred colors for text, background and links
Uncheck the checkbox that says "Allow pages to choose their own colors"
Click OK to close the Colors window and click OK again to close the Options window and apply your changes

Firefox on Mac

Font Size

Open the View Menu
Select Zoom
Select Zoom In or Zoom Out to increase or reduce text size
Or select Reset to return to normal size

Keyboard shortcuts:

Zoom in: Command + (plus)
Zoom out: Command – (minus)
Reset to normal size: Command 0 (zero)

Contrast

Open the Firefox Menu
Select Preferences
In the Preferences window open the Content tab
Click on the Colors button
In the Colors window choose your preferred colors for text, background and links
Uncheck the checkbox that says "Allow pages to choose their own colors"
Click OK to close the Colors window and click OK again to close the Preferences window and apply your changes

Safari on Mac

Font Size

Open the View Menu
Select Zoom In or Zoom Out to increase or reduce text size
Or select Actual Size to return to normal size

Keyboard shortcuts:

Zoom in: Command + (plus)
Zoom out: Command – (minus)
Reset to normal size: Command 0 (zero)

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