Love Web Design, Customising Your Browser

Is the text too small on this website? Would you like to change the colour? Do you have your own stylesheet that you would like to apply?

On this page we will provide details on how to do this with the most frequently used browsers; we do hope you will find this information useful.

Firefox
Internet Explorer
Opera
Safari
Netscape

Firefox

For versions 1.5 or higher.

To set a minimum font size for your current session only, you can either:

View (or ALT and V),
Text Size,
Select the font size using the mouse wheel or arrow keys,

or,

CTRL and + to increase the size, CTRL and - to decrease the size, CTRL and 0 [zero] to return to the default size

or,

CTRL and turn the mouse wheel up or down.

To set a default minimum font size for all and every session:

Tools (or ALT and T)
Options (or O)
Content (or use the arrow keys) - in earlier versions, General
Under Fonts & Colours, go to Advanced (or ALT and D),
Minimum Font Size (or ALT and O),
Select the size you require.

In earlier versions, activate Always use my: fonts.

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Internet Explorer

To set a default minimum font size for all and every session:

Tools (or ALT and O)
Internet Options (or O)
Accessibility button at the bottom of the page (or ALT and E)
Tick Ignore font sizes specified on webpages (or ALT and Z)
Return to the main menu
Page (or ALT and P)
Text Size (or X)
Select the font size

in Internet Explorer 5 or 6:

View (or ALT and V)
Text Size (or X)
Select the font size

Version 7 also introduced a zoom feature; to use this CTRL and + to increase the zoom, CTRL and - to decrease the zoom.

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Opera

For Opera, Version 8 & 9.

To use the zoom feature:

+ or - (some versions require SHIFT and + or SHIFT and -)

or,

View (or ALT and V)
Z for zoom options
Use the up and down arrow keys

or, to set a default zoom size for all and every session:

Tools
Preferences (or CTRL and F12)
Web Pages (or CTRL and Tab repeatedly)
Page Zoom
Select the zoom size

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Safari

For Mac

To set a minimum font size for your current session only you can either:

View
Near the bottom of the list, select Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.

or,

View
APPLE and + to increase the size, APPLE and - to decrease the size, APPLE and 0 [zero] to return to the default size.

To set a default minimum font size for all and every session:

Safari
Preferences (or APPLE and comma)
Appearance (or CTRL and F5, then right arrow)
Next to Standard Font, select Select
Under Sizes select a size (or CTRL and F6, then CTRL and F7, then TAB, then TAB, then type the font size)

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Netscape

To set a minimum font size for your current session only (version 7 and above only):

View (or ALT and V)
Text Zoom (or Z)
Select the font size (or use the up and down keys)

To set a default minimum font size for all and every session:

Edit (or ALT and E)
Preferences (or E)
Appearance
Fonts
Go to Minimum Font Size near the bottom of the page
Select the font size
Remove tick from Allow documents to use other fonts.

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Love Web Design, Your Feedback

We have tried to create a web site that is both accessible and usable. If you have experienced any difficulties in using this web site or have identified any error(s), please contact us by emailing info@lovewebdesign.co.uk.