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Making the text larger

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• If you experience any difficulty using this website, please contact us.

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel

• Hold the Ctrl key and scroll the wheel up and down

Internet Explorer 5.0 and 6.0

• Open the View menu with the mouse or press Alt and V

• Select the Text Size option with the mouse or press X

• Click on the text size you want with the mouse or use the up and down arrow keys and the Enter key.

Internet Explorer 7.0

• Press Ctrl and + to zoom in on the whole page

• Press Ctrl and - to zoom out again

or:

• Open the Page menu with the mouse or press Alt and P

• Select the Text Size option with the mouse or press X

• Click on the text size you want with the mouse or use the up and down arrow keys and the Enter key.

Firefox 1.5 / 2.0

• Press Ctrl and + to increase the text size

• Press Ctrl and - to decrease the text size

• Press Ctrl and 0 to returns you to the original size.

Google Chrome

• Press Ctrl and + to increase the text size

or

• Click the Page button

• Select Text Zoom

• Select Larger.

Netscape

• Open the View menu with the mouse or press Alt and V

• Select the Text Zoom option with the mouse or press Z

• Click on the text size you want with the mouse or use the up and down arrow keys and the Enter key.

Opera 8.0

• Press + to increase size (you may need to press Shift as well)

• Press - to decrease text size (you may need to press Shift as well)

• Each press will increase or decrease the size by 10 percent.

Mozilla

• Open the View menu with the mouse
  Select the Text Zoom option with the mouse

Safari

• Hold the Apple key and press:

• + to increase text size

• - to decrease text size

More detailed information

• www.idea.gov.uk

• BBC website