Making text larger in Internet Explorer

Below are the step-by-step instructions on how to increase the font size in Internet Explorer

Instructions

  1. Open the ' View ' menu with the mouse or by pressing ' Alt'+'V ' .
  2. Select the ' Text Size ' option with the mouse or by pressing ' X ' .
  3. Choose your preferred text size with the mouse or by using the up and down arrow keys and pressing ' Enter ' or by clicking on it.

The text on our website should now have changed to reflect your choice.

Some websites have fixed the size of their text ('hard-coded') and as a result these websites will not show the change you have just made. If you would like to use your larger text on these sites follow the following steps:

  1. Click on the ' Tools ' menu with the mouse or press ' Alt '+' T ' .
  2. Click on ' Internet Options ' option with the mouse or press ' O ' . You should now see the ' Internet Options ' box as shown in Fig 1, below.
  3. Click on the ' Accessibility ' button which is highlighted with a red circle in Fig 1 with the mouse or press ' Alt '+ ' E '.
  4. Click the ' Ignore font sizes specified on web page ' checkbox to add a tick or press ' Alt '+' Z ' as shown in Fig 2.
  5. Click the ' OK ' button twice with the mouse or press ' Enter ' twice, to return to Internet Explorer.