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Instructions for Changing the Text Size

Instructions for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer
For PC

Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window
From the options which appear, select 'Internet options...'
Click on the 'General' tab
Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
To change your font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'
To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'
Click 'OK' (and again if necessary)
Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window.
From the options which appear, select 'Text size'
Select your desired text size

For Apple Mac

Instructions for users of Netscape Navigator
Text

Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
Open the Appearance group and click the 'Fonts' category
Next to 'For the encoding' should read Western to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use.
From 'Size' select 18
Next to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'
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'
Click 'OK'

Colours

Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
Open the Appearance group and click the 'Colours' category
Select a colour button to change colours of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links
To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select 'Always use my colours, overriding document'
Click 'OK'