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Help for the Visually Impaired
How to increase the font size
Netscape
Internet Explorer
How to change the color of the background and the text
Netscape
Internet Explorer
How to increase the font size
Netscape:
- Go to the edit menu and choose 'Preferences.'
- A window will open up. On the left side of the window, click once on the word 'Fonts,' which
is found under the 'Appearance' heading.
- Then, on the right side of the window, select a font size.
- Click on the 'O.K.' button.
- If the selections that you made are not adequate, then repeat steps 1- 4 and try other settings
for the font sizes in step 3.
How to increase the font size
Internet Explorer:
- Go to the view menu.
- Select 'Fonts' or 'Text Size.'
- Then choose between the following choices - 'Smallest', 'Smaller', 'Medium', 'Larger', and
'Largest.'
How to change the color of the background and the text
Netscape
- Go to the edit menu and choose 'Preferences.'
- A window will open up. On the left side of the window, click once on the word 'Colors,' which
is found under the 'Appearance' heading.
- Then, on the right side of the window, you can select the colors for the text, background,
and links. If, for example, you prefer a black background with white text, click inside the button that is next
to the word 'Text.' This will open up a window that allows you to click on the color that you want. Do the same
for the button next to the word 'Background.' If you have a dark colored background, it will important to choose
light colors for the link options.
- Finally, click in the check-box that says, 'Always use my colors, overriding document' and
then click the 'O.K.' button.
How to change the color of the background
and the text
Internet Explorer
- On the menu bar, go to 'View' (ver 5.X) or 'Tools' (ver 6.X) and click on 'Internet Options.'
- Towards the bottom of the window that opens up you will see a button that says 'Colors...'.
Click on this and another window will open up.
- There is a left and right side to this window. On the left side, there is a box that is checked
that says, 'Use Windows' colors'. Uncheck this box.
- This will now activate the text and background buttons. Click inside the button that is next
to the word 'Text.' This will open up a window that allows you to click on the color that you want. Do the same
for the button next to the word 'Background.'If you have a dark colored background, it will be important to choose
light colors for the link options, which are located on the right side of the window.
- Click on the 'O.K.' button that is located in this window. The window will close. Then, click
on the 'O.K.' button that is located at the bottom of the remaining window.
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