Configure Your Browser Settings

If you have difficulty with viewing web pages you can configure your web browser to display the site with the colours, font sizes/styles that are best for you. To do this in Internet Explorer see the following and for Firefox browsers visit Instructions for Firefox

Selecting Internet Explorer Options from the drop down menu.

Go to the 'Tools' menu at the top of the browser.
(see figure 1)
Select 'Internet Options'

Figure 1.

Selecting from the 'Internet Options' menu.

In 'Internet Options' select the 'Accessibility' button in the bottom right of the dialogue box which is highlighted in orange. (see figure 2)
Use the 'colours' under 'internet options' to change the colours.

Figure 2.

Accessibility options.

Accessibility options. In the 'Accessibility' dialogue box you have two options (highlighted in orange). You can set the browser so that you can control the fonts on the web page. Or you can create a 'style sheet' that saves your setting to your hard drive which can always be used to display you web pages.

To set your browser so as you control the fonts, select the check box as shown right. (see figure 3)

To create a your own personal style sheet we suggest going to: www.microsoft.com/enable/training/