All links to documents, external websites or alternative formats open in a new window.
Accessibility Essentials
Enlarging Text
Navigation Menu Starts
Alternative Formats
(opening in new window)
(opening in new window)
Word Version
RTF VersionNavigation Menu Ends
Enlarging Text in Microsoft® Internet Explorer
Figure 1 - Text Size Menu Options
Figure 2 - Internet Options Dialogue Box
Figure 3 - Accessibility Dialogue Box
An easy way of enlarging the text in Microsoft
® Internet Explorer would be to download the
JISC TechDis toolbar
which, once downloaded, is available as an on-screen toolbar (similar to the way the Google Toolbar is available) and allows the user to zoom into or out of any webpage. Alternatively, if you are unable to download programmes onto your computer, you can adapt the text size yourself using the following steps.
Enlarging the Text (Option 1)
- From the menu selectView>Text Sizeand increase or decrease the text size as necessary (see Figure 1).
Enlarging the Text (Option 2)
If option 1 doesn't work then follow the steps below:
- From the menu selectTools>Internet Optionsand under the General tab clickAccessibilitybutton at the bottom right of the dialogue box (see Figure 2).
- Tick the check box'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages'and click OK (see Figure 3).
- Clicking OK will close the dialogue box and return you to the General tab of the Internet Options box, ClickOKagain to exit.
- From the menu selectView>Text Sizeand increase or decrease the text size as necessary (see Figure 1).
Animation
- View an animation showing how to
enlarge text in Microsoft® Internet Explorer (Option 1) - View an animation showing how toenlarge text in Microsoft® Internet Explorer (Option 2)