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Making text larger in Internet Explorer 8

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.