Making text larger in Safari for Apple Mac
Note: Mac key convention: '
Ctrl ' is used for 'Control', '
Apple' is used for 'Command' and '
Alt ' is used for the 'Option' key .
Note: For keyboard access make sure '
Full keyboard access ' is turned on - you can turn it on or off; by pressing '
Ctrl ' + '
F1 ' at any time.
Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of the text for the web page you are viewing:
- Click on the ' View ' menu with the mouse.
- Click on ' Make Text Bigger' or Make Text Smaller to change the font size as shown in Fig 1.
Or to use keyboard shortcuts:
- Increase or decrease the text size with ' Apple ' and ' + ' (plus) and ' Apple ' and ' - ' (minus).
Fig 1 Take the following steps to set a larger text size for all the pages you visit:
- Click on the ' Safari ' menu with the mouse and then then click on ' Preferences ' or press ' Apple ' + ,' (Comma) . (see Fig 2 , below)
Fig 2
- Click on the ' Appearance ' icon or press ' Ctrl ' + ' F5 ' to highlight the ' General ' icon and then press the right arrow key to highlight ' Appearance ' then press the ' Spacebar ' see Fig 2, below).
Fig 3
- Click on ' Select ' next to ' Standard font: ' box or press ' Tab ' once to highlight the ' Select ' button and then press the ' Spacebar ' as shown in Fig 3.
- This will bring up the ' Fonts ' window click on font size you want under the ' Sizes ' heading or press ' Ctrl ' + ' F6 ' then ' Ctrl ' + ' F7 ' then ' Tab ' twice to enter the ' Sizes ' box were you can type in the font size you want as highlighted in Fig 3 and then press ' Enter '.
- Click on the ' Fonts ' box close button or press ' Esc '.
- Click on the ' Appearance ' window close button or press ' Esc ' to return to Safari.
- On pages that support it the text size should now have changed.
Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies - contact your local IT support for further help.