Accessibility
You may find you can improve your browsing experience by altering particular browser settings. Below, we show how to change the settings for common web-browsers.
When in doubt, check your browsers built-in documentation.
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Internet Explorer (IE)
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Change font sizes in IE
IE7: From the Page menu, choose the Text size option
IE6 and below: From the View menu, choose the Text size option
Change colour and font settings in IE
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From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options
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Select the Accessibility… button (bottom right)
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By checking the desired checkboxes, you can force the browser to ignore the colours, font styles and font sizes
Disable images in IE
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From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options
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Select the Advanced tab (top right)
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Scroll down to the Multimedia section
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Untick the checkbox labelled Show pictures
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Mozilla Firefox
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Change font sizes in Firefox
From the View menu, choose the Text Size option
Change colour and font settings in Firefox
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On OSX: With Firefox in focus, select the Firefox menu, followed by Preferences
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On other platforms: From the Tools menu, choose Options
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Select the Content tab. To select fonts:
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Within the Fonts & Colors section, select the default font and size from the drop-down menus
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Clicking the Advanced… will display a new dialog. To enforce your previous font selection, untick the checkbox Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above
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To select colours:
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Within the Fonts & Colors section, click the Colors… button
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The dialog that appears allows you to select a colour palette that best suits you
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To enforce your colour selection, untick the checkbox Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above
Disable images in Firefox
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On OSX: With Firefox in focus, select the Firefox menu, followed by Preferences
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On other platforms: From the Tools menu, choose Options
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Select the Content tab
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Untick the checkbox labelled Load images automatically
Further help
If your browser isn’t covered here, or you would like more in-depth information, visit My Web my Way, an online guide that explains the various accessibility features provided by your web browser.