Most browsers and computers allow you to change the size of text, to make text either smaller or larger.
Changing text size in the browser
Google Chrome
- Click the Customize and control Google Chrome button
- Locate Zoom
- Select + (plus) or – (minus) to make text larger or smaller – 100% is default size
You can find out more about the Chrome browser at the Google website
Microsoft Edge
- Click the More button (three dots at the top right of the screen)
- Locate Zoom
- Select + (plus) or – (minus) to make text larger or smaller – 100% is default size.
You can find out more about the Edge browser at the Microsoft website
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
- Open the view menu
- Select text size
- Select your preferred text size
You can find out more about the Internet Explorer 11 browser at the Microsoft website.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the view menu
- Select text size
- Select your preferred text size from the available options
- Alternatively hold down the ‘ctrl’ and use the ‘+’ or ‘-‘ key to make the text larger or smaller
You can find out more about the Firefox browser at the Mozilla Firefox website.
Apple Safari
- Open the View menu
- Select ‘make text bigger’ to increase the text size, or ‘make text smaller’ to decrease the text size
- Alternatively hold down the ‘CMD’ and use the ‘+’ or ‘-‘ key to make the text larger or smaller
You can find out more about the Safari browser at the Apple website.
Opera
- Open view
- Select Zoom and choose a size by %
- Alternatively select the browser window and use ‘+’ to make the text larger and ‘-‘ to make it smaller
You can find out more about the Opera browser at the Opera website.