Change the Font Size While Surfing the Web

Sometimes it is difficult to read some of the text on websites or you may just want to increase or decrease the font size of the text in your browser.

Your Internet browser has a text size setting that can be adjusted by some keyboard short cuts, from the menu or by using the mouse and key combination. This setting can be adjusted at anytime and then set back to the default size.

Internet Explorer

Keyboard short cuts: use CTRL and the + to enlarge or the - key to reduce the size.

Using the Menu: go to View–>Text Size and then select the text size desired.

Mouse: hold the CTRL key down and move the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the size. Your mouse must have a wheel.

Firefox

Keyboard short cuts: use CTRL and the + to enlarge or the - key to reduce the size.

Using the Menu: go to View–>Text Size and then select the text size desired.

Mouse: hold the CTRL key down and move the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the size. Your mouse must have a wheel.

Examples

The following images are, in order, normal size, larger size, and smaller size font.

Normal

Large

Small

Quickly Return to Normal Size

In Firefox or IE, just hold the CTRL key and press the 0 (zero) key and your browser will return to the default size.

Play around with the size and find the right size for you or use the tip to view hard-to-read text only when needed.

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