Accessibility Options

Changing Text Size

Many people find the text on the screen difficult to read, for example if you are working at a higher screen resolution or using a laptop with a smaller screen you may find the text too small to read easily. Also if you have a vision impairment you may also want to increase the size of the text to make it easier to read.

Internet Explorer

If you are using Internet Explorer you can change the size of the text in your browser by selecting the View menu, then selecting Text Size and the size you require.

Firefox

If you are using Firefox you can change the size of the text in your browser by selecting the View menu, then selecting Increase or Decrease to change the text size. Alternatively you can press ' Ctrl ' and ' + ' to increase the text size, ' Ctrl ' and ' - ' to decrease the text size. ' Ctrl ' and ' 0 ' returns you to the default size.

Opera

You can easily increase or decrease the size of both text and graphics using the ' + ' and ' - ' keys on the numeric keypad. Each press will increase or decrease the size by 10%.

Safari

To change text size in the safari Click on the ' View ' menu with the mouse. Then click on ' Make Text Bigger' or 'Make Text Smaller' to change the font size.

You can also use the keyboard shortcuts: Increase or decrease the text size with ' Apple ' and ' + ' (plus) and ' Apple ' and ' - ' (minus).

More on accessibility

For further help on accessibility please visit the BBC website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/