Large text help
For some visitors, options for enlarging text may be helpful
Enlarging text on web pages
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 go to the Menu item View > Text size > Largest
In Firefox there are the following options.
- Press Ctrl and plus (+) button or minus (-) button
- Ctrl button and use mouse wheel (to enlarge or reduce text size)
- Menu item View > Text size > Increase Ctrl++ to enlarge
- View > Text Size > Decrease Ctrl+- to reduce the text size
- View > Text Size > Normal Ctrl+0 to set to normal size
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 to resize texts there are the following options
- Menu item View > Text size > Largest
- Press Ctrl and plus (+) button or minus (-) button (or Ctrl button and use mouse wheel) to enlarge or reduce the text size.
- Click on the bottom of the right hand side of the screen where the 100% symbol is and then it gives you several options to enlarge your web page.
Enlarging text in PDFs
Ensure that the toolbars for Adobe are showing (bottom left hand side screen gives the Hide/Show option)
The way to change the text size on a PDF viewer is to use the Zoom Tools or the Zoom in button or Zoom out button toolbar items.
Large text PDF print outs
Some printers let you change the size of the print using the printer's software options, check your printer's user guide or contact your IT support.
All A3 printers can print PDF documents in a larger font size – check your printer's user guide.
Print options
If you don't have an A3 printer you can either:
- In the 'Page Handling' part of the printer dialogue box set 'Page Scaling' to 'Tile large pages' and 'Tile Scale' to '200%' This will print the page over 6 pages and the font size increases from 12 to 24 point.
OR
- For simple documents or short extracts copy and paste into a Word document then change the font size. You however lose the formatting (see Copy and paste from a PDF)
Unfortunately, we can’t offer support for your use of third-party software: installing and using it is your responsibility.
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