Text size and how to change it

We have set the text size on this website to be controlled by you, rather than being a fixed size. This is in line with government guidelines for accessibility and will allow you to increase or decrease the size of the text.

On Internet Explorer, the text size is set at Medium. If you have the text size set to smaller or smallest, you may find that the text is too small. Below we have provided a guide on how to change the size of text in your particular browser.

Internet Explorer

• Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar
• Select 'Text Size' (Windows users) or 'Text Zoom' (Macintosh users)
• Select the size you want

Netscape (up to Version 6)

• Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar
• Select 'Increase Font'

Netscape (Version 6 and above) / Mozilla

• Click on 'View' in the top-menu toolbar
• Select 'Text Size' or 'Text Zoom'

Opera

• Click on 'File' in the top-menu toolbar
• Click 'Preferences', then choose 'Documents' (in the left-hand 'Category' section of the pop-up box)
• Select the text size you want in the 'Minimum font size (pixels)' option

AOL users

• Select 'My AOL', then 'Preferences' and click the 'WWW' icon
• In 'Advanced Settings', select 'Browser Display' and choose an appropriate text size

Firefox 1.0 (temporary change)

• Select 'View' then 'Text Size', then 'Increase' in the top menu toolbar
• Alternatively, press the Ctrl key on the keyboard and the + /- key to increase or reduce the text size. If you have a 'scroll mouse', press the ctrl key while scrolling up down

Firefox 1.0 (permanent change)

• Select 'Tools', then 'Options' (Windows users) or select 'Preferences' (Macintosh users) in the top menu toolbar
• Select 'General'
• Click on 'Fonts and Colors'
• Set the text size. You can also set a minimum font size

Safari (Macintosh)

• Select 'View' in the top menu toolbar
• Select 'Make Text bigger' or 'Make Text smaller' from the drop-down menu