Browser settings - Internet Explorer
- How do I ignore the font or colour settings specified on this web site?
- How do I change the colours of the text and background on this web site?
- How do I change the font style on this web site?
- How do I change the font size on this web site?
- How do I stop images downloading?
How do I ignore the font or colour settings specified on this web site?
From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'. Click on the 'Accessibility' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab. You will see the following options:
- Ignore colours specified on Web pages
- Ignore font styles specified on Web pages
- Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages
- Tick the options that are appropriate to you. Click 'OK'.
- Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box.
How do I change the colours of the text and background on this web site?
From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'. Click on the 'Colours' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab.
- Untick the 'Use windows colours' option
- Select your own text and background colours (black text on a yellow background provides the most contrast)
- To change the colours of visited and unvisited links, click on the colours and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
- Click 'OK'.
- Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box.
How do I change the font style on this web site?
From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'. Click on the 'Accessibility' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab.
- Tick the 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' option
- Click 'OK'
- Back at the 'General' tab, click 'Fonts'.
- From this screen you can change the way your pages display 'web page font' and 'plain text font.'
- Once you have chosen your required settings, click 'OK'.
- Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box
How do I change the font size on this web site?
From the main menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
- Click on the 'Accessibility' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab
- Tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages' box and click 'OK'
- Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box
- Go to 'View' and select 'Text Size' and select the appropriate size text, e.g. 'largest' Adjust as appropriate
How do I stop images downloading?
This allows you to only view text and the page will load much faster
- From the main menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
- Go to the 'Advanced' tab
- Scroll down the settings until you reach 'Multimedia'
- Untick the 'Show pictures' option
- Click 'OK' to close the 'Internet Options' box
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