Opera
The following instructions apply to version 8
of Opera on Microsoft Windows.
Change Text Size
To change the size of the text for this browsing session:
- Select the View menu from the browser
toolbar.
- Select the Zoom option.
- From the menu select how much you want the page to be zoomed
into or out of - note that this will also increase/decrease the
size of any images on the page.
To change the default text size for all websites:
- On the Tools menu select
Preferences.
- Select the Advanced tab.
- Select Fonts
- Change the Minimum font size (pixels) value to
reflect the smallest size at which you want fonts to appear (if
required).
- Select the Web Pages tab.
- Set a new value for Page zoom to ensure all
webpages are either zoomed into or out of.
- Click OK to confirm your changes.
Change Text Color
You may also find it helpful to change the colour scheme, for
example, to a yellow/black combination.
- On the Tools menu select
Preferences.
- Select the Web Pages tab.
- Click the rectangle to the right of Normal
font.
- In the popup box, click the rectangle below
Color and choose a text colour (e.g. yellow).
- Click OK to confirm your changes.
- Click the rectangle to the right of Monospace
font and repeat the same procedure.
- To change the background colour, click the rectangle to the
right of Background color and choose a background
colour (e.g. black).
- Click OK to confirm your changes.