Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac
Microsoft Internet Explorer
The following instructions apply to version 5.x
of Microsoft Internet Explorer on Apple OS.
Change Text Size
To change the size of the text for this browsing session:
- Select the View menu from the browser
toolbar.
- Use the Text Zoom function.
To change the default text size for all websites:
- On the Explorer menu select
Preferences.
- Under Web Browser, select
Languages/Fonts.
- On the Size popup menu, select a new
size.
- 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 Explorer menu select
Preferences.
- Under Web Browser, select Web
Content.
- Untick the box next to Allow page to specify
colours.
- Under Web Browser, select Browser
Display.
- Now click the rectangle to the right of Text
and choose a text colour (e.g. yellow).
- Then click the rectangle to the right of
Background and choose a background colour (e.g.
black).
- To change the colours of visited and unvisited links click the
rectangles to the right of Already viewed and
Not yet viewed respectively and choose the new
colours.
- Click OK to confirm your changes.
More information on the accessibility options on Apple Macintosh
computers is available from Apple -
Accessibility.