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Accessibility features in your browser:

Changing the settings in your web browser

Some options are common to all browsers - such as using the keyboard to zoom in or out on a web page:

• Press CTRL + PLUS SIGN (+) to zoom in, or CTRL + HYPHEN (-) to zoom out.

Other options will vary from browser to browser - here's a guide below on how to use these ready-installed features in the most common browsers today:

Internet Explorer

Change text size

With Microsoft Internet Explorer you can make Web pages easier to see by changing the size of text used on them. If you change the text size, graphics and controls will remain in their original size but the text size will change. If the text size was explicitly set by the person who created the Web page you must override it.

Mouse actions	Keyboard actions
Command toolbar: Page > Text Size > Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Smallest Menu toolbar: View > Text Size > Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Smallest	Select the Page menu, by pressing ALT+P. Select Text Size by pressing X. Select your choice of Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Smallest text sizes by pressing the arrow keys, then, Press ENTER.

Zoom in on a web page

With Microsoft Internet Explorer you can make Web pages easier to read by magnifying the page (zooming in). If you zoom in, everything on the Web page will be magnified (including text, images, and controls). Zooming will change the magnification of the Web site, regardless of the Web site's formatting

Mouse actions	Keyboard actions
Click the Magnifying glass icon at the bottom right corner of the Internet Explorer window. Or, select the arrow to open the list of options and select one. Command toolbar: Page > Zoom Menu toolbar: View > Zoom	Press CTRL + PLUS SIGN (+) to zoom in, or CTRL + HYPHEN (-) to zoom out.

Increase text contrast

IE users: select Tools > Internet Options > General tab: Accessibility button > Ignore colors / font styles / font sizes

Firefox

Page zoom

The Full Page Zoom feature in Firefox allows web surfers to zoom the whole page, including images and other content besides text. (In previous versions of Firefox only text would be zoomed.) Now a simple switch on the View/Zoom sub menu allows you to switch whether you want the whole page to zoom, or to revert to the old behavior. Vision impaired surfers have different needs, and Firefox addresses those needs by offering both features in one browser, on all supported platforms.

Increase text contrast

Firefox users: select Tools > Options > General > Fonts & Colors

Accessibility extensions

If you're browsing the web on your own computer, you might also consider installing additional accessibility extensions to Firefox that can greatly improve the way that you use and view the Internet. Not all of the Firefox extensions were made for accessibility purposes, but they are all helpful in one way or another for those who may have specific needs in how web content is presented to them and how they interact with it.

To read about all the accessibility extensions for the latest version of Firefox, visit: www.accessfirefox.org/Firefox_Accessibility_Extensions.php

Google Chrome

Page zoom

- Keyboard shortcuts (Windows): Ctrl++ or Ctrl--
- Click Page > Zoom > Larger or Smaller as necessary. To see the web page in its original layout, select Normal.

If you find yourself squinting all the time, try changing the default font size for all web pages.

Opera

Page zoom

1. Click the View button in the lower, right side of the screen
2. Select on the slider how much you would like to zoom

Use Opera without a mouse
www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/nomouse/

Safari

Full Page zoom

To add the Zoom button to your toolbar, simply choose Customize toolbar from the View menu and drag the button onto your toolbar.

Zoom text only

You can choose to zoom in on only the text when you take a closer look at a web page.

Minimum font size

If you find that text on some websites is too small to read (such as photo captions or fine print) Safari can increase the font size to make it more legible. Just set the minimum font size in the Advanced pane of Safari preferences.

To read about all the accessibility extensions for the latest version of Firefox, visit: www.apple.com/safari/features.html

All Browsers

Using the keyboard instead of a mouse

Rather than using a mouse to select text and move around within a web page, you can use standard navigation keys on your keyboard — HOME, END, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, and the arrow keys (this feature is also sometimes known as 'Caret Browsing', named after the caret or cursor). This makes it easier to select, copy, and paste text to another document with a keyboard instead of a mouse.