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Help increasing the text size in your web browser

Select your operating system

Windows

To determine which browser you have, open the Help menu and select the item that begins with About.

Select your browser for instructions

Internet Explorer

To increase the size of everything (text and images) on a page:

Keyboard

Hold the Ctrl key and press the + key to zoom in (press - to zoom out) or

Mouse

Open the View menu, select Zoom, and then select Zoom In, or

If you have a mouse with a wheel, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and then scroll the wheel up to zoom in (scroll down to zoom out)

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Google Chrome

To increase the size of everything (text and images) on a page:

Keyboard

Hold the Ctrl key and press the + key to zoom in (press - to zoom out) or

Mouse

Open the View menu, select Zoom, and then select Zoom In, or

If you have a mouse with a wheel, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and then scroll the wheel up to zoom in (scroll down to zoom out)

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Google Accessibility

Mozilla Firefox

To increase the size of everything (text and images) on a page:

Keyboard

Hold the Ctrl key and press the + key to increase text size (press - to decrease text size)

Mouse

If you have a mouse with a wheel, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and then scroll the wheel down to increase text size (scroll up to decrease text size) or

Open the View menu, select Text Size, and then select Increase

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Accessibility features in Firefox


Mac OS

To determine which browser you have, open the "Help" menu and select the item that begins with "About."

Select your browser for instructions

Safari

Keyboard

Hold command key and press the + key

Mouse

Open the View menu in the menu bar and select Make Text Bigger

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Apple Accessibility

Google Chrome

To increase the size of everything (text and images) on a page:

Keyboard

Hold the command key and press the + key to zoom in (press - to zoom out) or

Mouse

Open the View menu, select Zoom, and then select Zoom In, or

If you have a mouse with a wheel, hold the command key on the keyboard and then scroll the wheel up to zoom in (scroll down to zoom out)

More information

Google Accessibility

Mozilla Firefox

To increase the size of everything (text and images) on a page:

Keyboard

Hold the command key and press the + key to zoom in (press - to zoom out)

Mouse

If you have a mouse with a wheel, hold the command key on the keyboard and then scroll the wheel up to zoom in (scroll down to zoom out) or

Open the View menu, select Zoom, and then select Zoom In

More information

Accessibility features in Firefox

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