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On the NLS site, the color of text, whether it is the body of a paragraph or the heading of the paragraph, is controlled with a "style sheet". Here are steps to disable style sheets attached to any web document, not only the NLS style sheet, and replace them with your choice of font face, size and color. The labels and sequences are from Netscape Navigator 7.1 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.1.
Adjust Font Size Quickly
In Windows systems, keyboard shortcuts are available to increase or decrease font size. The combination of <Ctrl> and the number pad plus key will increase font size. The combination of <Ctrl> and the number pad minus key will decrease font size.
Changing the Default Fonts
Normally, web pages are displayed in the default font set by your browser or in a font chosen by the web pages' authors.
To change the default fonts:
Many web page authors choose their own fonts and font sizes. To allow fonts other than the ones specified in your preferences, check "Allow documents to use other fonts."
To adjust the readability of fonts, select from the drop-down list the dots per inch (dpi) for displaying web pages. Select "Other" to open the Calibrate Resolution dialog box, which allows you to calibrate your resolution by measuring how long a line appears on your screen. Increased screen resolution may will improve text readability on some screens.
Adjust Font Size Quickly
You can adjust the text size using Windows menu choices. Use the following
sequence to get to the list of text size choices. Keyboard controls are in
square brackets. View[<alt>v]
Text
Size [<alt>x]
.
A dialog box opens with five choices
[<alt>a]
[<alt>s]
[<alt>m]
[<alt>l]
[<alt>g]
On most systems, medium will approximate the print size of 12-points.
Changing the Default Fonts
[<alt>t]
and then Internet Options [<alt>o]
[<alt>e]
[<alt>o]
to set the color of text
and background. The choice of Windows
default will make text black on a white background. You can pick colors
for links unvisited and links visited. Click ok after you make your choices.
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Posted on 2006-05-30