Customizing the Noridian Site View

This page explains how you can change text size using your web browser and how to magnify your screen as well as how to change the text and background color to better suit your reading needs.

Making Text Larger

Choose from the following web browsers for step-by-step instructions on how to increase the size of the text on any web page you are viewing:

Internet Explorer (Version 5.0 and Newer)

  1. Open your Internet Explorer browser
  2. Open 'View' menu with mouse
  3. Click on 'Text Size'
  4. Choose your preferred text size with mouse, or use up and down arrow keys and press 'Enter'

Firefox (Version 1.0 and Newer)

  1. Open your Firefox browser
  2. Open 'View' menu
  3. Click on 'Text Size'
  4. Click on 'Increase'

Helpful Hint: The quickest way to increase the text size is to hold 'Ctrl' ('Cmd' in Mac OS X) and scroll down with your mouse.

Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local administrator policies. If you are not an administrator, contact your local IT support for further help.

Magnifying Your Screen

If increasing the text size via the browser or Windows options does not make text easy to read then the next step is to magnify the screen. All recent versions of Windows include magnification software which can help some people more easily read text on the screen.

The Windows magnifier lets you increase text to a very large size. It is, however, restricted to a small portion of the screen so most vision impaired people find that they require fully-functional magnification software.

Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, XP

  1. Open the Start menu by clicking on the Start button or by pressing the Windows logo key (located between the 'Ctrl + Alt' keys on most keyboards) alternatively press 'Ctrl + Esc'
  2. Click on 'Programs' or alternatively press 'P' on the keyboard until 'Programs' is highlighted and then press 'Enter'
  3. Click on 'Accessories' or press 'A' on the keyboard until Accessories is highlighted and then press 'Enter'
  4. Click on 'Accessibility' or if you are using the keyboard, it will already be highlighted so just press 'Enter'
  5. Click on 'Magnifier' or press 'M' and when 'Magnifier' is highlighted, press 'Enter' on the keyboard
  6. The magnifier is now turned on and the settings box appears.
  7. You can click in the magnification level box to change the level of magnification, or use the up and down arrow keys
  8. You can minimize the magnifier settings box by clicking the minimize button or by pressing 'Alt + Spacebar' and then press 'N'.

Changing the Font

Internet Explorer (Version 5.0 and Newer)

  1. Open your Internet Explorer browser
  2. Open 'Tools' menu with mouse
  3. Click on 'Internet Options', or press 'O'
  4. Click 'Accessibility', or press 'Alt+E'
  5. Check 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' checkbox with the mouse or by pressing 'Alt+S'
  6. Click 'OK', or press 'Enter'
  7. Click 'Fonts', or press 'Alt+N'
  8. Select a webpage font of your choice with mouse, or by pressing 'Alt+W' and scrolling through list
  9. Click 'OK' twice, or press 'Enter' twice

Firefox (1.0 and 1.5)

  1. Click on 'Tools' menu with the mouse or press 'Alt+T'
  2. Click on 'Options', or press 'O', to open 'Options' dialog box
  3. Make sure that 'General'option is selected - if not either click on it or press 'Tab' until it is highlighted and then press 'Enter'
  4. Click on 'Fonts & Colors' or press 'F'
  5. Click on box next to 'proportional:' and choose your font type - serif or sans serif - or press 'Tab' until the option box is highlighted, use arrow keys to expand it and choose your font type and then press 'Enter'
  6. Choose your specific font by clicking on 'Serif:' or 'Sans-serif:' drop down menus depending on what font type you selected for 'Proportional' and scroll down and select font you want or 'Tab' into relevant drop down menu ('Serif:' or 'Sans-Serif:') and use arrow keys to move up and down list. Once font you want is highlighted, press 'Enter' to select it
  7. Click on 'Always use my Fonts' checkbox, or press 'Tab' until checkbox is highlighted and press spacebar
  8. Click 'OK' or press 'Enter'
  9. Click 'OK' or tab to 'OK' button and press 'Enter'

Changing the Font Color and Background Color

Some people find certain text and background color combinations difficult to read, while others prefer to always have a specific color such as white text on a black background. In either case it is easy to set your own colors.

Internet Explorer (Version 5.0 and Newer)

  1. Click on 'Tools' menu
  2. Click on 'Internet Options', or press 'O'
  3. Click on 'Colors' button, or press 'Alt+O'
  4. Choose to have your Windows color scheme reflected by selecting 'Use Windows colors' option with mouse or by pressing 'Alt+W'
  5. Alternatively, select either Text button with mouse (or by pressing 'Alt+T') or Background button with mouse (or by pressing 'Alt+B')
  6. Select color with mouse or by using arrow keys
  7. Click 'OK' button twice, or press 'Enter' twice

Firefox (Version 1.0 and Newer)

  1. Open 'Tools' menu with mouse or press 'Alt+T'
  2. Click on 'Options' or press 'O'
  3. Select button 'Fonts & Colors'
  4. Choose to have your Windows color scheme reflected by tabbing to 'Use System Colors option' or click on 'Text' or 'Background color' option and choose an alternative color
Last Updated Jun 25 , 2016