You can change settings within Windows or Macintosh operating system to increase the size of text used – this makes all text on your computer larger (not just websites)

You can change settings within your browser to increase the default size of “normal” text – this has the effect of enlarging the text on all the websites that you visit (provided those websites have been built in an accessible way)

Internet Explorer 6
From the top menu bar, select View and point to Text size

Internet Explorer 7
From the menu bar underneath the search field, select Page and point to Text size

Mozilla, Firefox and most other browsers (PC) 
Hold down the CTRL key and press + Decrease text size: Hold down the CTRL key and press –

Macintosh (Safari, Firefox and most other browsers)
Hold down the Command key and press + Decrease text size: Hold down the Command key and press –