Internet Explorer offers many options to help you browse the web more easily.
Zoom in on any webpage for better readability. Zoom enlarges or reduces everything on the page, including text and images.
On the Start screen, tap or click Internet Explorer to open Internet Explorer.
Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Settings.(If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then click Settings.)
Tap or click Options.
Under Appearance, move the Zoom slider to increase or decrease zoom.
Open the desktop, and then tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.
Select a predefined zoom level, or select a custom level by tapping or clicking Custom and entering a zoom value.
You can increase or decrease the font size on a page to make it more legible in Internet Explorer in the desktop (if the site allows it).
Press the Alt key to display the menu bar.
Tap or click View, and then tap or click Text size.
Choose to make text larger or smaller than the size on the screen.
Press the Tab key to move forward and Shift+Tab to move backward through screen elements like the following:
Links that are text or images
Text fields on website forms
Hotspots on image maps
The address bar
The tabs bar
HTML frames
You can also press the F7 key to use caret browsing to select text and move around within a webpage using the standard navigation keys on your keyboard—Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, and the arrow keys.
For more info about using the keyboard, see Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts.
You can choose the font type and size as well as the foreground and background colors that are used to display pages. You can also choose the color used for links in pages.
Tap or click the General tab, and then, under Appearance, tap or click Fonts.
Select the fonts you want to use, tap or click OK, and then tap or click OK again.
Tap or click the General tab, and then, under Appearance, tap or click Colors.
Clear the Use Windows colors check box.
For each color that you want to change, tap or click the color box, select a new color, and then tap or click OK.
Tap or click OK, and then tap or click OK again.
Tap or click the General tab, and then, under Appearance, tap or click Accessibility.
Select the Ignore colors specified on webpages, Ignore font styles specified on webpages, and Ignore font sizes specified on webpages check boxes.
Some Internet Explorer features can cause screen readers to give confusing or incorrect information.
Tap or click the Advanced tab.
Make one or more of the following changes:
Set the cursor to determine where to read or magnify. Under Accessibility, select the Move system caret with focus/selection changes check box.
Display text in place of pictures. Under Accessibility, select the Always expand Alt text for images check box. Under Multimedia, clear the Show pictures check box.
Stop page transitions from causing problems with your screen reader or voice recognition software. Under Browsing, clear the Use smooth scrolling check box. Under Multimedia, clear the Show pictures check box.
Help prevent webpage sounds from interfering with your screen reader. Under Multimedia, clear the Play sounds in webpages check box.
Tap or click OK.
To learn about keyboard shortcuts you can use to browse the web, see Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts.
To use keys to browse, press the Tab key to move forward and Shift+Tab to move backward through screen elements like the following:
Press Ctrl+Tab to switch between tabs.
You can also press the F7 key to use Caret browsing to select text and move around within a webpage using the standard navigation keys on your keyboard—Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, and the arrow keys.
Zoom in on any webpage for better readability. Unlike changing font size, zoom enlarges or reduces everything on the page, including text and images.
Click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar to open Internet Explorer.
Select a predefined zoom level, or create a custom level by clicking Custom and entering a zoom value.
You can increase or decrease the font size on a webpage to make it more legible in Internet Explorer.
Press the Alt key to display the Menu bar.
Click View, and then point to Text size.
You can choose the font type and size as well as the foreground and background colors that are used to display webpages. You can also choose the color used for links in pages.
Click the General tab, and then, under Appearance, click Fonts.
Select the fonts you want to use, click OK, and then click OK again.
Click the General tab, and then, under Appearance, click Colors.
For each color that you want to change, click the color box, select a new color, and then click OK, and then click OK again.
Click the General tab, and then, under Appearance, click Accessibility.
Click OK, and then click OK again.
Click the Advanced tab.
Stop page transitions from causing problems with your screen reader or voice recognition software. Under Browsing, clear the Use smooth scrolling check box. Under Multimedia, clear the Show pictures and Play animations in webpages check boxes.
You can stop printing background colors and images to make text stand out more clearly.
Under Paper Options, clear the Print background colors and images check box, and then click OK.
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Internet Explorer offers many options to help you access information.
Open Internet Explorer.
Swipe in from the right edge of the screen (if you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen and move the mouse pointer up), and then tap or click Settings.
Tap or click Internet Options, and then under Zoom, move the slider to increase or decrease zoom.
Open Internet Explorer for the desktop.
Tap or click the Tools button, and then tap or click Zoom.
Select a predefined zoom level, or specify a custom level by tapping or clicking Custom and entering a zoom value.
You can increase or decrease the font size on a webpage to make it more legible in Internet Explorer for the desktop.
The Address bar
Tap or click the Tools button, and then tap or click Internet options.
Stop page transitions from causing problems with your screen reader or voice recognition software. Under Browsing, clear the Enable page transitions check box and the Use smooth scrolling check box. Under Multimedia, clear the Show pictures check box.
Tap or click the arrow next to the Print button, and then tap or click Page setup.
Under Page Setup dialog box, clear the Print background colors and images check box, and then tap or click OK.
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Click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
For each color that you want to change, click the color box, select a new color, and then tap or click OK.
Tap or click the Tools button, point to Print, and then tap or click Page setup.
Under Paper Options, clear the Print background colors and images check box, and then tap or click OK.
Click the Tools button, and then click Zoom.
Select a predefined zoom level, or specify a custom level by clicking Custom and entering a zoom value.
For each color that you want to change, click the color box, select a new color, and then click OK.
Click OK.
Click the Tools button, point to Print, and then click Page setup.
On the bottom right of the Internet Explorer screen, click the arrow next to the Change zoom level button.
Click the Page button, click Text Size, and then click the size you want.
Click the arrow next to the Print button, and then click Page setup.
Under Page Setup dialog box, clear the Print background colors and images check box, and then click OK.
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