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Dell Inpsiron 560 (Late 2009) User Manual

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Accessing the Internet

Setting the Way the Browser Displays Web Pages

The general appearance of a web page can be altered through the use of
colors, languages, font, and accessibility.

1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Network and Internet Connections→

Internet Options.

2 Locate buttons to control web page appearance. Click the buttons for the

features you wish to change.

Colors

From the color selection window you can alter the text, the
background, and the hyperlinks. The default is a simple Windows
color scheme, black text, white background, and blue hyperlinks
(purple if they have already been visited).

1

Uncheck the

Use Windows Colors

default check box and the

fields will no longer be greyed out.

2

Click on the text color palette and a box of colors becomes
available.

3

Click

OK

.

NOTE:

Changing the text and the background colors to two similar

colors makes text very difficult to read.

NOTE:

Some web pages have predefined color schemes that

override your preferences.

Languages

Language can be selected to display certain characters in the
preferred language.

Font

Fonts describe the size, shape, and style of the text. Select the
font that you prefer.

Text size

Increase or decrease text size by:

Press .

Click

Text Size

and a side menu allows for immediate

adjustment from largest to smallest.

If you have adjusted the text to the largest font size possible, and
are still having trouble reading the text on a web page, try the

Zoom

feature at the bottom right-hand side of the window.