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Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters July 1st

Posted July 1, 2007

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This week’s online articles include:
*   Outlook Express versus Office 2007
*   Updates Last Week
*   Another Fax Alternative
*   My USB ports don’t work any more
*   Outlook Express - Unable to Delete Email Messages
*   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
*   Changing Your Default Web Browser

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Filed under: Communications, Dialup, Firefox, Free Software, Internet Explorer, Networking, Opera, Outlook Express, Terry's Computer Tips, Vista, Web Browsing, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Changing Your Web Browser Fonts and Font Size

Posted May 25, 2007

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II answered a question from a new Firefox user recently about font sizes. She had just installed Firefox and noticed that the fonts were smaller than those that she was used to seeing in Internet Explorer.

The “problem” is that we, as users, can change our default fonts and font sizes in our web browsers. Firefox even offers more flexibility than does Internet Explorer.

In Internet Explorer, we can make a temporary change by clicking on View, Text Size, and then pick any of five different relative sizes. By relative, I mean that they have values like “larger” and “smaller,” which get applied to the current font size on the web page. Firefox has a similar function on its View menu.

To make changes to the default fonts in Internet Explorer, you go to Tools, Internet Options and select the General tab. Then, click on the Fonts button near the bottom of the dialog box.

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Filed under: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Software, Terry's Computer Tips, Web Browsing, Windows XP