Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa

Screen | How do I make things look bigger?

There are a number of ways to change the APNK display settings in order to make it easier to read the screen.  Here are some options to try

Magnifying Glass

See Magnifying Glass

See QZoom 

Internet Explorer

• Look for the Text Size icon to increase or decrease the size of the text displayed on the web page
• Note - this won't work for all websites

• Look for the Zoom tool - it is located in the bottom right corner of Internet Explorer window

See Accessibility in IE8

Firefox

• Use the View, Zoom menu to adjust pages zoom size and text size.

See Firefox Accessibility

You can change the screen resolution

• Click on the graphic properties icon down by the clock
• Select Display Settings
• Choose 1024 x 768
• The display will look bigger

Windows XP Accessibility Accessories

You also have access to the Windows XP Accessibility Accessories include Narrator.  

• Start
• Programs
• Accessories
• Accessibility

See also

• NVDA
• Magnifying Glass
• QZoom
• Accessibility in IE8
• Firefox Accessibility