Setting up your browser All our suggestions to improve the accessibility of web pages will apply to every site you visit, and may improve the display of some but not all pages. Please note that they won't affect images on the screen. Microsoft Internet Explorer to apply permanently the font and colour changes below: on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options on the General tab, select Accessibility tick any of the three boxes to choose your own settings for that option displaying text larger or smaller on the View menu, choose Text Size select the font size you would like changing the font style We've used Arial (a sans serif font) rather than a serif font (such as Times New Roman) to make text easier to read but to change this: on the Tools menu, click Internet Options on the General tab, click Fonts in the Web page font and Plain text font lists, select the fonts you would like to use. changing text and background colour Website authors and designers often specify particular fonts, typefaces and background colours for their pages, and the combinations can sometimes make the text difficult to read. You can override these settings by choosing your own preferred, clearer colour scheme - black text on a yellow background gives the most contrast: on the Tools menu, click Internet Options on the General tab, click Colors click the Text colour panel and select the colour you want. Click OK. click the Background colour panel and select the colour you want to use. Click OK. to change the size of the window: use the F11 key to swap between a fullscreen view and the normal view. There are more options to make websites easier to read, such as removing animation and expanding text. To look at the other options: on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options select the Advanced tab choose the options you would like. Site Links: 1 Using the Lloyds TSB Share Dealing service 2 Setting up your browser 3 Contact Us 4 Important information back