Official municipal site of the City of Ottawa

How to adjust your browser font size?

Internet Explorer (IE)

Select View → Text Size → (select the font size Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Smallest)

Safari

Select View → Make Text Bigger (or Press & hold the CTRL and press +)

Select View → Make Text Normal Size (or Press & hold the CTRL and press 0 (zero))

Select View → Make Text Smaller (or Press & hold the CTRL and press -)

Shortcuts

To make Text Bigger press & hold the CTRL and press +

To make Text Normal Size press & hold the CTRL and press 0 (zero)

To make Text Smaller press & hold the CTRL and press -

Firefox

Select View → Text Size → (select Increase, Decrease, Normal)

Shortcuts

To make Text Bigger press & hold the CTRL and press +

To make Text Normal Size press & hold the CTRL and press 0 (zero)

To make Text Smaller press & hold the CTRL and press -

Netscape

Select View → Text Zoom → (select Smaller, Larger)

Select View → Text Zoom (90%) - indicates text size is selected to be 90% - 100% is considered Original font size.

Select View → Text Zoom → (select a percentage you want text displayed)

Shortcuts

To make Text Smaller press & hold the CTRL and press -

To make Text Larger press & hold the CTRL and press +

To return Text to Original Size press & hold the CTRL and press 0 (zero)