Changing the background text and colour
Web browsers can be customised so that website information is displayed in a way that it is easy for you to read.
The two most commonly used web browsers can be updated in the following way:
Internet Explorer (version 6 and later)
- Click on the Tools menu
- Select Internet Options menu
- Choose the Accessibility button (in the General tab)
- Select the Ignore colors specified on webpages box
- Click OK
- Click on the Colors option
- Uncheck Use Windows colors box
- Select the text and background colours that you wish to use
- Click OK
- Click OK again to close the options screen
 Firefox (version 2.9 and later)
- Go to the Tools menu bar and select Options menu (make sure that you are in the content section)
- Go to the Fonts & Colours section
- Click on the Advanced button
- Untick the Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above box and click OK
- Click on the Colours button
- Select the colours you wish to choose for your text and background
- Click OK
- Click OK again exit the options menu
Other browsers
Refer to your browser’s help menu or see the external links section for help changing your settings in other web browsers.
