Changing Colors or Backgrounds
To set the color of any text and background:
1. Open the EDIT menu and select PREFERENCES.
2. Open the APPEARANCE group and select the COLORS catagory.
3. Select a color button to change colors of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links.
4. (Optional) Select other checkboxes as desired.
"Use Windows Colors" to restore the original colors. (For MAC OS or Unix users, this option is "Use default colors".)
"Underline" Links to make links easier to find.
"Always use my colors, overriding document" to override the color and background settings specified by the author of the website.
Changing Fonts:
You can specify which fonts and font sizes are used to display websites in your browser. You can also select character-set encodings.
1. Open the EDIT menu and select PREFERENCES.
2. Open the APPEARANCE group and select the FONTS catagory.
3. Select an encoding to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use.
4. Select your default fonts from the VARIABLE WIDTH FONT and FIXED FONT pop-up menus.
(Fixed-width fonts are often used for filling out forms.)
5. Select one of the following:
To specify that page fonts are used only when available without downloading (saves time), select "Use document-specified fonts, but disable Dynamic Fonts".
To specify that page fonts are always used, select "Use document-specified fonts, including Dynamic Fonts".
If you view websites in more than one encoding scheme (for example, Western and Chinese), you can choose fonts and font sizes for each encoding.