Choose colors used on Web pages

To make Web pages easier to see, you can change the text, background, link and hover colors in Internet Explorer 7.

Mouse actionsKeyboard actions
1

On the Start menu:

  • Select Internet Explorer 7.

Display the Start menu by pressing the Windows logo key Windows logo key.

  • Select Internet Explorer 7 by using the arrow keys, then ENTER.
2

In Internet Explorer 7:

  • Select the Tools menu.
  • Select Internet Options.

In Internet Explorer 7:

  • Select the Tools menu, by pressing ALT+O.
  • Select Internet Options by pressing O.
3

On the General tab, select:

  • The Colors button.

On the General tab:

  • Select the Colors button by pressing ALT+O.
4

Under Colors:

  • Remove the check mark from the Use Windows colors check box.
  • Choose a text color by selecting the color box next to Text and then choosing from the available colors.
  • Choose a background color by selecting the color box next to Background and then choosing from the available colors.
  • Choose a visited link color by selecting the color box next to Visited and then choosing from the available colors.
  • Choose an unvisited link color by selecting the color box next to Unvisited and then choosing from the available colors.

Under Colors:

  • Remove the check mark from Use Windows colors by pressing ALT+W.
  • Choose a text color by selecting the color box next to Text by pressing ALT+T, and then choosing from the available colors by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
  • Choose a background color by selecting the color box next to Background by pressing ALT+B, and then choosing from the available colors by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
  • Choose a visited link color by selecting the color box next to Visited by pressing ALT+I, and then choosing from the available colors by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
  • Choose an unvisited link color by selecting the color box next to Unvisited by pressing ALT+N, and then choosing from the available colors by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
  • Choose a hover color by selecting the color box next to Hover by pressing ALT+O, and then choosing from the available colors by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
5

To use a color for links you hover over with the mouse,

  • Select the Use hover color check box, and then select the color box next to Hover and then choose from the available colors.

To use a color for links you hover over with the mouse,

  • Select the Use hover color check box by pressing ALT+H, and then select the color box next to Hover by pressing ALT+O, and then choose from the available colors by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
Screenshot of changing Web colors