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Select a Font Style for Web Pages that Do Not Have a Specified Text Font

You can select a font style to be used in Web pages that do not have a specified text font to help make Web pages more legible on screen. This procedure tells you how to select a font style for Web pages that do not have a specified text font through Internet Options in Control Panel.

Note  Changing the Web page font will change pre–formatted Web page text. Changing the Plain text font will change any unformatted text.

Mouse actions
Keyboard actions
1
On the Start menu:
  • Select Control Panel
Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key [image: Windows logo key] ).
  • Select Control Panel by pressing C.
2
In Control Panel:
  • Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
  • If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
  • Select Internet Options.
In Control Panel:
  • Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
  • If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
  • Press ENTER.
  • Move to Internet Options by pressing the arrow keys.
  • Press ENTER.
3
In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab:
  • Select the Fonts button.
In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:
  • Select the Fonts button by pressing ALT+N.
4
In the Fonts dialog box:
  • Select the Web page font and/or the Plain text font that you want.
  • Select OK.
In the Fonts dialog box:
To change the Web page font:
  • Press ALT+W.
  • Move to the font that you want by pressing the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key.

    • To change the Plain text font:
  • Press ALT+P.
  • Move to the font that you want by pressing the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key.

    • To save your selections and close the dialog box:
  • Press ENTER.
5
To close the Internet Options dialog box:
  • Select OK.
To close the Internet Options dialog box:
  • Press ESC.
7
To close Control Panel:
  • Select the Close button.
To close Control Panel:
  • Press ALT+F, C.

[image: Control Panel: Internet Options: General tab: Fonts button]

Control Panel: Internet Options: General tab: Fonts button


[image: Fonts dialog box]

Fonts dialog box

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