This section explains the ways you can increase the text size on your computer

Many people find the text on the screen difficult to read, for example if you are working at a higher screen resolution or using a laptop with a smaller screen you may find the text too small to read easily. Also if you have a vision impairment you may also want to increase the size of the text to make it easier to read.

You can increase the size of the text within Windows; this includes icon text, menus, message boxes and the items in Windows Explorer and the Control Panel.

This section shows you how to change your text size in Windows, choose one of rhe following links to find out more.

• Making text larger in Windows 7
• Making text larger in Windows Vista
• Making text larger in Windows XP
• Making text larger in Windows 95,98,2000,Me

You can increase the size of some text within the Mac operating system; choose one of rhe following links to find out more.

• Making text larger in OS X 10.5 Leopard
• Making text larger in Mac OS X
• Making text larger in Mac OS 8 and 9

You can increase the size of the text within linux desktops, choose one of rhe following links to find out more.

• Making text easier to see in Gnome
• Making text easier to see in KDE 4
• Making text easier to see in KDE