Adjust the text size

If you find the text on our website too large or too small, you can adjust this through our site or your browser. 

To adjust the text site through Cumbria County Council’s website, select the A, B or C letters, as found at the top of every webpage. 

A = Small
B = Standard
C = Large

Instructions can be found below to change the text size for the most popular Internet browsers.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the View menu at the top of your browser window and select Text Size from the drop down menu. From here you can choose the most appropriate size for you. 

Mozilla Firefox and Netscape

Go to the View menu at the top of your browser window and select Text Size from the drop down menu. From here you can increase or decrease the text size to suit your preference. 

Windows keyboard shortcuts: 

           Press Ctrl and + to increase the size 

           Press Ctrl and - to decrease the size 

           Press Ctrl and 0 to go back to the default size

Macintosh keyboard shortcuts: 

           Press Cmd and + to increase the size 

           Press Cmd and - to decrease the text size 

           Press Cmd and 0 to go back to the default size

Safari

Go to the View menu at the top of your browser window and select Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller from the drop down menu. 

Macintosh keyboard shortcuts: 

           Press Cmd and + to increase the size 

           Press Cmd and - to decrease the text size 

           Press Cmd and 0 to go back to the default size

Opera

Go to the View menu at the top of your browser window and select Zoom from the drop down menu. From here you can choose an appropriate percentage. 

Windows keyboard shortcuts: 

           Press Ctrl and + to increase the size 

           Press Ctrl and - to decrease the size 

           Press Ctrl and 0 to go back to the default size

Macintosh keyboard shortcuts: 

           Press Cmd and + to increase the size 

           Press Cmd and - to decrease the text size