Customizing the Appearance of a Web Page

The appearance of a web page is defined by each particular website, but if you find the text too hard to read, you have two options. First, you can enlarge (or shrink) the text on a website. Second, you can strip away most of the ads in an article and just browse through the main text.

Zooming In and Out

Unlike a book or newspaper, the text and graphics on a website aren’t fixed in size. If you find text too small (or too large), Safari lets you modify the size as follows:

  • Zoom in (make text larger) Select View ▸ Zoom In or press -+

  • Zoom out (make text smaller) Select View ▸ Zoom Out or press -−

Note

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