Zoom text of web pages

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Perhaps it is my age, but I hate those web pages that ignore my browser preferences and render large bodies of text in 6 pt fonts. Fortunately, Mozilla comes to the rescue.

Choose View > Text Zoom > Larger. You can do the repeatedly until the text is the size you want. To restore the browser to normal display, choose View > Text Zoom > 100%.

There are also keyboard shortcuts:

CTRL-+ (hold the control key and hit "+") makes the text larger. CTRL-- (hold the control key and hit "-") makes the text smaller. If you find yourself doing this a lot, you may want to program your mouse wheel (if you have one) to do the same. See illustration at right.:

Select Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Mouse wheel. Change the modifier key selection to "Control" and click on "Make the text larger and smaller." Now you can zoom in and out on text by holding down the control key and rolling your mouse wheel.