Windows 7 – Changing Fonts

• Ease of Access Center has replaced Accessibility Options in the ‘Control Panel’.
• Open ‘Ease of Access Center’ press ‘Windows’ logo key + ‘U’ or click Start button ‘Control Panel’ + ‘Ease of Access’ + ‘Ease of Access Center’.

Step 1

• Under ‘Explore all settings’, ‘Tab’ to and ‘Enter’ or click to select ‘Make the computer easier to see’, see Fig 1.

Fig 1

• The ‘Make the computer easier to see’ window will appear. Click to select or press ‘Alt’ + ‘C’ to select and open the ‘Personalization’ window, Fig 2 and 3.

Fig 2

Fig 3

• ‘Tab’ to ‘Window Color’ and press ‘Enter’ or click to select. The ‘Window color and Appearence’ window will appear.
• If necessary, select ‘advanced appearance setting’ to open the dialog box.

Fig 4

• Press ‘Alt’ + ‘I’ or click to select ‘Item’ and use the arrow keys to scroll through the list of items. For this example we will change the font for Menu.
• Scroll through until Menu is selected, Fig 4.
• Press ‘Alt’ + ‘F’ or click to select ‘Font’.
• Use your mouse or arrow keys to scroll through the list of fonts available.
• To change the Font size press ‘Alt’ + ‘E’ or click to select and use your mouse or arrow keys to increase or decrease the font size, Fig 5.

Fig 5

• Press ‘Enter’ or click ‘OK’ to save your settings.

You can change the font settings on the following Items:

• Active titlebar
• Icon
• Inactive titlebar
• Menu
• Message box
• Palette title
• Selected items
• Tooltip

Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies – contact your local IT support for further help.

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