allowing users to change font size online

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I believe that it is good practice to allow viewers of a website to change
the font size if they have problems with reading small text etc. Can you
advise whether I have to set this up specifically, and if so, how
 
In addition to the other advice you've received, you could encourage your
site users to download Firefox. I change text size with one keystroke on
almost every web site I visit these days..
 
thanks for this - I think! Very useful weblink, though it has made me realise
how much more I have to learn! I used to use Netscape Composer for websites,
which did have as default the font sizes you mention (x small to xx-large),
but in Front Page, I have it set up to use the standard pt sizes and I can't
for the life of me see how to amend this.

In investigating this, I did go into Tools/Page Options/Default Fonts and
discovered that although my design view was set as Trebuchet, my Code view
was set as Courier, which is, I assume, why I was also having problems with
my design when viewed in a browser ( I had posted a separate help query about
this - though I had thought it was Times New Roman), so hopefully that has
sorted the font type out - but I am still stuck on how to change the size
options from 8pt, 10pt, 12 pt etc to normal/x small etc? Please advise!

Oh, and by the way, is Trebuchet a sensible font choice?
 
The font you use in Code view has no bearing whatever on what shows in a
browser.
Use Code view to change the fonts, either by applying CSS to tags or by
amending <font> tags.
Example (using CSS):

In <head> section of page add

<style type="text/css">
body,td,th,p {font-size:80%;font-family:trebuchet, arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {font-size:100%;font-family:trebuchet, arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;}
</style>

and most of the page will be styled at approx 10pt text using Trebuchet.

Trebuchet is fine as a web font, provided it is used as part of a font
family that provides alternatives for PCs where Trebuchet is not
installed - if it is not installed, the next font in the family list will
be used. If a family is not specified, the browser's default font will be
shown (usually Times or Times New Roman).
 
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