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# Advanced preferences

Use the Advanced pane of Safari preferences to set options for universal access, specify a style sheet, and turn on the Develop menu.

Option
Description

Never use font sizes smaller than

To prevent webpage text from appearing too small, select this checkbox and choose a minimum size from the menu. If you’re not sure what to choose, try 12 or 14. Some webpages may not look correct if you select this option. This setting does not affect the size of text in images.

Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage

To move around a webpage without using the mouse, select this checkbox.

Style sheet

If you have your own Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), you can use it in addition to those used by webpage authors. Choose Other from the “Style sheet” pop-up menu, and then find your style sheet and click Choose.

Proxies

Click Change Settings to open a window where you can adjust settings related to accessing the Internet through a firewall.

Show Develop menu in menu bar

To view a menu of options available for developing websites with Safari, select this checkbox. The Develop menu is helpful to web developers and other software developers.

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Develop menu