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How to use your own style sheets in Internet Explorer 7 and up

How to use your own style sheets in Internet Explorer 7 and up

Click on the ' Tools ' menu with the mouse or press 'Alt ' + ' T'.

Click ' Internet Options ' with the mouse or press ' O ' to bring up the dialog box as shown in Fig 1.


Fig 1

Click the ' Accessibility ' button or press ' Alt ' + ' E ' to display the ' Accessibility ' dialog box (Fig 2).


Fig 2

Click the checkbox next to ' Format documents using my style sheet ', or press ' Alt ' + ' D '.

Click the ' Browse ' button or press ' Alt ' + ' B ' to display the browse dialog box, allowing you to browse for your style sheet (Fig 3).


Fig 3

As an example, we will load a style sheet from the ' My Style ' folder within the ' My Documents' folder, but you should substitute this with your own style sheet's location.

Click on the ' My Documents ' button on the left, or press ' Tab ' until the left sidebar area is highlighted and then select the ' My Documents ' icon with the arrow keys and press ' Enter '.

Scroll along in the list of files and folders and double click the ' My Style ' folder to open it, or press ' Tab ' to enter the file and folder list area, and use the arrow keys to select the ' My Styles ' folder and press ' Enter ' to open it.

Double click on the style sheet you wish to open, or press ' Tab ' until it is highlighted and press ' Enter ' to select it and return to the ' Accessibility ' dialog box.

Click ' OK ' or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is highlighted and press ' Enter ' to return to the ' Internet Options ' dialog box.

Click ' OK ' or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is highlighted and press ' Enter ' to return to Internet Explorer.

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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