Browser Settings

The sections listed below describe the preferences panels related to the browser component of &brandShortName;. To see the preference panels, follow these steps:

1. From any browser window, open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.

Appearance Preferences

This section describes how to use the Appearance preference panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Double-click Appearance to expand the list, then click the name for the preferences you want to view.

Appearance Preferences - Appearance

This section describes how to use the Appearance preferences panels. If you're not already viewing one of these panels, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Click the Appearance category.

The Appearance preferences panel allows you set components that you want to use when you start up &brandShortName;:

• When &brandShortName; starts up, open: Select the components you want to use when you start up &brandShortName;
• Show toolbars as:
  • Pictures and text: Select this to see text underneath each of the toolbar buttons..
  • Pictures only: Select this to show the toolbar buttons only.
  • Text only: Select this to show text buttons only.
• Show Tooltips: Select this if you want to have tooltips appear when the cursor is placed over parts of the &brandShortName; user interface and some websites.
• Show Website Icons: Select this if you want see site-specific icons, if available, in place of the bookmark icon . Website icons are shown to the left of the Location Bar and Browser tabs.
• Use smooth scrolling: Select this to enable smooth scrolling. Pressing the Page Down key when this is enabled will—instead of an immediate jump—smoothly scroll the content down to the next page.
• Resize large images to fit in the browser window: Select this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically shrink large stand-alone images so they will fit in the browser window. Clicking on the resized image will make it appear at full size.

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Appearance Preferences - Fonts

This section describes how to use the Fonts preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Fonts. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The Fonts preferences panel allows you to set page font type and size.

Note: Some font styles may not be selectable because the selected language does not have fonts available for that style.

• Fonts for: Choose a language group/script. For instance, to set default fonts for West European languages/script (Latin), choose Western. For a language/script not yet in the list, choose Other Languages.
  • Proportional: Select whether proportional text should be serif (like Times Roman) or sans-serif (like Arial). You can also specify what font size you want for proportional text. Proportional text is variable in width, so characters and letters vary in width.
  • Serif: Select a serif font you want to use for web pages.
  • Sans-serif: Select a sans-serif font you want to use for web pages.
  • Cursive: Select a cursive font you want to use for web pages.
  • Fantasy: Select a fantasy font you want to use for web pages.
  • Monospace: Select a monospace font (like Courier) and size you want to use for web pages. Monospace text is fixed in width, so each character or letter takes the same amount of space.
  • Minimum font size: Select the smallest font size you want to be shown on web pages.
• Allow documents to use other fonts: Select this checkbox to keep a web page's font and size settings instead of your own preferences.

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Appearance Preferences - Colors

This section describes how to use the Colors preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Colors. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The Colors preferences panel allows you to set the background and text colors on web pages:

• Text and Background: Click the colored blocks to select a color for displaying text and backgrounds on web pages.
  • Use system colors: Select this to use your system color settings.
• Link Colors: Click the colored blocks to select a color for displaying unvisited, active, and visited links on web pages.
  • Underline links: Select this to display underlined links on web pages.
• When a web page provides its own colors and backgrounds:
  • Always use the colors and background specified by the web page: Allows the web page to choose displayed colors and backgrounds.
  • Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors and background image specified: Allow you to choose displayed colors, ignoring the web page colors and background image.

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Appearance Preferences - Languages

This section describes how to use the language selection preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Languages. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The language selection preferences panel allows you to change the language used in the user interface of &brandShortName;. This also includes the default settings for your home page, bookmarks, toolbar contents, Sidebar, and other items.

• Installed language packs: Select a language to use within &brandShortName;.
• Uninstall: Click this to uninstall a selected language pack.
• Download More: Click this to download more language packs.

  Note: You must restart &brandShortName; for a new language setting to take effect.

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