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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"[
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<!ENTITY % brandDTD SYSTEM "chrome://branding/locale/brand.dtd" >
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%brandDTD;
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]>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>Browsing the Web</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="chrome://help/locale/helpFileLayout.css"
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type="text/css"/>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1 id="browsing_the_web">Browsing the Web</h1>
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<p>Welcome to &brandShortName;! One of the most popular ways people use
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&brandShortName; is to browse the Web. Navigator, the &brandShortName;
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component that lets you visit web pages, offers many ways to visit web pages
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and search the Web.</p>
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<p>This section introduces you to Navigator, and how you can use it to browse,
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search, and save web pages.</p>
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<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#navigating_web_pages">Navigating Web Pages</a></li>
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<li><a href="#searching_the_web">Searching the Web</a></li>
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<li><a href="#copying_saving_and_printing_pages">Copying, Saving, and
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Printing Pages</a></li>
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<li><a href="#using_languages_and_international_content">Using Languages
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and International Content</a></li>
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<li><a href="#plugins_and_downloads">Plug-ins and Downloads</a></li>
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<li><a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Improving Speed and
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Efficiency</a></li>
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<li><a href="#proxies">Proxies</a></li>
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<li><a href="page_info_help.xhtml">Viewing Page Info</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h1 id="navigating_web_pages">Navigating Web Pages</h1>
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<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#viewing_your_home_page">Viewing Your Home Page</a></li>
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<li><a href="#moving_to_another_page">Moving to Another Page</a></li>
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<li><a href="#clicking_a_link">Clicking a Link</a></li>
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<li><a href="#retracing_your_steps">Retracing Your Steps</a></li>
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<li><a href="#stopping_and_reloading">Stopping and Reloading</a></li>
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<li><a href="#visiting_bookmarked_pages">Visiting Bookmarked Pages</a></li>
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<li><a href="#using_tabbed_browsing">Using Tabbed Browsing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#using_sidebar">Using Sidebar</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="viewing_your_home_page">Viewing Your Home Page</h2>
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<p>When you start &brandShortName;, you see Navigator, your browser.
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A <q>What's New</q> page appears automatically in the browser
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window when you first launch &brandShortName;.</p>
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<p>After the first launch, you will normally see your home page when you launch
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&brandShortName;. Unless you choose a home page yourself, your home page is
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chosen by your network or Internet service provider, or you see
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&brandShortName;'s home page.</p>
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<p>To choose your own home page, see
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<a href="customize_help.xhtml#specifying_how_mozilla_starts_up">Specifying
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How &brandShortName; Starts Up</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Tips</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li class="noMac" id="full_screen_mode">To streamline the &brandShortName;
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interface, you can use Full Screen mode to display web pages using almost
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all of your screen. In Navigator, open the View menu and choose Full
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Screen. You can also press <kbd>F11</kbd>.</li>
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<li>To go to your home page quickly, press <kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd
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class="noMac">Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Home</kbd>.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h2 id="moving_to_another_page">Moving to Another Page</h2>
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<p>You move to a new page by typing its URL—its location (address) on the
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Web. URLs normally begin with <q>http://</q>, followed by one or more
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names that identify the address. For instance,
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<q>http:/mozilla.org</q>.</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Click the Location Bar to select the URL that is already there.</li>
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<li>Type the URL of the page you want to visit. The URL you type replaces any
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text already in the Location Bar.</li>
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<li>Press <kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Using the lock icon near the lower-right corner of the window, you can check
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a web page's security status at any time. For details, see
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<a href="using_certs_help.xhtml#checking_security_for_a_web_page">Checking
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Security for a Web Page</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly select the URL in the Location Bar, press
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<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd>.</p>
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<table summary="table for images">
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<tr>
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<td><img src="images/locationbar.png"
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alt="Location Bar"/></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Location Bar</strong></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p><strong>Don't know a URL?</strong> You can type part of a URL, such as
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<q>cnn</q> (for www.cnn.com); or you can type a general word, such as
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<q>gifts</q> or <q>flowers</q>. Navigator guesses what page you
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want to view, or displays a page with a choice of links related to the word
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you typed.</p>
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<p>If you are new to the Internet, see the
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<a href="http://www.internet-guide.co.uk/help.html">Internet Guide</a>.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h2 id="clicking_a_link">Clicking a Link</h2>
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<p>Most web pages contain links you can click to move to other pages.</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Move the pointer until it changes to a pointing finger. This happens
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whenever the pointer is over a link. Most links are underlined text, but
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buttons and images can also be links.</li>
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<li>Click the link once. While the network locates the page that the link
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points to, status messages appear at the bottom of the window.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h2 id="retracing_your_steps">Retracing Your Steps</h2>
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<p>There are several ways to re-visit pages:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>To go back or forward one page, click the Back or Forward arrow.</li>
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<li>To go back or forward more than one page, click the small triangles on
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the Back and Forward buttons. You'll see a list of pages you've
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visited; to return to a page, choose it from the list.</li>
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</ul>
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<table summary="table for images">
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<tr>
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<td colspan="4"><img src="images/reload.gif"
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alt="Navigation Buttons"/></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td style="width: 8px;"></td>
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<td style="width: 34px;"><strong>Back</strong></td>
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<td style="width: 45px;"><strong>Forward</strong></td>
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<td></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<ul>
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<li>To see a list of any URLs you've typed into the Location Bar, click
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the arrow at the right end of the Location Bar. To view a page, choose it
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from the list.</li>
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</ul>
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<table summary="table for images">
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<tr>
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<td><img src="images/locationbar.png" alt="Location Bar"/></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Location Bar</strong> </td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<ul>
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<li>To choose from pages you've visited during the current session, open
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the Go menu and use the list in the bottom section of the menu.</li>
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<li>To choose from pages you've visited during the past several
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sessions, open the Go menu and choose History. You see the history list.
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The history list displays a list of folders. Double clicking the folders
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displays subfolders or bookmarks to web pages. You can double-click the URL
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next to the Bookmark icon to view that page.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><strong>Tip</strong>: The Sidebar History tab also allows you to choose from
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pages you've visited during the past several sessions. For
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information, see
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<a href="customize_help.xhtml#adding_sidebar_tabs">Adding Sidebar Tabs</a>.
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</p>
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<h3 id="about_history_lists">About History Lists</h3>
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<p>The history list contains links to recently visited pages. The Location Bar
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list contains links to pages you've typed into the Location Bar and then
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visited.</p>
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<p>To access the history list from Navigator, open the Go menu and choose
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History. To access the Location Bar list, click the arrow at the right end of
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the Location Bar.</p>
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<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly open the history list, press
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<span class="mac"><kbd>Cmd</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd></span><kbd
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class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd>.</p>
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<p>If you don't want the Location Bar or history list to display the pages
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you've been visiting, you can clear the history list and Location Bar
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history entirely or selectively.</p>
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<p>To delete all pages from the Location Bar or history list, begin from the
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Navigator window:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Open the
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<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span><span class="noMac">Edit</span>
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menu and choose Preferences.</li>
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<li>Under the Navigator category, click History. (If no subcategories are
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visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)</li>
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<li>Click Clear History and Clear Location Bar to remove all previously
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visited web pages from the lists.</li>
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</ol>
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<p><strong>Tip</strong>: In <q>Remember visited pages for the last [__]
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days</q>, you can set the number of days pages will remain in the history
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list.</p>
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<p>To selectively delete pages from the history list, do any of the
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following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>To delete all pages from a domain, select a page within that domain
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(folder) in the History list, open the Edit menu, and select <q>Delete
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entire domain <em>*.[domain name]</em></q>. For example, use this command
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if you want to delete all pages that end in <q>mozilla.org</q>.</li>
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<li>To delete pages from a subdomain, select a page within that subdomain in
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the History list, open the Edit menu, and select <q>Delete all from
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<em>[subdomain]</em></q>. For example, use this command if you want to
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delete all pages from <q>bugzilla.mozilla.org</q> but not
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<q>mozilla.org</q>.</li>
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<li>To delete a single page or folder, select it in the history list and
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press Delete.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To sort the history list, click one of the categories
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(Title, Location, or Last Visited). Click the title again to reverse the
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order.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h2 id="stopping_and_reloading">Stopping and Reloading</h2>
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<p>If a page is taking too long to appear, or you change your mind and
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don't want to view it, click the Stop button.</p>
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<p>To refresh the current page, or get the most up-to-date version, click the
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Reload button, or press
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<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd>.</p>
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<table summary="table for images">
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<tr>
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<td colspan="3"><img src="images/reload.gif"
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alt="Navigation Buttons"/></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td style="width: 87px;"></td>
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<td style="width: 45px;"><strong>Reload</strong></td>
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<td style="width: 47px;"><strong>Stop</strong></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p>To refresh the current page and reset all changes made (if the page contains
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a form), hold down the <kbd>Shift</kbd> key and click the Reload button, or
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press <kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd
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class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd>.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h2 id="visiting_bookmarked_pages">Visiting Bookmarked Pages</h2>
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<p>The addresses, or URLs, of web pages can be quite long and difficult to
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remember. Fortunately, it's not necessary to memorize URLs in order to
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browse the Web. Your browser has a list of bookmarks, which are pointers to
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interesting web pages.</p>
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<p>To go to a bookmarked page, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Open the Bookmarks menu. The menu contains bookmarks represented by a
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bookmark icon, and folders that contain more bookmarks.</li>
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<li>To visit a bookmarked page, choose a bookmark from the menu, or open a
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folder and choose a bookmark.</li>
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</ol>
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<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To retrace your steps, click the Back arrow.</p>
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<p>You can save your own bookmarks to point to pages you frequently visit, or
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to other interesting places on the Web. See
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<a href="customize_help.xhtml#creating_new_bookmarks">Creating New
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Bookmarks</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h2 id="using_tabbed_browsing">Using Tabbed Browsing</h2>
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<p>When you visit more then one web page at a time, you can use Tabbed Browsing
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to navigate the Web faster and easier.</p>
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<p>Tabbed Browsing lets you open tabs, each displaying a web page, within a
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single Navigator window. You don't have to have several windows open to
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visit several different web pages. This frees up space on your desktop. You
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can open, close, and reload web pages conveniently in one place without
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having to switch to another window.</p>
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<p>You can manage your navigation tabs easily and control when tabs are opened
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automatically. For more information about setting Tabbed Browsing
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preferences, see
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<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#tabbed_browsing">Navigator Preferences
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- Tabbed Browsing</a>.</p>
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<p>To learn more about using Tabbed Browsing, see
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<a href="customize_help.xhtml#tabbed_browsing">Tabbed Browsing</a>.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h2 id="using_sidebar">Using Sidebar</h2>
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<p>In addition to navigating the Web with Navigator, you can let the Web come
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to you by using Sidebar.</p>
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<p>Sidebar is a customizable frame in your browser where you can keep items
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that you need to use all the time—the latest news and weather, your
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address book, stock quotes, a calendar—and many other available
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options. Sidebar presents these items to you in tabs that it continually
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updates.</p>
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<p>&brandShortName; comes with some Sidebar tabs already set up, but you can
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customize Sidebar by adding, removing, and rearranging tabs. For details,
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see <a href="customize_help.xhtml#sidebar">Sidebar</a>.</p>
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<p>To view an item in Sidebar, click its tab.</p>
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<table summary="table for images">
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<tr>
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<td><img src="images/sidebar.png"
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alt="Sidebar Handle"/></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:
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middle; padding-right: 20px;"><strong>Sidebar<br/>Handle</strong></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: middle;">If it is not already open, open Sidebar
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by clicking its handle. If the handle is missing, open the View menu in
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Navigator, choose Show/Hide, and then Sidebar from the submenu.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p class="noMac"><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly open or close the Sidebar,
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press <kbd>F9</kbd>.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<h1 id="searching_the_web">Searching the Web</h1>
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<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#fast_searches">Fast Searches</a></li>
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<li><a href="#sidebar_advanced_search_mode">Sidebar Advanced Search
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Mode</a></li>
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<li><a href="#setting_search_preferences">Setting Search
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Preferences</a></li>
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<li><a href="#using_internet_keywords">Using Internet Keywords</a></li>
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<li><a href="#searching_within_a_page">Searching Within a Page</a></li>
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<li><a href="#using_find_as_you_type">Using Find-as-you-type</a></li>
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<li><a href="#searching_the_bookmarks_or_history_list">Searching the
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Bookmarks or History List</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="fast_searches">Fast Searches</h2>
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<p>There are four ways to search quickly: from the Location Bar, from Sidebar,
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from the Net Search page, and by selecting words in a web page.</p>
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<h3 id="searching_from_the_location_bar">Searching from the Location Bar</h3>
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<p>Searching for web pages on a particular topic is as easy as typing a
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question, or just a word or two, into the browser's Location Bar, as
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shown below.</p>
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<p><img src="images/search.png" width="305" height="40" alt=
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"Location Bar with Search Term"/></p>
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<p>For example, if you want to find information about baby dolls:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Double-click in the Location Bar to select the current text.</li>
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<li>Type the word <q>baby doll</q>. Your typing replaces the current
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text.</li>
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<li>Perform one of these steps:
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<ul>
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<li>Click the Search button.</li>
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<li>Click <q>Search Google for <q>baby doll</q></q> at the bottom of the
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drop-down list in the Location Bar. (Your default search engine may be
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different.)
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<p>The default search engine you choose in
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<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#smart_browsing">Preferences</a>
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is used. Search results for <q>baby doll</q> appear in both the
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browser window and in Sidebar. Click the links to visit web pages
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about baby dolls.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<p>After you perform a search, the results are saved in Sidebar's Search
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tab until you do a new search. You don't have to click the Back button
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to retrieve the search results.</p>
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<p>Note: You can also use <a href="#using_internet_keywords">Internet
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Keywords</a> to search from the Location Bar.</p>
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<h3 id="searching_from_sidebar">Searching from Sidebar</h3>
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<p>The Sidebar Search tab lets you quickly search and bookmark your search
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results. For example, if you want to find information about toy cars:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>If it is not already open, open Sidebar by clicking its handle. If the
|
|
handle is missing, <span class="noMac">press <kbd>F9</kbd> or </span>open
|
|
the View menu in Navigator, choose Show/Hide, and then Sidebar from the
|
|
submenu.</li>
|
|
<li>Click the Search tab in Sidebar.</li>
|
|
<li>Open the <q>using</q> drop-down list, and choose a search
|
|
engine.</li>
|
|
<li>Type <q>toy car</q> in the search field.</li>
|
|
<li>Click Search. Search results for 'toy car' appear in both the
|
|
browser window and in Sidebar. Click the links to visit web pages about toy
|
|
cars.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Note</strong>: If the Sidebar Search tab contains a list of search
|
|
engines from which to choose, then it is set to search in
|
|
<a href ="#sidebar_advanced_search_mode">Advanced mode</a> and you will have
|
|
to choose one or more search engines before clicking Search. You can keep it
|
|
that way or change to a basic setting in Preferences.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To display the next or previous page of search results
|
|
quickly, click the Next and Previous buttons at the bottom of the Sidebar
|
|
Search tab.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>See <a href="customize_help.xhtml#sidebar">Sidebar</a> for more information
|
|
on how to use Sidebar.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="searching_from_the_net_search_page">Searching from the Net
|
|
Search page</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>The Net Search page lets you type in a Search term or phrase, or explore
|
|
several categories (such as Arts & Entertainment, Business, and many
|
|
more) that may interest you. To visit the Net Search page, perform one of
|
|
these steps:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Click on the Search button <img src="images/search_personal_toolbar.gif"
|
|
width="66" height="20" alt="search button"/> on the Navigation Toolbar.</li>
|
|
<li>Open the Tools menu and choose Search the Web.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="searching_on_selected_words_in_a_web_page">Searching on Selected Words
|
|
in a Web Page</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>&brandShortName; allows you to search for words you select within a web
|
|
page:</p>
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|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Select (highlight) any words in a web page.</li>
|
|
<li>Right-click<span class="mac"> or, if you have a one-button mouse,
|
|
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-click</span> and choose <q>Search Web for
|
|
[your selected words]</q> for the menu.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>&brandShortName; opens a new window or tab (depending on your preferences)
|
|
and uses your default search engine to search for your selected words. To
|
|
learn how to change the search engine used to search for your selected words
|
|
and the way your search results are displayed, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#internet_search">Navigator Preferences
|
|
- Internet Search</a>.</p>
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|
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|
<p>[<a href="#searching_the_web">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="sidebar_advanced_search_mode">Sidebar Advanced Search Mode</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can set the Sidebar Search tab to Advanced mode, which lets you narrow a
|
|
search or choose one or more search engines.</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Navigator category, click Internet Search. (If no subcategories
|
|
are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Under Sidebar Search Tab Preferences, click Advanced, and then OK.</li>
|
|
<li>If it is not already open, open Sidebar by clicking its handle. If the
|
|
handle is missing, <span class="noMac">press <kbd>F9</kbd> or</span>open
|
|
the View menu in Navigator, choose Show/Hide, and then Sidebar from the
|
|
submenu.</li>
|
|
<li>Click the Search tab in Sidebar.</li>
|
|
<li>Open the <q>within</q> drop-down list, and choose a category.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose one or more search engines for the selected category (if
|
|
available).</li>
|
|
<li>In the search field, type the word for which you want to search.</li>
|
|
<li>Click Search.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p><img src="images/sidebar-advanced.png" alt="Sidebar Search"/></p>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="customizing_search_categories">Customizing Search Categories</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can specify which search engines should be used for different categories
|
|
of searches. For example, you can select one set of search engines to search
|
|
for travel, and select another set of search engines to search for
|
|
software.</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Set Sidebar Search to Advanced Search Mode. See
|
|
<a href="#sidebar_advanced_search_mode">Sidebar Advanced Search Mode</a>
|
|
for details.</li>
|
|
<li>If it is not already open, open Sidebar by clicking its handle. If the
|
|
handle is missing, open the View menu in Navigator, choose Show/Hide, and
|
|
then Sidebar from the submenu.</li>
|
|
<li>Click the Search tab in Sidebar.</li>
|
|
<li>Open the <q>within</q> drop-down list, click <q>Edit
|
|
Categories</q>. You see the Edit Categories dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>From the Categories drop-down list, choose the category you want to
|
|
customize.<br/>
|
|
Or<br/>
|
|
To create a new category, click New and type a name for the category in the
|
|
dialog box. The drop-down list now displays the name of the selected
|
|
category.</li>
|
|
<li>Do one of the following:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>To add a search engine for the selected category, highlight the
|
|
search engine in the list on the left, and click Add.</li>
|
|
<li>To remove a search engine for the selected category, highlight the
|
|
engine in the list on the right, and click Remove.</li>
|
|
<li>To rename the selected category, click Rename and type a new
|
|
name.</li>
|
|
<li>To delete the selected category, click Delete.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK when you are finished customizing.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#searching_the_web">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="setting_search_preferences">Setting Search Preferences</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can choose a different search engine as the default. You can also
|
|
specify how you want search results displayed in Sidebar.</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Navigator category, click Internet Search. (If no subcategories
|
|
are visible, double-click the Navigator to expand the list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Under Default Search Engine, choose a search engine you want to use for
|
|
web searching.</li>
|
|
<li>Under Search Results, select <q>Open the Search tab in the Sidebar
|
|
when search results are available</q> if you want the Sidebar search tab
|
|
to open and show your search results.</li>
|
|
<li>Under Sidebar Search Tab Preference, select Basic if you want to search
|
|
using a single search engine, or select Advanced to be able to search using
|
|
multiple search engines.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#searching_the_web">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="using_internet_keywords">Using Internet Keywords</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>Internet Keywords work with the Location Bar to help you quickly find
|
|
specific types of information. There are several ways to use Internet
|
|
Keywords:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Type a specific product, trademark, or company name and press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>, to go
|
|
directly to a company's website.</li>
|
|
<li>Type certain verbs, such as <q>shop</q> or <q>quote</q>,
|
|
followed by the word you want to look up, to get specific information. For
|
|
instance, <q>shop pets</q> takes you to a page with links to online
|
|
pet stores.</li>
|
|
<li>Type the name of a city or town followed by certain words such as
|
|
<q>movies</q> or <q>restaurants</q>, for local information. For
|
|
instance, type <q>san francisco restaurants</q>.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Important</strong>: To use Internet Keywords, you must press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>
|
|
on your keyboard instead of clicking the Search button.
|
|
Pressing <kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>
|
|
activates the Internet Keyword feature; clicking Search initiates a
|
|
search.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To see the difference, try this:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Type <q>apple imac</q> into the Location Bar and press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>. Apple
|
|
Computer's iMac Web page appears.</li>
|
|
<li>Now type <q>apple imac</q> into the Location Bar and click Search.
|
|
You see a list of links related to Apple Computer's iMac models.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>If typing Internet Keywords into the Location Bar is not working for you,
|
|
check your
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#smart_browsing">Smart Browsing
|
|
preferences</a> to be sure the Internet Keywords feature is enabled.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="quick_stock_quotes">Quick Stock Quotes</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>To see a recent stock quote for a company, type <q>quote</q> followed
|
|
by the company's stock ticker symbol, and press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you don't know a company's stock ticker symbol, type the
|
|
company's name. The quote page will list all companies with similar
|
|
names, and you can choose the one for which you want a quote.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#searching_the_web">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="searching_within_a_page">Searching Within a Page</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>To find text within the page you are currently viewing in Navigator:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose <q>Find in This Page</q>. If the page
|
|
you are viewing contains frames, you may need to click within a frame
|
|
before you begin your search. You see the <q>Find in this Page</q>
|
|
dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Type the text you want to find.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose from the following search options:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Match upper/lower case</strong>: Choose this to search for a
|
|
word or phrase that matches the word you typed exactly (including
|
|
uppercase and lowercase letters).</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Wrap around</strong>: Choose this to allow the browser to
|
|
search from the where the cursor is to the bottom of the page and then
|
|
continue searching from the top of the page. Note: Normally, the page
|
|
is searched from the place where you last clicked your mouse to the
|
|
bottom of the page.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Search backwards</strong>: Choose this to search from the
|
|
insertion point backwards to the top of the page.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>Click Find to begin the search.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To find the same word or phrase again:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Find Again.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#searching_the_web">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="using_find_as_you_type">Using Find-as-you-type</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>Other than searching text through the Find dialog, you can also search by
|
|
typing directly into a Web page.</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>To search for a link, type several characters into the active browser
|
|
window to navigate to any link with that text in it.
|
|
|
|
<p>If you repeat the same character, it will start to cycle through all
|
|
the links that begin with that character. However, if it can find a
|
|
match with the exact string you've typed, such as
|
|
<q><tt>oo</tt></q> in <q><tt>woods</tt></q>, it will go there
|
|
first.</p>
|
|
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>To search for all text (normal text and linked text), type <kbd>/</kbd>
|
|
before your search string. For example, type <q><kbd>/hello</kbd></q> to
|
|
search any text containing the string <q>hello</q>.</li>
|
|
<li>The status bar (at the bottom of your browser window) displays your
|
|
search string and whether or not the search is successful.</li>
|
|
<li>Use the backspace key to undo the last character typed.</li>
|
|
<li>To cancel a find, change focus or scroll, press Escape, or wait for the
|
|
timeout.</li>
|
|
<li>Press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> or
|
|
<kbd>F3</kbd> to find the same search text again. Press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd
|
|
class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> or
|
|
<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>F3</kbd> to find previous occurence of the search
|
|
text.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>Type Ahead Find works with any window, such as this help file (try it!).</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>This feature also works with international characters such as Chinese and
|
|
Japanese.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#searching_the_web">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="searching_the_bookmarks_or_history_list">Searching the Bookmarks or
|
|
History List</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>To search the bookmarks list, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the Bookmarks menu and choose Manage Bookmarks. You see your
|
|
Bookmarks window.</li>
|
|
<li>In the Bookmarks window, open the Tools menu and choose Search Bookmarks.
|
|
You see the Find Bookmarks dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Use the drop-down lists to select options to define your search. Choose
|
|
from the following search options:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>name</q>, <q>location</q>, <q>description</q>, or
|
|
<q>keyword</q> to choose where you would like to search.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>contains</q>, <q>starts with</q>, or <q>ends
|
|
with</q> if you know only part of the word or phrase for which
|
|
you're searching.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>is</q> if you know exactly what you're searching
|
|
for.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>is not</q> or <q>doesn't contain</q> to
|
|
exclude pages.</li>
|
|
<li>Click in the field and type all or part of search word or URL (web
|
|
address) for the bookmarks that you want to find or exclude.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>Click Find. Bookmarks that match your search criteria are displayed in
|
|
the Search Results-Bookmarks window.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly open the Bookmark Manager, press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>B</kbd>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To search the History list:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the Go menu and choose History. You see the history list.</li>
|
|
<li>In the History list, open the Tools menu and choose Search History. You
|
|
see the Find in History dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Use the drop-down lists to select options to define your search. Choose
|
|
from the following search options:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>title</q> or <q>location</q> to choose where you
|
|
would like to search.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>contains</q>, <q>starts with</q>, or <q>ends
|
|
with</q> if you know only part of the word or phrase for which
|
|
you're searching.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>is</q> if you know exactly what you're searching
|
|
for.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose <q>is not</q> or <q>doesn't contain</q> to
|
|
exclude pages.</li>
|
|
<li>Click in the field and type all or part of word or URL (web address)
|
|
for the bookmarks or history listings that you want to find or
|
|
exclude.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>Click Find. History listings that match your search criteria are
|
|
displayed in the Search Results window.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To use the search results:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Double-click a bookmark in the Search Results window to go to that web
|
|
page.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Tips</strong>:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>To open the History list quickly, press <kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd>
|
|
<kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd>.</li>
|
|
<li>If the list is hard to read, try expanding the Search Results
|
|
window.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#searching_the_web">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h1 id="copying_saving_and_printing_pages">Copying, Saving, and Printing
|
|
Pages</h1>
|
|
|
|
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="#copying_part_of_a_page">Copying Part of a Page</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#saving_all_or_part_of_a_page">Saving All or Part of a
|
|
Page</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#printing_a_page">Printing a Page</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="copying_part_of_a_page">Copying Part of a Page</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>To copy some text from a page, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Select the text.</li>
|
|
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Copy.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can paste the text into other programs.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To copy a link (URL) or an image link from a page:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Position the pointer over the link or image.</li>
|
|
<li>Right-click<span class="mac"> or, if you have a one-button mouse,
|
|
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-click,</span> the link or image to display a pop-up
|
|
menu.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose Copy Link Location or Copy Image Location. If an image is also a
|
|
link, you are offered both options.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can paste the link into other programs or into Navigator's Location
|
|
Bar.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#copying_saving_and_printing_pages">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="saving_all_or_part_of_a_page">Saving All or Part of a Page</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>To save an entire page, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the File menu and choose Save Page As. You see the Save As dialog
|
|
box.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose a folder in which to save this file.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose a format for the page you want to save:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Web Page, Complete</strong>: Save the whole web page, along
|
|
with images and other supporting files. This option allows you to view
|
|
it as originally displayed with images. &brandShortName; creates a new
|
|
directory (where the page is saved) to save images and other files
|
|
necessary to show the whole web page.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Web Page, HTML Only</strong>: Save the original page as-is
|
|
without images.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Text file</strong>: Save the original page as a text file.
|
|
This option will not preserve the original HTML link structure, but
|
|
will allow you to see a text version of the web page in any text
|
|
editor.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>Type a file name for the page and click Save.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>When you view a page containing frames and a frame is currently selected,
|
|
the Save Frame As option is offered in the drop-down list in addition to Save
|
|
Page As. This lets you save only the page within the selected frame.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Saving a file onto your hard drive lets you view the page (or its HTML code)
|
|
when you're not connected to the Internet.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To save an image from a page:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Position the mouse pointer over the image.</li>
|
|
<li>Right-click<span class="mac"> or, if you have a one-button mouse,
|
|
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-click</span> the image to display a pop-up menu.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose Save Image As. You see the Save File dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose a folder in which to save this image.</li>
|
|
<li>Type a file name for the image and click Save.</li>
|
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</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To save a page without displaying it (which is useful for retrieving a
|
|
non-formatted page, like a data file, that's not intended for
|
|
viewing):</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Position the mouse pointer over the page's link.</li>
|
|
<li>Right-click<span class="mac"> or, if you have a one-button mouse,
|
|
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-click</span> the hyperlink on the page to display a pop-up
|
|
menu.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose Save Link Target As. You see the Save File dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose a folder in which to save this file.</li>
|
|
<li>Type a file name for the page and click Save.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Important</strong>: Some links automatically download and save files
|
|
to your hard drive after you click them. The URLs for these links often begin
|
|
with <q>ftp</q> or end with a file-type extension such as <q>au</q>
|
|
or <q>mpeg</q>. These links might transmit software, sound, or movie
|
|
files, and can launch helper applications that support the files.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p id="setting_image_as_wallpaper"><strong>Tip</strong>: To set an image as
|
|
your desktop wallpaper on Windows, right-click on an image and choose Set As
|
|
Wallpaper from the pop-up menu.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#copying_saving_and_printing_pages">Return to beginning of
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section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="printing_a_page">Printing a Page</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>To print the current page, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Open the File menu and choose Print.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>To print selected text, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Select the text in the current page.</li>
|
|
<li>Open the File menu and choose Print. The print dialog box appears.</li>
|
|
<li>Under Print Range, click Selection.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>The size of the printed page, not the size of the onscreen window,
|
|
determines placement of content on the printed page. Text is wrapped and
|
|
graphics are repositioned to accommodate paper size.</p>
|
|
|
|
<div class="noMac">
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="print_preview">Using Print Preview</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>To have an early look at how a page will look before it is
|
|
printed, you can use Print Preview. Begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Open the File menu and choose Print Preview.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>In Print Preview, you have the following options:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li class="win"><strong>Print</strong>: Click this to print pages.</li>
|
|
<li class="win"><strong>Page Setup</strong>: Click to further customize pages
|
|
you want to print.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Page [__] of X</strong>: Enter a page number (less than X) to
|
|
jump to its preview. Click the First
|
|
<img src="chrome://navigator/skin/btn1/first.gif" alt="first button"/>,
|
|
Previous <img src="chrome://navigator/skin/btn1/previous.gif"
|
|
alt="previous button"/>, Next
|
|
<img src="chrome://navigator/skin/btn1/next.gif" alt="next button"/>,
|
|
or Last
|
|
<img src="chrome://navigator/skin/btn1/last.gif" alt="last button"/> button
|
|
to move between pages.</li>
|
|
<li class="win"><strong>Scale</strong>: Changes the scale (size) of pages,
|
|
using the dropdown list. You can choose between a fixed percentage of the
|
|
original page and two special options:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Shrink To Fit Page Width</strong>: Select this to
|
|
automatically resize the page to the width of the paper.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Custom</strong>: Type in the percentage of the original size
|
|
and press Enter. For example, type <q>50</q> and press Enter to make
|
|
each page half the size of the original page.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li class="win"><strong>Portrait</strong>: Click on this to position the page
|
|
normally, with the shorter side facing up.</li>
|
|
<li class="win"><strong>Landscape</strong>: Click on this to position the
|
|
page sideways, with the longer side facing up.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Close</strong>: Click on this to close the Print Preview
|
|
dialog.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="using_page_setup">Using Page Setup</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Note</strong>: Some Page Setup functions are different or
|
|
unavailable on Mac OS, Linux or Unix.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To customize how pages are printed in &brandShortName;, you can use Page
|
|
Setup. From Navigator, open the File menu and choose Page Setup.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>In Page Setup, you can change the following settings for pages you want to
|
|
print:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Format & Options</strong>: Choose the orientation, scale, and
|
|
other options:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Orientation</strong>:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Portrait</strong>: Choose this
|
|
<img src="chrome://global/skin/icons/pg-portrait-small.gif"
|
|
alt="portrait button"/> to position the page normally, with the
|
|
shorter side facing up.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Landscape</strong>: Choose this
|
|
<img src="chrome://global/skin/icons/pg-landscape-small.gif"
|
|
alt="landscape button"/> to position the page sideways, with the
|
|
longer side facing up.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Scale</strong>: Type in a percentage of the original size.
|
|
For example, type <kbd>50</kbd> and to make each page half the size of
|
|
the original page.
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Shrink To Fit Page Width</strong>: Select this to
|
|
automatically resize the page to the width of the paper.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Options</strong>:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Print Background (colors and images)</strong>: Select
|
|
this to print background images and colors. If unselected, only
|
|
images and color in the foreground (in front) are printed.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Margins & Header/Footer</strong>: Click this tab to set up
|
|
margins, headers, and footers:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Margins</strong>:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Top, Bottom, Left, Right</strong>: Type a margin in
|
|
inches for the top, bottom, left, and right margin.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Headers & Footers</strong>: Each drop-down list
|
|
represents either a header or a footer area. The top row of drop-down
|
|
lists are for the left, center, and right header areas. The bottom row
|
|
are for the left, center, and right footer areas. In each drop-dop
|
|
list, choose one of the following options:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>--blank--</strong>: Show nothing in this area.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Title</strong>: Show the web page title.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>URL</strong>: Show the web page URL (URL's usually
|
|
start with <q>http://</q>).</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Date/Time</strong>: Show the date and time when the web
|
|
page is printed.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Page #</strong>: Show the page number of each page.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Page # of #</strong>: Show the page number along with the
|
|
total number of pages. For example, if you print a five page web
|
|
page, <q>3 of 5</q> would be shown on the third page.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Custom</strong>: Type your own text. You can include any
|
|
of the following codes to print specific information:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>&PT</strong>: Page Number with Total (Example:
|
|
<q>3 of 5</q>)</li>
|
|
<li><strong>&P</strong>: Page Number</li>
|
|
<li><strong>&D</strong>: Date</li>
|
|
<li><strong>&U</strong>: URL</li>
|
|
<li><strong>&T</strong>: Page Title</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p class="noMac"><strong>Tip</strong>: To see a preview of changes made to Page
|
|
Setup, use <a href="#print_preview">Print Preview</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#copying_saving_and_printing_pages">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h1 id="using_languages_and_international_content">Using Languages and
|
|
International Content</h1>
|
|
|
|
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="#selecting_character_encodings_and_fonts">Selecting Character
|
|
Encodings and Fonts</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#setting_language_preferences">Setting Language
|
|
Preferences</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#finding_localized_version">Finding a &brandShortName; version
|
|
in your own language</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="selecting_character_encodings_and_fonts">Selecting Character Encodings
|
|
and Fonts</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you browse, compose, or send and receive email in more than one language,
|
|
you need to select the appropriate character encodings and fonts.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>A character encoding method is the way a document or message has been
|
|
converted to data to be used by your computer. All web documents and mail and
|
|
news messages use a character encoding method (also known as a character set,
|
|
character coding, or charset).</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The character encoding method for a document may depend on its language.
|
|
Some languages e.g. most West European languages, share the same encoding
|
|
method. Others such as Chinese, Japanese, and Russian use different methods.
|
|
In contrast, Unicode provides language-independent encoding methods. UTF-8,
|
|
for examples, can be used for any language document.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Your version of &brandShortName; is set to a default character encoding
|
|
appropriate for your region. However, if you use more than one language, you
|
|
may need to select appropriate character encoding methods and designate the
|
|
fonts you wish to use for your language/script.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To select character encodings, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the View menu, choose Character Encoding, and then choose More.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose a region from the top section of the submenu.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose a character encoding within the region submenu. Repeat steps
|
|
1-3 for each character encoding method you want.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>The character encoding methods you select are added to the Character
|
|
Encoding menu. If you have more than one encoding method selected, the active
|
|
one has a bullet (dot) next to it.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>&brandShortName; can detect which character encoding a document uses, and
|
|
can display it correctly on your screen. To take advantage of this
|
|
capability, begin from the Navigator window:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the View menu, choose Character Encoding, and then choose
|
|
Auto-Detect.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose one of the Auto-Detect options, or choose Off from the
|
|
submenu.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To make changes to your list of active character encodings:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the View menu, choose Character Encoding, and then choose Customize.
|
|
You can see the Customize Encoding dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose from the following procedures:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>To add to the list of active character encodings, choose a character
|
|
encoding from the list on the left and click Add.</li>
|
|
<li>To remove a character encoding from the active list, choose a
|
|
character encoding from the list on the right and click Remove.</li>
|
|
<li>To change the order in which active encodings appear in the Character
|
|
Encoding menu, highlight character encodings in the list on the right,
|
|
and use the arrow buttons to move the character encodings up or down in
|
|
the list.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To change the default fonts within a language group:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Appearance category, click Fonts. (If no subcategories are
|
|
visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)</li>
|
|
<li>From the <q>Fonts for</q> drop-down list, choose a language
|
|
group/script. For instance, to set default fonts for West European
|
|
languages/script, choose <q>Western</q>.</li>
|
|
<li>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 varies in width.</li>
|
|
<li>(If available) Select a font for Serif, Sans-Serif, Cursive, and
|
|
Fantasy.</li>
|
|
<li>Select the monospace font (like Courier) that you want to use for web
|
|
pages. Monospace text is fixed in width, so each character or letter takes
|
|
the same amount of space.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>Many web page authors choose their own fonts and font sizes. You can use the
|
|
author's font settings by selecting <q>Allow documents to use other
|
|
fonts</q>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#using_languages_and_international_content">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="setting_language_preferences">Setting Language Preferences</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>The language you use for &brandShortName; affects the text of buttons,
|
|
dialog boxes, menus, tools, and other items. The functionality of these items
|
|
remains the same.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To set your preferred language:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
|
|
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Appearance category, click Languages/Content. (If no
|
|
subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the
|
|
list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Under <q>Installed language packs</q> select a language pack.</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK.
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Note</strong>: You must restart &brandShortName; after you
|
|
change your preferred language.</p>
|
|
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>The content pack you use affects the home page, bookmarks, toolbar contents,
|
|
Sidebar, and other items.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To use a content pack:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Appearance category, click Languages/Content. (If no
|
|
subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the
|
|
list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Under <q>Installed content packs</q> select a content pack.</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK.
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Note</strong>: You will need to restart &brandShortName; after
|
|
you change to another content pack.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To download more language packs or content packs,
|
|
click Download More.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Web pages are sometimes available in several languages. &brandShortName;
|
|
presents pages in the language you prefer, if it is available. You can
|
|
specify the languages you wish to see, in order of preference.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To set language preferences:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Navigator category, click Languages. (If no subcategories are
|
|
visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Click Add. You see the Add Languages dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Select a language and its code. If you wish to add a code not on the
|
|
list, type the language and its code in the Others field (see note below).
|
|
If you want to reorder the languages in the list, select a language and
|
|
click Move Up or Move Down.</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Note</strong>: Two-letter codes enclosed in brackets appear next to
|
|
each language in the list. These are standard abbreviations for languages.
|
|
For a complete list, see the online document,
|
|
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html">Codes for the
|
|
Representation of Names of Languages</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#using_languages_and_international_content">Return to beginning
|
|
of section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="finding_localized_version">Finding a &brandShortName; version in your
|
|
own language</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you're looking for a version of &brandShortName; in a language other than
|
|
American English, you can download it from the
|
|
<a href="http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/">SeaMonkey
|
|
Project Releases</a> page.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#using_languages_and_international_content">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h1 id="plugins_and_downloads">Plug-ins and Downloads</h1>
|
|
|
|
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="#plug-ins">Plug-ins</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#helper_applications">Helper Applications</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#download_manager">Download Manager</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
<p>Navigator can handle many types of files. However, for some files, such as
|
|
movies or music, Navigator needs plug-ins or <q>helper</q> applications
|
|
that can handle those files. If &brandShortName; doesn't have the needed
|
|
helper application or plug-in, it can still save the file to your hard disk.
|
|
When saving files, you can keep track of them using Download Manager.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="plug-ins">Plug-ins</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>Plug-ins are helper applications that extend the functionality within
|
|
Navigator and run within &brandShortName;. Plug-ins like Sun Java, Macromedia
|
|
Flash, and RealNetworks RealPlayer allow &brandShortName; to show multimedia
|
|
files and run small applications, such as movies, animations, and games.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>&brandShortName; comes with no additional plug-ins installed, so you have
|
|
to add them separately.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To see a full list of &brandShortName; plug-ins you can install, see the
|
|
<a href="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/">PluginDoc</a> page on MozDev.org.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To see what plug-ins you currently have installed, do any of the following:
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Open the Help menu and choose About Plug-ins.</li>
|
|
<li>Click in the Location Bar, type <kbd>about:plugins</kbd> and press
|
|
<kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#plugins_and_downloads">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="helper_applications">Helper Applications</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>When files can not be used within &brandShortName;, you have to option to
|
|
launch helper applications that open outside of &brandShortName;. For
|
|
example, to play MP3 files, programs like Winamp can be opened outside of
|
|
&brandShortName;.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The settings in the Helper Applications preferences panel tell Navigator
|
|
which helper applications to use on your computer. Usually, these preferences
|
|
don't need to be changed since they are preconfigured. Also, if
|
|
Navigator doesn't know which helper application to use, it allows you to
|
|
find helper applications within the download dialog box.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The download dialog box has these options:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Open it with the default application (Application Name)</strong>:
|
|
&brandShortName; opens the file using the default program in your system
|
|
settings.
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Note</strong>: You will only see this option if there is a
|
|
program associated with the filetype in your system settings.</p></li>
|
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<li><strong>Open it with</strong>: &brandShortName; allows you to open the
|
|
file using an application you choose. Clicking Choose to select an
|
|
application you want the file to be opened with.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Save it to disk</strong>: &brandShortName; allows you to
|
|
select a location to save the file.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Always ask before opening this type of file</strong>: When this
|
|
is selected, &brandShortName; opens the download dialog box when
|
|
downloading a particular file type.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: You can clear your saved options for <q>Always ask
|
|
before opening this type of file</q> in preferences. For more information,
|
|
see <a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#helper_applications">Navigator
|
|
Preferences - Helper Applications</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>For experienced users to fine-tune the Helper Applications preferences:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Navigator category, click Helper Applications. (If no
|
|
subcategories are visible, double-click the Navigator to expand the
|
|
list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Perform any of the following procedures:
|
|
|
|
<p id="adding_a_new_helper_application">To add a new helper application
|
|
to the list:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Click New Type. You see the New type dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li>Type a description of the type of files the application works,with;
|
|
for instance, <q>movies</q> or <q>sound files</q>.</li>
|
|
<li>Type the MIME type. MIME types consist of two words separated by
|
|
a slash. For instance, a TIFF image file's MIME type is
|
|
<q>image/tiff</q>.
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Note</strong>: When you download a file, &brandShortName;
|
|
will show you the MIME type on the download dialog box.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>Type the file extension (suffix) used by this file type. If this
|
|
type of file uses more than one extension, type them all, separated
|
|
by spaces.</li>
|
|
<li>Click Choose, then select an application that handles files of this
|
|
type.</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To specify how Navigator should handle different file types:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Select a file type from the list and click Edit.</li>
|
|
<li>In the dialog box, type in the MIME type you want this file to
|
|
use.</li>
|
|
<li>Choose between having downloaded files saved on your hard disk,
|
|
opened with the default application in your system settings or
|
|
opened in an application that you specify. Click Choose to specify
|
|
the application.</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To remove an item from the list:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Select a file type from the list and click Remove.</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>To learn more about Helper Application preferences, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#helper_applications">Navigator
|
|
Preferences - Helper Applications</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#plugins_and_downloads">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="download_manager">Download Manager</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can use Download Manager to keep track of files you download. Download
|
|
Manager shows the following information:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>filename</li>
|
|
<li>time remaining before download is complete</li>
|
|
<li>transfer speed</li>
|
|
<li>percent complete</li>
|
|
<li>time elapsed</li>
|
|
<li>web location (source)</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>To open Download Manager, do the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Open the Tools menu and choose Download Manager.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>The following menu options are available in Download Manager:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Properties</strong>: Select a file being downloaded and click
|
|
Properties to show the progress dialog box.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Cancel</strong>: Select a file being downloaded and click Cancel
|
|
to stop the download.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Remove from List</strong>: Select a file and click Remove from
|
|
List to remove a canceled or finished download. This will not delete the
|
|
file from your hard disk.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Launch File</strong>: Click this to open a selected file.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Show in<span class="win"> Explorer</span><span class="unix">
|
|
Browser</span><span class="mac"> Finder</span></strong>: Click this to show
|
|
the location of a selected file.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#plugins_and_downloads">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h1 id="improving_speed_and_efficiency">Improving Speed and Efficiency</h1>
|
|
|
|
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="#automatic_loading">Automatic Loading</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#custom_keywords">Using Custom Bookmark Keywords</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#changing_cache_settings">Changing Cache Settings</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#getting_the_latest_software_automatically">Getting the Latest
|
|
Software Automatically</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="#using_a_mouse_wheel">Using a Mouse Wheel</a></li>
|
|
<li class="win"><a href="#making_mozilla_your_default_browser">Making
|
|
&brandShortName; Your Default Browser</a></li>
|
|
<li class="win"><a href="#using_quick_launch">Using Quick Launch</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="automatic_loading">Automatic Loading</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>When you bring a web page to your screen, &brandShortName; automatically
|
|
loads (starts up) several features that help interpret web pages. These
|
|
features, Java and JavaScript, can make web pages more lively, but they take
|
|
time to load.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To learn how to turn off Java, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#advanced">Advanced Preferences -
|
|
Advanced</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To learn how to turn off JavaScript, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#scripts_and_plug-ins">Advanced
|
|
Preferences - Scripts & Plug-ins</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="custom_keywords">Using Custom Bookmark Keywords</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>Bookmark keywords allow you to create shorthand aliases for bookmarks and
|
|
Web searches. For example, if you give the bookmark to http://www.mozilla.org
|
|
the keyword <q>m.o</q>, you can enter <kbd>m.o</kbd> in the Location Bar and
|
|
Navigator will load http://www.mozilla.org.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To set a keyword, you must first create a bookmark for the URL. Then,</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the Bookmarks menu and choose Manage Bookmarks.</li>
|
|
<li>In the Bookmarks window, click on the bookmark that you created.</li>
|
|
<li>Click Properties.</li>
|
|
<li>In the bookmark Properties dialog box window, enter a short string into
|
|
the Keyword field and close that dialog.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>Now, you can enter the keyword in the Location Bar, and &brandShortName;
|
|
will load that URL.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="search_with_keywords">Search with Keywords</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>Custom keywords can be used to create shortcuts for your favorite search
|
|
engines, too. For example, you can create a keyword so that entering
|
|
<kbd>g Lord of the Rings</kbd> will perform a Google I-Feel-Lucky search
|
|
on Lord of the Rings.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To create a custom keyword for use with a Web search:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Go to your search form (e.g. <kbd>www.google.com</kbd>).</li>
|
|
<li>Enter a dummy search string (e.g. <kbd>ILoveMozilla</kbd>).</li>
|
|
<li>Submit the search query.</li>
|
|
<li>After the results have loaded, open the Bookmarks menu and choose File
|
|
Bookmark.</li>
|
|
<li>In the File Bookmark dialog, look the Location field. Replace the
|
|
dummy string (e.g. <tt>ILoveMozilla</tt>) with <kbd>%s</kbd>.
|
|
For example, the location might become
|
|
<kbd>http://www.google.com/search?q=<strong>%s</strong>&btnI=I'mFeelingLucky</kbd>.</li>
|
|
<li>Enter a keyword in the Keyword field.</li>
|
|
<li>Give the bookmark a name and choose the location for the bookmark.</li>
|
|
<li>Close the dialog.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>Now you can search without going to the search page first by entering
|
|
<kbd><var>keyword</var> <var>search_words</var></kbd> in the Location Bar.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>For more details and examples, see
|
|
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html">How Cool are Custom Keywords?</a></p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="changing_cache_settings">Changing Cache Settings</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>Your computer stores copies of frequently accessed pages in the cache. This
|
|
way, the computer doesn't have to retrieve the page from the network
|
|
each time you view it.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To set the size of the cache or to clear it:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Advanced category, click Cache. (If no subcategories are
|
|
visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Enter a number in the Size field to specify the size of the cache. 50 MB
|
|
is sufficient. To clear the cache immediately, click Clear Cache.</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Important</strong>: A larger disk cache allows more pages to be
|
|
quickly retrieved, but more of your hard disk space is used.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>When you quit &brandShortName;, it performs cache maintenance. If
|
|
maintenance takes longer than you wish, try reducing the size of the disk
|
|
cache.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To specify how often Navigator checks the network for page revisions (so
|
|
that you don't keep <q>stale</q> pages in the cache too long):</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Advanced category, click Cache. (If no subcategories are
|
|
visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)</li>
|
|
<li>Choose from the following options:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Every time I view the page</strong>: Select this if you want
|
|
&brandShortName; to compare a web page to the cache every time you view
|
|
it.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>When the page is out of date</strong>: Select this if you
|
|
want &brandShortName; to compare a web page to the cache when the page
|
|
is determined by the server to have expired.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Once per session</strong>: Select this if you want
|
|
&brandShortName; to compare a web page to the cache once for each time
|
|
you start &brandShortName;.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Never</strong>: Select this if you do not want
|
|
&brandShortName; to compare cached information to the network.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>If pages that should be in the cache are taking longer to appear than they
|
|
should, make sure the preference is not set to <q>Every time I view the
|
|
page</q>, because the verification requires a network connection that takes
|
|
time.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To refresh a page at any time:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Click the Reload button in the browser's Navigation Toolbar. The
|
|
computer checks the network to make sure you have the latest version of the
|
|
page.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="getting_the_latest_software_automatically">Getting the Latest Software
|
|
Automatically</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>&brandShortName; can notify you when updates for your software are
|
|
available, and it can install the updates automatically. &brandShortName; can
|
|
also inform you when a new version of &brandShortName; is available.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To learn about setting up automatic software installation, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#software_installation">Advanced
|
|
Preferences - Software Installation</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="using_a_mouse_wheel">Using a Mouse Wheel</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>If your mouse has a mouse wheel, you can control how the mouse wheel
|
|
functions in &brandShortName;.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To learn more about setting up a mouse wheel, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#mouse_wheel">Advanced Preferences -
|
|
Mouse Wheel</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<div class="win">
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="making_mozilla_your_default_browser">Making &brandShortName; Your
|
|
Default Browser</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>&brandShortName; is best known for displaying web pages, both on the
|
|
Internet and on your computer. To easily open web pages, you can make
|
|
&brandShortName; your default browser.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="common_internet_files_and_protocols">Common Internet Files and
|
|
Protocols</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>Making &brandShortName; your default browser allows it to automatically
|
|
open common file formats and protocols used on the Internet. Common
|
|
Internet file formats and protocols include the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong>Image Files</strong>:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and ICO</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Internet Document and Language Files</strong>:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="glossary.xhtml#html">HTML</a>, XHTML,
|
|
<a href="glossary.xhtml#xml">XML</a>, and
|
|
<a href="glossary.xhtml#xul">XUL</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Internet Protocols</strong>:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="glossary.xhtml#http">HTTP</a>,
|
|
<a href="glossary.xhtml#https">HTTPS</a>,
|
|
<a href="glossary.xhtml#ftp">FTP</a>, Chrome,
|
|
<a href="glossary.xhtml#gopher">Gopher</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="changing_default_browser_settings_automatically">Changing Default
|
|
Browser Settings Automatically</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>After installation is finished, &brandShortName; checks to see if it is
|
|
the default browser for any of the common Internet file formats or
|
|
protocols. If it isn't, you are asked, <q>&brandShortName; is not
|
|
currently set as your default browser. Would you like to make it your
|
|
default browser?</q></p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Click Yes to make &brandShortName; the default browser. If you click No,
|
|
you will be prompted with this question each time &brandShortName;
|
|
starts, unless you deselect the checkbox <q>Check at startup next time,
|
|
too</q>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you deselect the checkbox, <q>Check at startup next time, too</q>,
|
|
you can still make &brandShortName; the default browser by changing your
|
|
settings in Preferences. To learn how to set &brandShortName; as the
|
|
default browser through &brandShortName; preferences, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#navigator">Navigator Preferences -
|
|
Navigator</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h3 id="customizing_default_browser_settings">Customizing Default Browser
|
|
Settings</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can manually customize how &brandShortName; handles various file
|
|
formats and protocols. For more information, see
|
|
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#system">Advanced Preferences -
|
|
System</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="using_quick_launch">Using Quick Launch</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>Quick Launch shortens the time it takes for &brandShortName; to start.
|
|
When &brandShortName; uses Quick Launch, the &brandShortName; logo icon
|
|
is present in the system tray (near the clock).</p>
|
|
|
|
<table summary="table for images">
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td><img src="chrome://communicator/skin/icons/turbo-systray.gif"
|
|
alt="Quick Launch Icon"/></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td><strong>&brandShortName; Quick Launch Icon</strong></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</table>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly start components (such as Composer,
|
|
Mail & Newsgroups, and the Address Book window), right-click the
|
|
&brandShortName; logo icon and select the component in the pop-up
|
|
menu.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>When you installed &brandShortName;, you were given the option of
|
|
enabling or disabling Quick Launch. If enabled, Quick Launch loads part
|
|
of &brandShortName; into memory when Windows first starts (and each time
|
|
&brandShortName; first starts up). Quick Launch allows &brandShortName;
|
|
to stay in memory after you close all &brandShortName; windows. This lets
|
|
&brandShortName; quickly start up when you need it, without having to
|
|
load all of &brandShortName;. If your computer is low in memory, you can
|
|
disable Quick Launch to conserve memory.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To enable or disable Quick Launch in &brandShortName;:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Click the Advanced category.</li>
|
|
<li>Select <q>Keep &brandShortName; in memory to improve startup
|
|
performance</q> to enable Quick Launch, or deselect it to disable Quick
|
|
Launch.</li>
|
|
<li>Click OK.
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To easily disable Quick Launch, right-click on
|
|
the &brandShortName; logo in the system tray (near the time) and
|
|
select <q>Disable Quick Launch</q> in the pop-up menu.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>[<a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Return to beginning of
|
|
section</a>]</p>
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
<h1 id="proxies">Proxies</h1>
|
|
|
|
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="#setting_proxy_values">Setting Proxy Values</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
<p>This section explains how to work with proxies.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h2 id="setting_proxy_values">Setting Proxy Values</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>Many organizations block access from the Internet to their networks. This
|
|
prevents outside parties from gaining access to sensitive information. The
|
|
protection is called a firewall.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If your organization has a firewall, the browser may need to go through a
|
|
proxy server before connecting you to the Internet. The proxy server prevents
|
|
outsiders from breaking into your organization's private network.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Before you start:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>If there's a proxy configuration file at your workplace, ask the
|
|
system administrator for its URL.</li>
|
|
<li>If there's no proxy configuration file, ask your system
|
|
administrator for the names and port numbers of the servers running proxy
|
|
software for each network service.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>To set the browser to work with the proxy:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Open the
|
|
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
|
|
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
|
|
<li>Under the Advanced category, click Proxies. (If no subcategories are
|
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visible, double-click the Navigator to expand the list.)</li>
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<li>Select one of the following:
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Direct connection to the Internet</strong>: Choose this if
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you don't want to use a proxy.</li>
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<li><strong>Automatically discover the proxy configuration</strong>:
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Choose this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically detect and
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configure the proxy settings, using the
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<a href="glossary.xhtml#wpad">WPAD protocol</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Automatic proxy configuration URL</strong>: Choose this if
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you have a proxy configuration file or URL, then enter the
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configuration URL.</li>
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<li><strong>Manual proxy configuration</strong>: Choose this if you
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don't have a proxy location (URL), or the automatic proxy
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discovery was unable to setup the proxy settings correctly.
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Proxy</strong>: Enter the name or numeric IP address of
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the proxy server.</li>
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<li><strong>Port</strong>: Enter the port number in the Port field.
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Click on <q>Advanced</q> to set
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<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#advanced_proxy_preferences">Advanced
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Proxy Preferences</a></li>
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<li><strong>No Proxy for</strong>: Type the domains and/or IP
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addresses that you do not want to use a proxy for. Separate each
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entry with a comma. (Example: <kbd>.mozilla.org, .net.nz,
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192.168.1.0/24</kbd>.)</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Domain names are the part of a URL that contains the name of an
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organization, business, or school—such as mozilla.org or
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washington.org. If you use local host names without the domain name, list
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them the same way. Use commas to separate multiple host names. The wildcard
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character [*] cannot be used.</p>
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<p>For more information on using the Proxy preferences panel, see
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<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#proxies">Advanced Preferences -
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Proxies</a>.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#proxies">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
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<p>Copyright © 2003-2010 The Mozilla Foundation.</p>
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