Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides.
The key Opera functions are available from the main menu. Also note that practically every element of the browser can be right-clicked to display a context menu offering further options.
The main menu contains the following in its default setup:
| File | Edit | View | Bookmarks | Tools | Help |
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As you register accounts and activate the various parts of Opera's messaging clients, their corresponding menu items become available. If you select the "Advanced MDI" option in the Window preferences, a Window menu will also be added to the main menu.
| Feeds | Chat | Window |
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Tip: You can toggle the main menu with Ctrl + F11.
| New page | Browse in new page |
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| New window | Browse in new application window |
| Open | Select file to open |
| Save as | Save Web page to disk |
| Sessions » | |
| Open session | Open pages and application windows saved earlier |
| Insert session | Insert saved pages into active application window |
| Save session | Save open pages and application windows to disk |
| Import and export » | Import e-mail, bookmarks, or contacts. Export bookmarks or contacts |
| Print active page | |
| Print options | Configure browser-specific printer settings |
| Print preview | Preview printed page on your screen |
| Work offline | Show pages using only cached data |
| Exit | Close all pages and application windows |
| Undo | Undo recent changes |
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| Redo | Redo changes you have undone |
| Cut | Move selected text to clipboard |
| Copy | Copy selected text to clipboard |
| Copy to note | Copy selected text to Notes panel |
| Paste | Paste from clipboard |
| Select all | Select everything in current context |
| Check spelling | Check focused text field in Web page or browser (requires third-party software) |
| Find | Find text in page |
| Find next | Find next occurrence of text |
| Toolbars » | Change the toolbar and panel setup |
|---|---|
| Skins » | |
| Get skins | Go to My Opera Community to download skins |
| (Your currently available skins appear here.) | |
| Zoom » | Enlarge or shrink entire Web page |
| Images » | Toggle display of images in Web pages |
| Style » | Remove, change, or add page style (see menu) |
| Encoding » | Change character encoding for active page |
| Source | View source of active page |
| Small screen | Emulate small-screen device (Shift + F11 restores) |
| Fit to window width | Reformat pages to avoid horizontal scrolling |
| Full screen | Use entire screen for viewing page (F11 restores) |
| Bookmark page | Save active page as new bookmark |
|---|---|
| Manage bookmarks | Edit your bookmarks |
| -- Opera Software -- | (Your bookmarks appear here and below.) |
| Mail and chat accounts | Add and manage accounts |
|---|---|
| Delete private data | Remove sensitive information about your browsing |
| Contacts | Organize your contacts. Option appears when e-mail or chat account is added |
| Notes | Manage your Opera notes |
| Transfers | Manage files transferred to your computer |
| History | Display list of recently visited pages |
| Links | Display all links in current document |
| Advanced » | Show more options |
| Cookies | Set up how Opera should handle cookies from different servers |
| Wand passwords | Manage your log-in information for Web sites |
| Plug-ins | Show list of plug-ins installed on your computer |
| Cache | Show local copies of documents and images |
| Java console | Show Java log |
| JavaScript Console | Show JavaScript log |
| Voice log | Show voice log |
| Reload from cache | Draw page again using local copy of the document |
| Quick preferences » | Get quick access to useful settings |
| Preferences | Manage Opera's settings |
| Opera Help | Go to the Opera help front page |
|---|---|
| Buy Opera | Buy Opera and remove the ad banner |
| Register Opera | Enter registration information as proof of purchase |
| Check for new release | Make sure you are using the latest version of Opera |
| About Opera | Show information about Opera |
| Read feeds | Display list of unread newsfeed items |
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| Manage feeds | Organize your newsfeed subscriptions |
| (Your subscribed newsfeeds are listed here.) | Click title to display newsfeed |
| Read mail | Display list of unread messages |
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| Compose | Write new e-mail or news message |
| Check/Send » | Check for new e-mail and send queued messages |
| Search | Find messages |
| Filters | Create filters for message views |
| Newsgroups | Choose newsgroups to subscribe to |
| IMAP folders | Choose IMAP folders to include when checking e-mail |
| List rooms | Download list of available chat rooms and choose one to join |
|---|---|
| New room | Create your own chat room (or join an existing room) |
| Connect to » | Connect to one or multiple chat servers |
| Online | Status: on line and available for chat |
| Busy | Status: busy |
| Be right back | Status: away for a short while |
| Away | Status: currently away from the computer |
| On the phone | Status: on the phone |
| Out to lunch | Status: out to lunch |
| Closed » | Displays a list of closed pages that you can reopen |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | Browse in duplicate of active page |
| Create linked | Create new page in which to open links clicked in active page |
| Cascade | Resize and place pages top-left to bottom-right |
| Tile vertically | Fit pages to window, left to right |
| Tile horizontally | Fit pages to window, top to bottom |
| Restore all | Set minimized and maximized pages to original size |
| Minimize all | Hide open pages (click icons to get them back) |
| Maximize all | Let each page use all the available space |
| Close all | Close all open Web pages |
| Close all but active | Close all open pages except active |
| (Your currently open windows and pages appear here.) | Click to switch focus to page |
This menu also appears if you right-click Opera's workspace area (behind your open pages).
Context menus appear when you right-click various items and elements, either in the browser or on a Web page.
The page menu appears when you right-click a part of a Web page where there are no links, images, or forms.
| Back | Go back to previous page |
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| Forward | Go forward to next page |
| Rewind | Jump back between sites in history |
| Fast forward | Analyze page and go to most likely next page |
| Reload | Get updated version of active page from server |
| Reload every » | Monitor page by reloading frequently |
| Bookmark page | Add active page to your bookmarks |
| Copy address | Copy page address to clipboard |
| Send link by mail | Tell a friend about active page |
| Print the current document | |
| Source | View the source of current document (in source viewer) |
| Validate | Validate source of current document (on-line service) |
| Full screen | Use entire screen for viewing page (F11 restores) |
The hotclick menu is a context menu for selected text.
The link menu appears when you right-click a link. Try here
| Open | Open selected link in active page |
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| Open in new page | Open selected link in new page |
| Open in background page | Open link in a new page in the background |
| Open in new window | Open link in a new application window |
| Open in background window | Open link in a a new application window in the background |
| Bookmark link | Add link to bookmarks |
| Copy link address | Copy link address to clipboard |
| Save target as | Download linked file to your computer |
| Quick download | Download file right now without displaying the download dialog |
When you click an image that has a link, a menu will appear that combines items from both the image and link menus.
The image menu appears when you right-click an image.
| Open image | Display the selected image in active page |
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| Reload image | Get update of selected image from server |
| Copy image address | Copy address of the image to clipboard |
| Save image | Save image to your computer |
| Copy image to clipboard | Place a copy of selected image on clipboard |
| Use image on desktop | Use image as desktop background |
| Image properties | Show information about image |
The "mailto:" menu appears when you right-click a "mailto:" link. Try it here
| Compose | Write to e-mail address specified in mailto: link |
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| Add to contacts | Save e-mail address as a new contact |
| Copy e-mail address | Copy e-mail address in link to clipboard |
| Copy link address | Copy e-mail address in link to clipboard, including preceding "mailto:" |
| Page » | Access menu |
When you click an image that links to an e-mail address, a menu will appear that combines items from both the image and "mailto:" menus.
The form menu appears when you right-click inside a form field.
| Insert personal » | Insert personal information saved in preferences |
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| Insert note » | Insert text from "Notes" panel |
| Undo | Undo recent changes |
| Redo | Redo changes you have undone |
| Cut | Move selected text to clipboard |
| Copy | Copy selected text to clipboard |
| Paste | Paste clipboard contents |
| Delete | Delete selected text |
| Copy to note | Copy selected text to Notes panel |
| Clear all | Clear everything in current context |
| Select all | Select all text in form |
| Check spelling | Check focused text field. Learn more about the spellchecker |
Opera's built-in user style sheets can be used to improve readability, debug markup, and drastically change the appearance of Web pages.
| Author mode | Show page as its author intended |
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| User mode | Complement page style with your own |
| Emulate text browser | Pretend to be a non-graphical browser |
| Nostalgia | Pretend to be an old 8-bit browser |
| Accessibility layout | For people with visual impairments or reading disabilities |
| Show images and links only | Hide plain text |
| High contrast (W/B) | Show white text on black background |
| High contrast (B/W) | Show black text on white background |
| Hide non-linking images | Hide images with no navigational purpose |
| Hide certain-sized elements (aggressive) | Try to hide content such as ads |
| Disable tables | Dissolve table columns into separate lines |
| Show structural elements | Show essential page markup |
| Debug with outline | Use borders to mark important page elements |
| (Available alternate style sheets for current site appear here.) | Click to switch |
Tip: You can add your own style sheets, and configure "Author mode" and "User mode", in Page style preferences.
Learn more about user style sheets
Some of the most useful settings are easily available in the Quick preferences menu. You can access this menu at any time by pressing F12 or selecting from the menu.
| Open all pop-ups | Let Web sites open pop-ups freely |
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| Open pop-ups in background | Show all pop-up windows behind my ordinary pages and windows |
| Block unwanted pop-ups | Opera tries to show only pop-ups requested by you |
| Block all pop-ups | Prevent all kinds of pop-up windows |
| Enable GIF animation | Allow images that change |
| Enable sound in Web pages | Allow audio files |
| Enable Java | Let Web pages run Java applets |
| Enable plug-ins | Let Web pages launch plug-in programs |
| Enable JavaScript | Let Web pages execute scripts |
| Enable cookies | Let sites set cookies |
| Enable referrer logging | Let sites know which page you came from |
| Enable proxy servers | Connect to Internet via proxy server |
| Identify as Opera | Tell sites you are using Opera |
| Identify as Mozilla | Let sites think you are using Mozilla |
| Identify as Internet Explorer | Let sites think you are using Internet Explorer |
Tip: Open Opera's Preferences (press Alt + P) for access to more settings.
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