| Generic... | to change general preferences, like User Interface, Start and Exit and length of history. |
| Button- and Statusbar... | to change the style of the button bar and position of the status line. |
| Hot List... | to change some general Hot List preferences that are not accessible via the keyboard. |
| Document Window... | to change the default setup for the document window. |
| Advanced... | to change advanced preferences e.g. server messages, and the program to view documents in source format. |
| Document Appearance... | to change typefaces in documents as well as background. You can change typefaces and colours for different types of text: standard text, titles etc.
Also, to enable/disable CSS support and to specify your preferred style sheet file. |
| Link Presentation... | to change display of links, both before and after they have been visited, You can choose different colours, or whether they should have borders. |
| Multimedia... | to change sound, animation, and image display, as well as JavaScript and Plug-in settings. Also to enable/disable frames. |
| Mail... | to give the address of your mailbox, Mail Server (machine which handles the mail service) and also to set up an external mail program. |
| News... | to set up from which machine news and discussion groups shall be retrieved. |
| Associate... | to define which programs should be used to display files and documents which cannot be displayed directly with Opera. |
| Default Browser... | to define which file types or protocols should be displayed/handled directly with Opera. |
| Cache... | to change the different parameters for caching documents in RAM or on disk. These are important for performance, etc. |
| Proxy Servers... | to define proxy-servers. These are machines which cache and retrieve documents on requests from Opera. |
| Sounds... | to choose sounds for different events, or turn them on and off. |
| JPEG Images | to change preferences for JPEG-image coding. Changes can affect the speed of decoding. |
| Security... | to change your security settings, ciphers and certificates. |
| Save Window Settings | to save the size, positioning, contents, history and homepage for all windows. |
| Set Home... (Navigation Menu) | to set global or local home pages. |
| Print Scale and Margins... (File Menu) | to change the default scaling for your printout, as well as the paper margins. |
OK - saves the your settings
Help - displays this help page
Cancel - discard chosen settings; uses the previous settings.
Generic Preferences
User Interface
| Show Menu at Start | if you activate this option, the main menu bar [File | Edit | View | ...] is displayed at program startup. If you turn it off it is not displayed. You can also toggle it on and off with CTRL+F11. |
| Automatic New Windows | if you choose this, a new window will be displayed when you
use either direct addressing or the address list to retrieve a document.
If you disable this option, Opera will operate in one window only, but for new windows, hold down the SHIFT key while clicking on a link. SHIFT-CTRL-CLICK opens a new window in the background, but remember NOT to have the mouse cursor on the link when you press the keys. |
| Automatic Window Tile | if you choose this, space will be made for new windows to
be displayed, i.e. the other windows will become smaller and moved to provide
space. Remember that the 'new windows in the background' option via SHIFT-CTRL-Click does not work if this option is turned ON. |
| History (lines) | here you choose whether the program will remember which sites you have already visited before, and the number of addresses. History is used when navigating. |
| URL History (lines) | here you choose whether the program shall remember addresses used in Direct URL Addressing and the total number of entries. This box is opened via the F2 key. |
| Global history (lines) | the global history lists all links you visit from all windows. |
Start
Show saved windows and history
You can either save a particular setup, or the setup each time you leave the programme, so that Opera starts where it ended the previous session.Show saved windows and home pages
Opera remembers the last saved setup (window positioning and size), and loads the local homepage in each window.Show single window with global homepage
Opera starts up with one window and the global homepage.
Exit
Confirm exit
Give you a warning message in case you shut Opera down unintentionally. Here, you can also elect to save the windows in Opera, so that the next time you open the program, you'll be able to pick up where you left off.Close Dial-Up connections
Opera will ask you if you wish to close down your dialer. Handy if your telephone bill is skyrocketing when you're not using the 'net.
Personal Information
Buttons
Image set
lets you activate different button bar layouts. One set is coming with Opera, but you can at any time define your own sets if you don't like the look of Opera's default buttons. Here's more information on how to go about it.Show Text
shows the text description of that button underneath the icon.Show Border
if you prefer a border around the icons, enable this option.Always Show Color
shows the icons in color rather than in grey.Text Only
shows text-only buttons with no icons.
Fonts and colors
Button Bar
With the simple button bar, you only see the most essential buttons for navigation. With full button bar, you also see buttons to open new windows, load documents from disk, save documents, print documents, copy text and search within documents.If you choose small graphics on the buttons and the full button bar, you will also see additional buttons to control windows (tiled or cascaded).
No buttons deactivates the button bar.
Status line
'Show Time' also displays the system time on the status line. You may want to disable this option if it causes screen flicker.
Popup Help
Popup address of links
Select this option if you'd like the address of a link to be displayed when the pointer is moved over a link in a document for more than a second. The address is displayed in a small window with yellow background.Popup button description
Select this option is you'd like help to be displayed when the pointer is over a button in the toolbar for more than a second. Help is displayed in a small window with a yellow background.Show Link Title
Select this option if you want Opera to display the title in the status bar/popup help rather than the URL. DISABLE this option if you want the URL to show.
Hot List Window Font
Menu-style item selection in Hot List Window
This setting applies when an item is selected by entering its first letter on the keyboard, and this first letter is unique among all items that are expanded.Default behaviour for a menu is to select the item and "press ENTER", ie. a menu performs its default action when an item is selected by a unique first letter.
In Windows95 this does not apply to tree controls. Default behavior for a tree control is to select the item without performing its default action, i.e. it does not "press enter".
Example: if you are in the bottom half of the Hot List, and have an item called "Zelda's Recipes". If you have this option enabled, pressing "Z" would call up this document without having to press ENTER. Having this options disabled, this item would be highlighted, but you would have to press ENTER to retrieve it. If you have more than one item starting with "Z", Opera would jump between them.
Screen Reader Compatible Menus
The Hot List menu is drawn without bitmaps and behaves like a normal menu. Some screen-readers do not work with "owner draw" menus. An owner draw menu is what you see in the "List" menu when this option is not selected. When using an owner draw menu, it's Opera that is drawing the menu -- not Windows.
Hot List Menu
Show CommandsCheck the "Lists" menu to see how these settings affect the menu display.
If you enable this option, Opera will display the three top menu commands on every menu. If you just want your bookmarks displayed there -- without the commands (Add - Set to Active - Show All Folder Items) -- disable this option.Max. Menu Item Width
Here you can specify the maximum width of your Hot List menu. Many bookmarks have a long title, and this may mess up your Hot List menu. If you set it to about 20-30, you will make sure that your menu entries remain legible, while the menu won't occupy the entire screen.
Default Window looks
Restore keyboard focus on document change
When enabled and a new window is selected by the keyboard, Opera will try to enable the last active child window below the MDI parent. This might be a form element, the URL field and so on. ( When activated by the mouse the window below the mouse cursor will be activated. ) Opera 3.21 Opera would set focus to what the user sees as the document window. To mimic this behavior keep this option UNCHECKED.
Default scaling
Application paths
Source Viewer
Here you can select which editor you would like to load to display the source
code of your HTML document.
Source files are useful for learning how to create your own documents, but take care, for some documents do not always follow the current style standards and so are not recommended for copying. You can connect to the Opera Software AS pages (http://www.operasoftware.com) to see examples of correct usage. The default program is 'Write' in Windows.
You can also click on the 'Browse' button for an easy search for programs to use.
Telnet program
Choose a program for remote logic on other hosts. You usually require a user
name and password to gain access. Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 98 have a telnet client included. It is called Telnet.exe and by default, it is found in the Windows directory. You can also obtain a Telnet program from a software supplier.
TN3270 program
TN3270 is a standard protocol that utilizes TCP/IP for communication with
the IBM mainframe. It also addresses access to the host via the Internet.
Details of the TN3270 standard are referenced in the IETF RFC 1576 specification.
You usually require a user name and password to gain access. You must buy
your TN3270 application separately from your supplier.
You can also click on 'Browse' to search for a program to use.
CACHE DIRECTORY = <directory path>
Server Error Response Handling
Always show server response
If you choose this, Opera will always display server messages.Always show dialog box
If you choose this Opera will display a dialog box with the initial server message. Subsequent information is not displayed.Show response from server when appropriate
If you choose this, Opera will display a dialog box if the messages are recognised. If there is a longer message, this is displayed instead.
Logging
Referrer logging
Do you want Opera to send information refering to the page from where the document or picture was requested? If you enable this option, web servers can store information about the site that you last visited before you jumped to the current one. This allows webmasters to analyse how people find their way to his website. DISABLE this option if you don't want to reveal this information.Cookie Logging
Cookies allow the server to store information on your disk. Many scripts have started to use this and will not work without it.
Performance
Synchronous DNS
Opera retrieves information asynchronously. This means that Opera does not have to wait while it retrieves - you can begin to read documents while they are being retrieved. Some winsock programs are not able to retrieve asynchronously, so you must then use Synchronous DNS. This makes Opera wait until the information has been retrieved from the Name Server before Opera displays it.If you are using Compuserve, or Microsoft's Winsock 2.x version, you may have to enable this option in order to make Opera work properly.
Max number of connections to a server
Opera can retrieve many files from the same server simultaneously. This makes retrieval faster. This number should be high for speed, but be aware that a high number can prevent others from retrieving files.Max number of connections
Opera can also retrieve documents from many servers simultaneously. Here you can set how many files in total can be retrieved simultaneously from different servers. The number should be high for speed, except if Opera is not performing well. Some winsock programs cannot retrieve many files simultaneously, in the worst case you must set the limit at 1.Size of Network Buffer
The network buffer is used to cache data retrieved from the network. You can change the size to increase the speed in some systems, If you have retrieval problems you should set it to 1.
Name Completion
Look for local network machine
If you are on a local network, you can activate this option and Opera will first look for a locally available URL. Then it will try the different items in front and after the name. If you are not in a network, this check can delay things.Try name completion using:
Here you can specify how Opera should complete the addresses. If you, for instance, live in Germany and would like to access Yahoo Germany rather than Yahoo in the USA, then you should use 'de' as the postfix, and Opera will first look for the URL in the .de domain.
Use absolute FTP paths
However, on many servers (especially UNIX) logging into the FTP server with a username/password the working directory is your home directory (e.g., /usr/home/my_directory). This is where Opera differs from other browsers. Opera (and FTP clients) will by default start from this home directory, while the others will explicitly move to the root directory, and start looking for the file from this location. Enabling the "Absolute FTP path" flag will make Opera behave in the manner of the others instead of the default.
Using the default in Opera will mean that to get the file /usr/home/my_directory/dir/file.zip on this server, you only need ftp://user:password@ftp.server.com/dir/file.zip (user:password), while with Absolute FTP enabled in Opera you need will ftp://user:password@ftp.server.com/usr/home/my_directory/dir/file.zip
Identify as Mozilla 3.0
Font and Background
Here you can select which typeface, size and color to use for different HTML elements within a document. Click on an element in the list and then on the '...' button (or double-click on an element) to choose typeface, size and colour for it.
Invert Marked Text
At present, Opera shows a border around links when you tab through them.
By checking this box, Opera will invert the link, rather than frame it.
Font size difference
By default, the font size difference is set to 20%. If you prefer you can
raise or lower this setting.
Background color
Here you can select a specific background colour, should you not want the document's background image to be displayed.
Opera also allows you to specify this in realtime for each individual window. Just click on the colour button in the status bar to toggle between your own and the documents' font and background settings.
Cascading Style Sheets
Style sheets can either be defined within the same HTML document or referenced by an external style sheet file. This makes it very easy to format documents in aáspace-saving and consistent manner.
Two columns allow you to specify settings relating to the Document Mode and the User Mode.
Document Mode
Enable User CSS - If the user has specified a CSS file, Opera will use this file when displaying the document.Enable Document CSS - Opera will use any CSS in the document.
Document CSS priority - when there is a difference between the CSS in the document and the user CSS file, the document CSS takes precedence if the toggle is set. Otherwise the user CSS rules.
Enable User Settings - the default in document mode is to ignore user settings totally. This gives the most consistent look on pages. However, this setting maps the user settings to a virtual CSS file.
User Mode
Enable User CSS - uses the user defined CSS file in user mode.Enable Document Fonts - enables the use of any font face tags in the document.
Enable Document Colors - enables the use of any document-specified colors.
Use User Mode As Default - self-explanatory.
Enable Tables - enables the (formatted) display of tables. DISABLING this option may conflict with certain background images in documents.
These options provide you with a lot of different display options. Normal users may have CSS enabled and Document CSS priority. Some users may want to give priority to their own CSS.
The user mode will in most cases not enable document fonts and colors, but in certain
cases page designers may have this setting so they can test pages with and without CSS support.
Link Presentation
Not visited
Here you can decide how links that you have not recently visited, are displayed.
You can choose a colour and whether the link is underlined or scored through.
Click on the 'Change colour' button to choose a colour.
Common
Here you decide whether link text in a document is displayed as bold
or italic, and if there should be a border| round the link.
This makes it easier to identify links, as many documents make random use
of colour, confusing the user what is a link and what isn't.
Image links
In some documents no border is specified for some or all graphics links.
If you always wish to have a border round graphics links, so that it is easy
to see them, click here.
Visited
Here you can choose how the links you have recently visited are displayed.
You can choose the colour and whether the link shall be underlined or scored
through. Click on the 'Change colour' button to choose the colour.
Visited links marked (time)
It is possible to choose how long a link shall remain marked as visited,
so that it is not permanent. The time limits are from 1 hour to 99 days and
99 hours.
Multimedia
Images
You can choose from the following options:
Do not load and show images
Says it all! Surfing at high-speed!Show loaded images only
If this option is selected, alternative text will be displayed instead, if it has been defined in the documents. This choice can be made for each window, so you can display figures in one and not in another. Click on the camera at the bottom of the document window to switch on or off in each window.Show and load images
All images will be loaded and displayed.
Multimedia
Although multimedia presentations can be quite interesting, they may also
lead to slow response time. Therefore it is important to be able to turn
off multimedia. You can choose to disable animation, video, background
sound/music, plugins and JavaScript.
Note: For reasons of possible trademark infringement, we are NOT using the word JavaScript in the dialog box, but rather 'scripting languages'. So if you want to disable JavaScript, you will have to DISABLE the 'enable scripting languages' box.
In addition you choose whether to allow document-controlled loading (refreshing). A number of sites are using 'refresh' to automatically call up one or a series of documents without your further input. If you deactivate this option (Automatic Document Loading), Opera will ignore the refresh directive and only display the first loaded page.
Extensions
Enable Frames
Unchecking this disables frame support. Frames will not display for new documents. Opera will not - as you may have seen it in other browsers - show the URLs for the frame elements, but rather use the <noframes> tags as part of the frame definition document.Always Show Active Frame Border
Checking this option is useful for those who navigate with the keyboard. It shows the the currently active frame border, simplifying frame and document navigation.Allow Window Create From Documents
If you uncheck this, the <A HREF="abc.htm" target="..."> attribute will be ignored. This means 'target' links will always be displayed in the current window.
Use Opera:
NameUse external mail application:
fill in your full name, ie James A. Smith.Mail Address
fill in your e-mail address so that addressees can reply to your messages. The address must be of the type name@address, eg. james.smith@myhome.com. Ask your Internet service provider or support personnel for your e-mail address.Mail Server
Opera must use an external machine to send mail. You must provide the details here. Ask your support personnel or Internet supplier for the address of this machine.Store outgoing mail in:
If you'd like Opera to save outgoing mails, please enter the name of the file where Opera saves the messages.Even though Opera can send messages, it is better to have your own mail program, so that it can also receive messages. If you have such a program you can fill in the details in the box marked External Mail Application. You can also use the 'Browse' button to find your e-mail program.
Signature file
Opera can add a signature to every mail message you send. Here you can specify which file is to be used. The file must be text only and not very long. It is not popular to send messages with long signatures on the Internet.
If you would like to edit the signature file, please press the appropriate button.
Here are some samples for the command-line parameters:
Pegasus:
C:\PMAIL\WINPM-32.EXE -TAgent:
C:\AGENT\AGENT.EXE C:\AGENT\AGENT.INI /url:mailto:%1
or
C:\AGENT\AGENT.EXE C:\AGENT\AGENT.INI "/url:mailto:%1"MS Outlook Express:
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe /mailurl:mailto:%Becky!:
"C:\BECKY\REBECCA.EXE /A %1
Use system default:
News Server
If it is a secure server, click the box to the right of the name server field.
Max. articles read from group
Many newsgroups contains several thousands messages. Downloading the headers
for all those can be very time-consuming. This setting limits the number
of headers to retrieve.
Group Windows
In Opera you can choose to have one or more group windows for each overview
window with a list of the group windows. The default is to have one such
window so that there are not too many windows. However if you like to see
multiple windows simultaneously, you can do so. You can also choose to use
the overview window itself as a group window.
Article Windows
In Opera you can choose whether to have one or more article windows for each
group window. The default is to have one such window, so that there are not
too many windows. However if you like to have many windows open simultaneously,
you can do so. You can also choose to use the group window as an article
window.
Default Group Sorting
You can set a standard sorting for groups, by date, sender or subject.
Group Threads
In the different subject groups there are often certain themes (threads)
which have a long list of replies and comments. To gain a better overview
of the different themes you can turn on display of subject threads. Then
all relating to one subject will be in a row. You can then click on the first
group image in the row to retrieve the answer to the first message, and so
on.
If you wish to see all the input from one person it is better to turn off
group threads. Sorting and subject threads can also be chosen for each news
window directly.
Associate
Basic introduction
Here you can see the associations made between different types of documents
and how they should be handled once they have been retrieved.
When Opera loads a file, the program checks this list to find out what to do with the file. These are so-called MIME types, a general method for describing types on the Internet.
Note: The default association '...' with no extension should be set to 'Ask User'. This makes sure that downloads are not just saved to the Cache directory, but that a dialog box prompts you what to do with that file. You can then save the document in a folder/directory of your choice.
Define your own MIME types
You can also define your own types for retrieving files from disk. In order
to set a new association, you must perform the following steps:
Default file associations and type handling
Opera can display HTML files (normal document format), normal text, GIF,
JPEG , XBM and BMP graphics files. In addition Opera can display AVI video
(Video for Windows 1.1 must be installed) and play WAV sound files and MIDI
music files, if a sound card is installed. Other types will be displayed
as text.
Unknown MIME types
The file types which Opera itself cannot display correctly can be viewed
with other programs. In 'Associate' you decide which program shall display
individual file types. You can e.g. load sound files and hear them with an
audio player, load text and view it in a text editor, and load accounts and
view them in your accounts program, etc.
You can also configure Opera to ask what should be done with a particular file type when it is loaded. When you load the file, you will be asked whether Opera should display the file, display it with another program or save it.
Associate - Buttons
OK - save chosen set-up.
New - add a new type to the list.
Change - change the name for a type in the list.
Delete - delete a type from the list.
Help - show this help page.
Cancel - do not save the chosen set-up. Use the previous set-up displayed when you opened the dialog box.
Associate - Type
Here you choose which type you will change the set-up for. i.e. change the
extensions associated with the type, or change what will happen when Opera
retrieves a file of that type. The list is sorted in name order.
Associate - Extensions
Her you provide the file extensions which belong to the file type.
Associate - Action
Here you decide how files of different types that you load are handled. You
can choose whether a document shall be displayed as text in Opera, if it
should be saved, if it will be displayed using a particular external program,
or whatever else you wish. You can click on the 'Browse' button to find the
program you will use to see documents.
Associate - Show with plugin
Opera now support a variety of plugins. If you want a specific file extension
to be associated with a plugin, let Opera find the related plugin, and activate
this radio button. Opera will then load the plugin and play the associated
file whenever you load it.
Find Plugin will look for all the plugins in the directory specified in OPERA.INI (ie PLUGIN PATH=C:\Opera\plugins). By default, Opera's plugin path is underneath the main Opera directory, but you can also reference another directory (Netscape's for instance) in order to avoid file duplication.
Associate - Type Handling
If you enable this option, you will trust the server to return correct types
all the time. A number of servers may say the content is text or binary with no closer
specification. In those circumstances, Opera can, if "trust server" is
disabled, take a closer look on the extension and if necessary the content.
More about plugins
A Netscape-compatible plugin is usually a Dynamic Link Library (.DLL) file
that is in your Opera plugin directory (ie. c:\opera\plugin) or -- if already
installed under Netscape -- in Netscape's plugin directory. Upon installation
of Opera, the routine will look for a Netscape plugin directory and reference
this in OPERA.INI with the entry:
PLUGIN PATH=C:\NETSCAPE\PROGRAM\PLUGIN
or whatever it may be. This means that Opera will automatically recognise the already installed Netscape plugins, plus those in Opera's own plugin directory.
If you now click on 'Find Plugins', Opera will scan these two directories and look for new plugins. If it finds them, it will ask you whether you want to associate the file extension belonging to the plugin with the plugin. Your answer will usually be 'Yes'.
From now on, any file with that extension associated with/linked to a plugin will cause Opera calling up the plugin and display the file (play the animation, video, sound, etc.)
Usually the plugins have a right-click menu, where you can further control the file, ie. zoom, reverse, play again, etc.
TIP: If you cannot install your plugin into the Opera directory because
the installer is looking for an installation of Netscape and specifically
'netscape.exe', create or copy a short text file in the Opera directory and
rename it to 'netscape.exe'. The installer will then think there is a valid
installation of Netscape available and install the plugin.
Opera as Default Browser
You can decide whether you would like to make Opera as the default program to handle various file types. You may have been hesitant to do this, so here we give you the opportunity to enable these settings to your liking.
Enable the checkboxes next to the file types and protocols if you want to
have Opera handle these types by default. Leave the other boxes unchecked.
Confirm your settings with 'OK'.
Cache
Disk Cache
Here you choose which types of document shall be cached to disk. It is an
advantage to cache documents for faster retrieval.
Here you choose how much space Opera will use on the disk for document caching. You are advised to set the number as high as possible, within the limits of free disk space, so that more documents can be retrieved from cache and not from external machines.
Please remember, however, that caches larger than 4MB may cause Opera to load slower on older machines.
Empty now - You can choose whether disk-cache is emptied when you leave the program. RAM-cache (fast memory) will be emptied in any case. If you choose to empty disk-cache Opera takes longer next time to retrieve the documents. You can also tidy up the archive, which is useful if it is corrupted. It should not be necessary to clean the archive after a machine hang for Opera itself tidies up errors in the archive.
RAM Cache
Here you choose whether documents will be cached in RAM and how much room
you will allow for that. Caching in RAM gives faster navigating through search
history, so it is an advantage to allow a large cache if your machine has
enough memory.
Miscellaneous
Turbo Mode -- This option makes Opera to use more memory to gain even more speed.
Offline Browse Mode -- If this option is enabled Opera will not try to retrieve the document from the Net but access the cache only.
Check Modified
You can choose how often Opera checks that documents, figures and other files
have been changed on a server. If you investigate too often, document display
will take a little longer, if you check too little there is a danger that
you do not see the latest changes in a document. This is especially important
if the documents you look at change often. In some cases the document itself
states how often there will be a new version. Then Opera will automatically
retrieve a new version when you choose that document.
You can always retrieve a document you think has been changed, and use the 'Reload' button or 'Reload' choice in the 'Navigate' menu.
Always Check Redirect
The "Always check redirect" toggle for the cache has been separated into two sections.
One for documents, the other for images. Unchecking these will most likely lead to faster
access to sites in the cache.
What does that mean? Whenever you click a link that redirects to another address
Opera will not check the cache, but load the link again. This is to be Netscape-
compatible. By unchecking these boxes you will save time and load pages that are
in the cache faster. A lot of pages have images that redirect. This is why we have differentiated. Quite often these links go to ads.
Proxy Server Preferences
A proxy-server is a machine that retrieves documents on command. The advantage with a proxy-server is at that it often caches documents. This often means that it is faster to retrieve documents from a proxy-server than direct from a machine abroad or a remote machine in your own country.
Opera contains no direct support for WAIS or Gopher directly, and needs to use a proxy- server to retrieve documents from those types of server.
Here you decide whether Opera will use proxy-servers to retrieve documents, and which shall be used. Usually you can use the same server for all protocols.
In some cases you must provide a port number as well as the name of the proxy-server. You add a colon (:) after the server name, and then the port number, without a space :eg
www.skolen.no:8080
Alternately, you can place the port number in it's own box. It doesn't make any difference wether you do it this way or the above way, but some people like to see their portnumber by default.
Ask your support personnel or Internet supplier for the address of your proxy-server. Opera does not yet support automatic proxy configuration (.PAC).
No proxy
You can also choose that Opera shall not use a proxy on certain servers.
This is a sensible choice if the machines are near (local machines), because
it will be faster to go direct than to use a proxy. Caching on a proxy-server
is only advantageous if the proxy is more easily accessed (physically nearer,
less used, or with better connections).
The correct syntax is:
*.whatever.com, whatever.full.address.com
Opera will also be able to handle portnumbers in the expression.
The following syntax can be used: "serverexpression" and "serverexpression:portexpression"
Serverexpression is a prefix; '*' matches any string.
Portexpression can have these forms:
numbers and '*';
example '10*' matches any portnumber that begins with 10, such as 10, 100,101, 1000, 10000 and so on. same as in serverexpression."fromport-toport" ranges, which can be open-ended. fromport and toport must be numbers if they are present, '*' are not allowed.
Examples: "1000-2000", "-100", "4000-"Port-expressions can be chained by using the vertical bar '|'-character.
Example "1000-2000|-100|10*|4000-"
Here a list of events that can be associated with a sound is shown. To associate a sound with an event, you choose first the event and then the sound.
Files
Here you can see sound files in a selected directory. You can browse the
directory tree by double clicking in this list. The selected sound file is
marked.
Enable sounds
Sounds are fun for a while, but can be irritating. You can turn off sound
effects here.
Directory
Here you can see the selected directory. You select the directory from the
file list.
Sound effects: Buttons
OK - save the chosen setup
Test - listen to the selected sound.
Help - display this help text.
Cancel - do not save the selected setup. Discard any changes.
These selections allow you to change the way JPEG images are displayed. The current settings are the defaults, and should not be changed by the user unless s/he knows what these settings mean and what impact they can have on JPEG image display performance.
If you have uninstalled Opera, and you are experiencing trouble viewing your Image files, see our support site online: http://www.operasoftware.com/support/subject.htm Look for the subject: "Images".
You may be interested to know that Opera can also download JPEG images from newsgroups via the MIME and UUENCODE protocol.
You can also select wether you want Opera to download streaming JPEG images here, or not. Disabling this option will show the first image in the line of images.
TIP: If your images show a raster, and therefore not as clearly as you expect, your zoom is not set to 100%. Resetting it to 100% zoom (shortcut: 6) removes the raster.
Security Preferences
In this dialog box, you can change your security settings. Remember, however, that editing these settings without knowing the impact, can result in error messages when you connect to secure sites.
If you are worried about the default settings, or if you are looking for more indepth information on security issues, we have a detailed document on security available.
You can:
TIP: By default,
Opera displays a warning message if you are about to submit an insecure form
over the Internet. If you would like to DISABLE this message, UNCHECK the
option 'Show warning before submitting a form insecurely'.
Save Window Settings
At any time, you can save all your open document windows, its positions and history in a ".win" file. This file can then be called up via File/Open, and all your saved settings retrieved, saving you valuable time.
You can also instruct Opera to start with different ".win" files by adding this to the command line.
If you don't want Opera to start with the .win file you are saving, DISABLE
the 'Use at startup' box.
Set Home Page (Navigation Menu)
Set Home Page
Here you can enter the address that will be loaded when you click on the
Home icon (the house) or select 'Home' from the 'Navigation' menu or from
the ordinary popup menu (right mouse button in the document window).
You can type the address in the text box, or click on the 'Use Active' button to retrieve the address for the document in the currently active window.
If you have a setting with multiple windows opening at startup, you can also have a local home page for each window, rather than using the global one.
See also 'The
Hot List'
Print Scale and Margins (File Menu)
Options
Print scale
To save paper, you can reduce the font size when you print pages. If you have bad eyesight, you may want to increase the scaling beyond 100%. This can be done via this field. The scaling range is from 20 - 400%.
Margins (in cm)
Show print header
[PRINTING]
SHOW PRINTER HEADER = 1
To disable this feature, set it to 0 (zero).