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<h1 id="browsing_the_web">Browsing the Web</h1>
<p>Welcome to &brandShortName;! One of the most popular ways people use
&brandShortName; is to browse the Web. The &brandShortName; browser
component that lets you visit web pages, offers many ways to visit web pages
and search the Web.</p>
<p>This section introduces you to the browser, and how you can use it to
navigate, search, and save web pages.</p>
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
<ul>
<li><a href="#navigating_web_pages">Navigating Web Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="#searching_the_web">Searching the Web</a></li>
<li><a href="#copying_saving_and_printing_pages">Copying, Saving, and
Printing Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="#using_languages_and_international_content">Using Languages
and International Content</a></li>
<li><a href="#plugins_and_downloads">Plugins and Downloads</a></li>
<li><a href="#improving_speed_and_efficiency">Improving Speed and
Efficiency</a></li>
<li><a href="#proxies">Proxies</a></li>
<li><a href="page_info_help.xhtml">Viewing Page Info</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h1 id="navigating_web_pages">Navigating Web Pages</h1>
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
<ul>
<li><a href="#viewing_your_home_page">Viewing Your Home Page</a></li>
<li><a href="#moving_to_another_page">Moving to Another Page</a></li>
<li><a href="#clicking_a_link">Clicking a Link</a></li>
<li><a href="#retracing_your_steps">Retracing Your Steps</a></li>
<li><a href="#reopening_closed_tabs_windows">Reopening Closed Tabs or Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="#stopping_and_reloading">Stopping and Reloading</a></li>
<li><a href="#visiting_bookmarked_pages">Visiting Bookmarked Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="#using_tabbed_browsing">Using Tabbed Browsing</a></li>
<li><a href="#using_sidebar">Using Sidebar</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2 id="viewing_your_home_page">Viewing Your Home Page</h2>
<p>After the first launch, you will normally see your home page when you launch
&brandShortName;. Unless you choose a home page yourself, your home page is
chosen by your network or Internet service provider, or you see
&brandShortName;'s home page.</p>
<p>To choose your own home page, see
<a href="customize_help.xhtml#specifying_how_mozilla_starts_up">Specifying
How &brandShortName; Starts Up</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Tips</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li class="noMac" id="full_screen_mode">To streamline the &brandShortName;
interface, you can use Full Screen mode to display web pages using almost
all of your screen. In the browser, open the View menu and choose Full
Screen. You can also press <kbd>F11</kbd>.</li>
<li>To go to your home page quickly, press <kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd
class="noMac">Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Home</kbd>.</li>
</ul>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="moving_to_another_page">Moving to Another Page</h2>
<p>You move to a new page by typing its URL—its location (address) on the
Web. URLs normally begin with <q>http://</q>, followed by one or more
names that identify the address. For instance,
<ol>
<li>Click the Location Bar to select the URL that is already there.</li>
<li>Type the URL of the page you want to visit. The URL you type replaces any
text already in the Location Bar.</li>
<li>Press <kbd class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>.</li>
</ol>
<p>Using the lock icon near the lower-right corner of the window, you can check
a web page's security status at any time. For details, see
<a href="using_certs_help.xhtml#checking_security_for_a_web_page">Checking
Security for a Web Page</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly select the URL in the Location Bar, press
<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd>.</p>
<table summary="table for images">
<tr>
<td><img src="images/locationbar.png"
alt="Location Bar"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Location Bar</strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><strong>Don't know a URL?</strong> You can type part of a URL, such as
<q>cnn</q> (for www.cnn.com); or you can type a general word, such as
<q>gifts</q> or <q>flowers</q>. The browser guesses what page you
want to view, or displays a page with a choice of links related to the word
you typed.</p>
<p>If you are new to the Internet, see the
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="clicking_a_link">Clicking a Link</h2>
<p>Most web pages contain links you can click to move to other pages.</p>
<ol>
<li>Move the pointer until it changes to a pointing finger. This happens
whenever the pointer is over a link. Most links are underlined text, but
buttons and images can also be links.</li>
<li>Click the link once. While the network locates the page that the link
points to, status messages appear at the bottom of the window.</li>
</ol>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="retracing_your_steps">Retracing Your Steps</h2>
<p>There are several ways to re-visit pages:</p>
<ul>
<li>To go back or forward one page, click the Back or Forward arrow.</li>
<li>To go back or forward more than one page, click the small triangles on
the Back and Forward buttons. You'll see a list of pages you've
visited; to return to a page, choose it from the list.</li>
</ul>
<table summary="table for images">
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><img src="images/reload.gif"
alt="Navigation Buttons"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 8px;"></td>
<td style="width: 34px;"><strong>Back</strong></td>
<td style="width: 45px;"><strong>Forward</strong></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
<ul>
<li>To see a list of any URLs you've typed into the Location Bar, click
the arrow at the right end of the Location Bar. To view a page, choose it
from the list.</li>
</ul>
<table summary="table for images">
<tr>
<td><img src="images/locationbar.png" alt="Location Bar"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Location Bar</strong> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<ul>
<li>To choose from pages you've visited during the current session, open
the Go menu and use the list in the bottom section of the menu.</li>
<li>To choose from pages you've visited during the past several
sessions, open the Go menu and choose History. You see the history list.
The history list displays a list of folders. Double clicking the folders
displays subfolders or bookmarks to web pages. You can double-click the URL
next to the Bookmark icon to view that page.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: The Sidebar History tab also allows you to choose from
pages you've visited during the past several sessions. For
information, see
<a href="customize_help.xhtml#adding_sidebar_tabs">Adding Sidebar Tabs</a>.
</p>
<h3 id="about_history_lists">About History Lists</h3>
<p>The history list contains links to recently visited pages. The Location Bar
list contains links to pages you've typed into the Location Bar and then
visited.</p>
<p>To access the history list from the browser, open the Go menu and choose
History. To access the Location Bar list, click the arrow at the right end of
the Location Bar.</p>
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly open the history list, press
<span class="mac"><kbd>Cmd</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd></span><kbd
class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd>.</p>
<p>If you don't want the Location Bar or history list to display the pages
you've been visiting, you can clear the history list and Location Bar
history entirely or selectively.</p>
<p>To delete all pages from the Location Bar or history list, begin from the
browser window:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span><span class="noMac">Edit</span>
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click History. (If no subcategories are
visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
<li>Click Clear History and Clear Location Bar to remove all previously
visited web pages from the lists.</li>
</ol>
<p>To selectively delete pages from the history list, do any of the
following:</p>
<ul>
<li>To delete all pages from a domain, select a page within that domain
(folder) in the History list, open the Edit menu, and select <q>Delete
History for <em>*.[domain name]</em></q>. For example, use this command
if you want to delete all pages that end in <q>mozilla.org</q>.</li>
<li>To delete pages from a subdomain, select a page within that subdomain in
the History list, open the Edit menu, and select <q>Delete History for
<em>[subdomain]</em></q>. For example, use this command if you want to
delete all pages from <q>bugzilla.mozilla.org</q> but not
<q>mozilla.org</q>.</li>
<li>To delete a single page or folder, select it in the history list and
press Delete.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To sort the history list, click one of the categories
(Title, Location, or Last Visited). Click the title again to reverse the
order.</p>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="reopening_closed_tabs_windows">Reopening Closed Tabs or Windows</h2>
<p>&brandShortName; keeps track of your most recently closed tabs and
windows and allows you to get back to them easily.</p>
<p>To reopen closed tabs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the Go menu and expand the Recently Closed Tabs menu.</li>
<li>Select any of the previously closed tabs from the list.
Once selected, it will be restored and removed from the list.</li>
</ul>
<p>Similarly, to reopen closed windows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the Go Menu and expand the Recently Closed Windows menu.</li>
<li>Select any of the previously closed windows. Once selected,
it will be restored and removed from the list.</li>
</ul>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="stopping_and_reloading">Stopping and Reloading</h2>
<p>If a page is taking too long to appear, or you change your mind and
don't want to view it, click the Stop button.</p>
<p>To refresh the current page, or get the most up-to-date version, click the
Reload button, or press
<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd>.</p>
<table summary="table for images">
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><img src="images/reload.gif"
alt="Navigation Buttons"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 87px;"></td>
<td style="width: 45px;"><strong>Reload</strong></td>
<td style="width: 47px;"><strong>Stop</strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>To refresh the current page and reset all changes made (if the page contains
a form), hold down the <kbd>Shift</kbd> key and click the Reload button, or
press <kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd
class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd>.</p>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="visiting_bookmarked_pages">Visiting Bookmarked Pages</h2>
<p>The addresses, or URLs, of web pages can be quite long and difficult to
remember. Fortunately, it's not necessary to memorize URLs in order to
browse the Web. Your browser has a list of bookmarks, which are pointers to
interesting web pages.</p>
<p>To go to a bookmarked page, begin from the Browser window:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the Bookmarks menu. The menu contains bookmarks represented by a
bookmark icon, and folders that contain more bookmarks.</li>
<li>To visit a bookmarked page, choose a bookmark from the menu, or open a
folder and choose a bookmark.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To retrace your steps, click the Back arrow.</p>
<p>You can save your own bookmarks to point to pages you frequently visit, or
to other interesting places on the Web. See
<a href="customize_help.xhtml#creating_new_bookmarks">Creating New
Bookmarks</a> for more information.</p>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="using_tabbed_browsing">Using Tabbed Browsing</h2>
<p>When you visit more then one web page at a time, you can use Tabbed Browsing
to navigate the Web faster and easier.</p>
<p>Tabbed Browsing lets you open tabs, each displaying a web page, within a
single browser window. You don't have to have several windows open to
visit several different web pages. This frees up space on your desktop. You
can open, close, and reload web pages conveniently in one place without
having to switch to another window.</p>
<p>You can manage your navigation tabs easily and control when tabs are opened
automatically. For more information about setting Tabbed Browsing
preferences, see
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#tabbed_browsing">Browser Preferences
- Tabbed Browsing</a>.</p>
<p>To learn more about using Tabbed Browsing, see
<a href="customize_help.xhtml#tabbed_browsing">Tabbed Browsing</a>.</p>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="using_sidebar">Using Sidebar</h2>
<p>In addition to navigating the Web with the browser, you can let the Web come
to you by using Sidebar.</p>
<p>Sidebar is a customizable frame in your browser where you can keep items
that you need to use all the time, including your bookmarks, browser history,
address book, and other available options. Sidebar presents these items to
you in tabs that it continually updates.</p>
<p>&brandShortName; comes with some Sidebar tabs already set up, but you can
customize Sidebar by adding, removing, and rearranging tabs. For details,
see <a href="customize_help.xhtml#sidebar">Sidebar</a>.</p>
<p>To view an item in Sidebar, click its tab.</p>
<table summary="table for images">
<tr>
<td><img src="images/sidebar.png"
alt="Sidebar Handle"/></td>
<td style="vertical-align:
middle; -moz-padding-end: 20px;"><strong>Sidebar<br/>Handle</strong></td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle;">If it is not already open, open Sidebar
by clicking its handle. If the handle is missing, open the View menu in
the browser, choose Show/Hide, and then Sidebar from the submenu.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class="noMac"><strong>Tip</strong>: To quickly open or close the Sidebar,
press <kbd>F9</kbd>.</p>
<p>[<a href="#navigating_web_pages">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h1 id="searching_the_web">Searching the Web</h1>
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
<ul>
<li><a href="#fast_searches">Fast Searches</a></li>
<li><a href="#setting_search_preferences">Setting Search
Preferences</a></li>
<li><a href="#searching_within_a_page">Searching Within a Page</a></li>
<li><a href="#using_find_as_you_type">Using Find-as-you-type</a></li>
<li><a href="#searching_the_bookmarks_or_history_list">Searching the
Bookmarks or History List</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2 id="fast_searches">Fast Searches</h2>
<p>There are four ways to search quickly: from the Location Bar, from Sidebar,
from the Net Search page, and by selecting words in a web page.</p>
<h3 id="searching_from_the_location_bar">Searching from the Location Bar</h3>
<p>Searching for web pages on a particular topic is as easy as typing a
question, or just a word or two, into the browser's Location Bar, as
shown below.</p>
<p><img src="images/locationbar_search.png" width="236" height="39" alt=
"Location Bar with Search Term"/></p>
<p>For example, if you want to find information about baby dolls:</p>
<ol>
<li><span class="noUnix">Click</span><span class="unix">Double-click</span>
in the Location Bar to select the current text.</li>
<li>Type the word <q>baby doll</q>. Your typing replaces the current
text.</li>
<li>Perform one of these steps:
<ul>
<li>Click the Search button <img src="images/search_navigation_toolbar.png"
width="73" height="21" alt="search button"/>.</li>
<li>Click <q>Search DuckDuckGo for <q>baby doll</q></q> at the bottom of
the drop-down list in the Location Bar. (Your default search engine may
be different.)
<p>The default search engine you choose in the
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#internet_search">Internet
Search Preferences</a> is used. Search results for <q>baby doll</q>
appear in the browser window. Click the links to visit web pages
about baby dolls.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: In the <q>Unknown Locations</q> section of the
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#location_bar">Location Bar
Preferences</a>, you can set up the Location Bar so a search is automatically
performed if the text you have typed is not a web location. Typing a word in
the Location Bar and pressing <kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd><kbd class="mac">
Return</kbd> will then perform a search.</p>
<h3 id="searching_from_sidebar">Searching from Sidebar</h3>
<p>The Sidebar Search tab lets you keep a search bar in your sidebar.
For example, if you want to find information about toy cars:</p>
<ol>
<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 the browser, choose Show/Hide, and then Sidebar from the
submenu.</li>
<li>Click the Search tab in Sidebar.</li>
<li>Open the 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 the
browser window. Click the links to visit web pages about toy cars.</li>
</ol>
<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 your search engine's
home page</h3>
<p>You can also perform a search from your search engine's home page.
To visit this page, perform one of these steps:</p>
<ul>
<li>Click on the Search button <img src="images/search_navigation_toolbar.png"
width="73" height="21" 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>
<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">Browser Preferences
- Internet Search</a>.</p>
<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.</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span>
menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Internet Search. (If no subcategories
are visible, double-click the Browser to expand the list.)</li>
<li>Under Default Search Engine, choose a search engine you want to use for
web searching.</li>
<li>Click Manage Search Engines to open the <q>Manage Search Engine List</q>
dialog, where you can select <q>Show search suggestions</q> if you want
&brandShortName; to show suggestions from the search engine as you type a
search string in the Sidebar search tab or in the Search Bar. Then click OK
to save any changes and close this dialog.</li>
<li>Under Search Results, select <q>Open new tabs for sidebar search
results</q> if you want to see the results from Sidebar searches to open in
a new tab instead of the current tab.</li>
<li>Under Search Results, select <q>Open a tab instead of a window for a
context menu web search</q> if you want search results to open in a new tab
instead of a new window when you search for selected words.</li>
</ol>
<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 the browser:</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 bar</q>.</li>
<li>Type the text you want to find.</li>
<li>Click Next to begin the search from where the cursor is forwards
to the bottom of the page.</li>
<li>Click Previous to begin the search from the cursor backwards to
the top of the page.</li>
<li>With <strong>Highlight all</strong>, all words or phrases that
matched are highlighted on the page.</li>
<li>Use <strong>Match case</strong> to limit the search to words or
phrases that exactly match what you typed (taking case into
account).</li>
</ol>
<p>If the search hits the bottom (or top) of the page, it will continue
from the other end and indicate on the Find bar that it wrapped.</p>
<p>To find the same word or phrase again, keep pressing Enter while the
focus is on the search field, or use the Find Again shortcuts (see
the <q>Using Find-as-you-type</q> section below) when the focus
is on the page. In both cases, a forward search will be invoked,
no matter whether the Previous button was used the last time.</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 bar, 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 was successful. Please note
that this happens only if the <q>Show the find toolbar during find as you
type</q> checkbox on the <a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#fayt">Find
As You Type preferences panel</a> is not selected. If the checkbox is
selected, then the <q>Find bar</q> is used instead of changing the status
bar.</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 occurrence 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 browser 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>Above the actual list, you see a textbox titled <q>Search History</q>.</li>
<li>Click into this textbox and type parts of the URL or page title you are
searching for.</li>
<li>The History list is filtered for those search terms as you type them.</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>
</ul>
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<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 browser 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 browser'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 browser 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>
</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>
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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 browser window:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the File menu and choose Print.</li>
</ul>
<p>To print selected text, begin from the browser 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 browser 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
alt="previous button"/>, Next
or Last
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 macOS, Linux or Unix.</p>
<p>To customize how pages are printed in &brandShortName;, you can use Page
Setup. From the browser, 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
alt="portrait button"/> to position the page normally, with the
shorter side facing up.</li>
<li><strong>Landscape</strong>: Choose this
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-down
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 (URLs 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_text_encodings_and_fonts">Selecting Text 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_text_encodings_and_fonts">Selecting Text 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 text encodings and fonts.</p>
<p>A text encoding method is the way characters in a document or message are
converted to data to be used by your computer. All web documents and mail or
news messages use a text encoding method (also known as a character set,
character coding, or charset).</p>
<p>The text 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 example, can be used for any language document.</p>
<p>Your version of &brandShortName; is set to a default text encoding which is
appropriate for your region. However, if you use more than one language, you
may need to select appropriate text encoding methods and designate the fonts
you wish to use for your language.</p>
<p>To select text encodings, begin from the browser window:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the View menu, choose Text Encoding, and then choose More
Encodings.</li>
<li>Choose a region from the top section of the submenu.</li>
<li>Choose a text encoding within the region submenu. Repeat steps 1-3 for
each text encoding method you want.</li>
</ol>
<p>The text encoding methods you select are added to the Text Encoding menu.
If you have more than one encoding method selected, the active one has a
bullet (dot) next to it.</p>
<p>If the page, which you are viewing, shows wrong character glyphs with all
predefined text encodings, there is a chance that it requires special fonts.
Such websites should contain instructions on which fonts to download and/or
use in order to view the page correctly. When you have the necessary fonts
installed on your system, you can choose User Defined from the More Encodings
submenu. &brandShortName; will then use the fonts defined in the <a
href="cs_nav_prefs_appearance.xhtml#fonts">Fonts preferences</a> (Fonts for:
User Defined).</p>
<p>&brandShortName; can detect which text encoding a document uses, and can
display it correctly on your screen. To take advantage of this capability,
begin from the browser window:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the View menu, choose Text 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 text encodings:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the View menu, choose Text Encoding, and then choose Customize
List. You can see the Customize Text Encoding dialog box.</li>
<li>Choose from the following procedures:
<ul>
<li>To add to the list of active text encodings, choose a text encoding
from the list on the left and click Add.</li>
<li>To remove a text encoding from the active list, choose a text
encoding from the list on the right and click Remove.</li>
<li>To change the order in which active encodings appear in the Text
Encoding menu, highlight text encodings in the list on the right,
and use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to move the text 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>
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section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="setting_language_preferences">Setting Language Preferences</h2>
<p>The language you use for &brandShortName; affects the user
interface—text of buttons, dialog boxes, menus, tools, and other items.
You can download and install language packages from the
Releases</a> page and then use the
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_appearance.xhtml#appearance">Appearance Preferences
panel</a> to switch user interface language.</p>
<p>A web page can sometimes be available in several languages. In the
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#languages">Languages Preferences
panel</a>, you can configure &brandShortName; so the page is shown in the
language you prefer. You can have multiple languages and list them in order
of preference.</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
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">Plugins and Downloads</h1>
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
<ul>
<li><a href="#plugins">Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href="#helper_applications">Helper Applications</a></li>
<li><a href="#download_manager">Download Manager</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>The browser can handle many types of files. However, for some files, such as
movies or music, &brandShortName; needs plugins or <q>helper</q> applications
that can handle those files. If the browser doesn't have the needed
helper application or plugin, 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="plugins">Plugins</h2>
<p>Plugins are helper applications that extend the functionality within the
browser and run within &brandShortName;. Plugins allow &brandShortName; to
show multimedia files and run small applications, such as movies, animations,
and games.</p>
<p>&brandShortName; comes with no additional plugins installed, so you have
to add them separately.</p>
<p>To see what plugins you currently have installed, do any of the following:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the Tools menu, choose Add-ons Manager, and select the Plugins
panel.
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: To learn more about the Add-ons Manager and its
features, see the section
<a href="customize_help.xhtml#using_the_add-ons_manager">Using the Add-ons
Manager</a>.</p>
</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 the 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 for this are explained in detail in
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_navigator.xhtml#helper_applications">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>
</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, like JavaScript, can make web pages more lively, but they take
time to load.</p>
<p>To learn how to turn off JavaScript, see
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#scripts_and_plugins">Advanced
Preferences - Scripts & Plugins</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
the keyword <q>m.o</q>, you can enter <kbd>m.o</kbd> in the Location Bar and
<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
<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
searches" at the MozillaZine Knowledge Base</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 the browser 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>
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<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 new versions of &brandShortName; and installed add-ons
are 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>
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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>
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section</a>]</p>
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<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</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">Browser Preferences -
Browser</a>.</p>
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<h1 id="proxies">Proxies</h1>
<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>For information on setting your proxy preferences, see
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_advanced.xhtml#proxies">Advanced Preferences -
Proxies</a>.</p>
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