Customizing  and Learning about Netscape

Specifying a Start Page

When you start Netscape, it generally opens to Netscape's home page.


Your browser will continue to open to the Netscape home page  until YOU choose your own home page by resetting the preferences.
Look at the pictures below and make a decision once you've read the next paragraph.

 

Changing Fonts, Colors & Themes

To change the font/text do the following things:

Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. Under the Appearance category choose fonts.  (If  the Font list isn't visible double click Appearance to expand the list.) From the "Fonts for" drop-down list choose a character set.  For instance,  to set default fonts for the Western (roman) character set, choose "Western." Click on the down arrow beginning with Serif to see which fonts are available.   View all 5. Select a fixed width, font and size because certain types of text, such as equations  and formulas are displayed in a fixed width font.

Tochange the default font/text color do the following things:

Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. Under the Appearance category choose Colors.  (If  Colors isn't visible double click Appearance to expand the list.) Select the colored blocks next to Text, Background, Unvisited links, and Visited Links. Choose a color for each from the color chart.  You may also specify that the links be underlined.

To change the default Theme do the following things:

To make your Netscape screen look different from othersyou can select a new theme that will change the look of buttons, toolbars,dialog boxes menu bars and other items.  It will not change the way  these items function. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. Under the Appearance category choose Themes. Click to select the theme you want to use. Click o.k. to confirm your choice.

Get a completely new theme by going on line

Type in the following URL(http://wp.netscape.com/themes/7_0/index.html)           or click on the  link  New themes Follow the directions once you get to this site Note: You will need to quit and restart Netscape after you apply a new theme in order for the change to take effect.

Learning about the History List Links

  

The History List contains links to previously visited pages.    To access your history list from Navigator, open the Go menu and choose history. A list of previously visited sites will appear.

The Location Bar  contains links to pages you've typed into Location Bar and then visited.


To access the Location Bar List, click the arrow at the right end of the Location bar.

To delete all pages from the Location Bar or history list, begin from the Navigator window and do the following:

 

Once again, open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. Click on the Navigator category, click History. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.) Click Clear History and Clear Location Bar to remove all previously visited viewed web pages from the list. If you wish to set a limit on how many pages remain in the history list, click the field next to "Number of pages in session history" and type in a number.

To change or clear your  Cache Settings

Your computer stores copies of frequently accessed pages in the memory cache or disk cache.  This way the computer doesn't have to retrieve the page from the network each time you view it. A crowded cache  can affect the performance of machines with limited memory. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. Under the advanced category, click Cache. (If  no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.) Enter a number in the disk cache field  to specify the size of the disk cache.  8000K is sufficient on Windows.  To clear the disk cache immediately, click Clear Disk Cache.

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