&brandShortName; Appearance Preferences Help

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# Navigator Settings

The sections listed below describe the preferences panels related to Navigator, the browser component of &brandShortName;. To see the preference panels, follow these steps:

1. From any Navigator window, open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.

In this section:

- Appearance Preferences
- Navigator Preferences
- Advanced Preferences

# Appearance Preferences

This section describes how to use the Appearance preference panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Double-click Appearance to expand the list, then click the name for the preferences you want to view.

In this section:

- Appearance
- Fonts
- Colors
- Themes
- Languages/Content

## Appearance Preferences - Appearance

This section describes how to use the Appearance preferences panels. If you're not already viewing one of these panels, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Click the Appearance category.

The Appearance preferences panel allows you set components that you want to use when you start up &brandShortName;:

- When &brandShortName; starts up, open: Select the components you want to use when you start up &brandShortName;
- Show toolbars as:
  - Pictures and text: Select this to see text underneath each of the toolbar buttons..
  - Pictures only: Select this to show the toolbar buttons only.
  - Text only: Select this to show text buttons only.
- Show Tooltips: Select this if you want to have tips appear when the cursor is placed over parts of the &brandShortName; user interface and some websites.
- Show Website Icons: Select this if you want see site-specific icons, if available, in place of the bookmark icon . Website icons are shown to the left of the Location Bar and Browser tabs.
- Use smooth scrolling: Select this to enable smooth scrolling. Pressing the Page Down key when this is enabled will—instead of an immediate jump—smoothly scroll the content down to the next page.
- Resize large images to fit in the browser window: Select this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically shrink large stand-alone images so they will fit in the browser window. Clicking on the resized image will make it appear at full size.

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## Appearance Preferences - Fonts

This section describes how to use the Fonts preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Fonts. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The Fonts preferences panel allows you to set page font type and size, as well as the screen resolution.

Note: Some font styles may not be selectable because the selected language does not have fonts available for that style.

- Fonts for: Choose a language group/script. For instance, to set default fonts for West European languages/script (Latin), choose Western.
  - Proportional: 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 is variable in width, so characters and letters vary in width.
  - Serif: Select a serif font you want to use for web pages.
  - Sans-serif: Select a sans-serif font you want to use for web pages.
  - Cursive: Select a cursive font you want to use for web pages.
  - Fantasy: Select a fantasy font you want to use for web pages.
  - Monospace: Select a monospace font (like Courier) and size you want to use for web pages. Monospace text is fixed in width, so each character or letter takes the same amount of space.
  - Minimum font size: Select the smallest font size you want to be shown on web pages.
- Allow documents to use other fonts: Select this checkbox to keep a web page's font and size settings instead of your own preferences.
- Display resolution: Select from the drop-down list the dots per inch (dpi) for displaying web pages. Select Other to open the Calibrate Resolution dialog box, which allows you to calibrate your resolution by measuring how long a line appears on your screen. Increased screen resolution will improve text readability on some screens.

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## Appearance Preferences - Colors

This section describes how to use the Colors preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Colors. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The Colors preferences panel allows you to set the background and text colors on web pages:

- Text and Background: Click the colored blocks to select a color for displaying text and backgrounds on web pages.
  - Use system colors: Select this to use your system color settings.
- Link Colors: Click the colored blocks to select a color for displaying unvisited, active, and visited links on web pages.
  - Underline links: Select this to display underlined links on web pages.
- When a web page provides its own colors and backgrounds:
  - Always use the colors and background specified by the web page: Allows the web page to choose displayed colors and backgrounds.
  - Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors and background image specified: Allow you to choose displayed colors, ignoring the web page colors and background image.

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## Appearance Preferences - Themes

This section describes how to use the Themes preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Themes. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The Themes preferences panel allows you to change the look and style of &brandShortName; through different themes.

- Theme to use: Choose one of the installed themes to change the look of &brandShortName;.
  - Uninstall Theme: Click this to remove a selected theme.
- Get New Themes: Click this link to go to a web page where you can download more themes.

  Notes:

  - To see a new theme, you need to quit and restart &brandShortName; after you choose a new theme.
  - The default theme(s) can't be uninstalled.
  - You will not be able to switch back to a theme you have uninstalled.

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## Appearance Preferences - Languages/Content

This section describes how to use the Language and Content Packs preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the &brandShortName; Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Languages/Content. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The Language and Content Packs preferences panel allows you to select a content pack and/or language pack to use within &brandShortName;.

- Installed language packs: Select a language pack to use within &brandShortName;.
- Installed content packs: Select a content pack to use within &brandShortName;.
- Uninstall: Click this to uninstall a selected language or content pack.
- Download More: Click this to download more content or language packs.

  Note: You must restart &brandShortName; for a new content or language pack to take effect.

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