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Add/remove buttons from the toolbar |
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Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:15 |
To add/remove buttons from the toolbar go to View, Toolbars and click on Customise. From here you can drag and drop buttons to/from your toolbar.
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Bookmark a page to the bookmark toolbar |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:10 |
Go to Bookmarks > Bookmark This Page and enter a name for the bookmark (if desired) and in the Create in field, click the drop down box and go to Bookmarks Toolbar Folder. When you click OK, the bookmark will instantly appear in the toolbar above the tabs.
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Change your home page |
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Friday, 01 December 2006 17:13 |
Click on Tools, go to Options and on the Main tab you can alter your home page settings.
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Changing tab options |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:31 |
Go to Tools > Options > Tabs and from here you can configure the options for tabs.
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Check for updates |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:19 |
Click on Help > Check for Updates to allow Firefox to check for updates.
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Download Extensions for Firefox |
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Monday, 23 October 2006 16:18 |
You can add functionality to your Firefox by visiting the Mozilla website and browsing the Extensions.
Click here to visit the official
page for Firefox Extensions.
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Give your Firefox a theme |
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Monday, 23 October 2006 16:20 |
With themes you can customise the way your Firefox looks.
Click
here to visit the official page for Firefox Themes.
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Import information from Internet Explorer |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:27 |
To do this, go to File > Import > Microsoft Internet Explorer and click Next. Then select the items you wish to import and click Next.
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Keyboard Shortcut: Bookmark all tabs |
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 17:22 |
Press Ctrl + Alt + D to bookmark all of your tabs.
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Keyboard shortcut: Bookmark current page |
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Thursday, 12 October 2006 16:24 |
Press Ctrl + D to add the current page to your Bookmarks.
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Keyboard shortcut: Clear private data |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:14 |
To bring up the Clear Private Data window which allows you to clear your history and cookies etc, press Ctrl + Shift + Delete.
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Keyboard shortcut: Closing the tab currently being viewed |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 11:52 |
Pressing CRTL + W (or CTRL + F4) will close the tab you are currently viewing.
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Keyboard shortcut: Closing the window currently being viewed |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 11:55 |
Pressing ALT + F4 will close the window currently being viewed.
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Keyboard shortcut: Increase/decrease text size |
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Thursday, 26 October 2006 17:22 |
To increase the text size on a web page, press Ctrl and +.
To decrease the text size on a web page, press Ctrl and -.
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Keyboard shortcut: Jumping straight to your home page |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:06 |
Pressing ALT + HOME will instantly jump to your home page away from the page currently being viewed.
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Keyboard shortcut: Navigate to the Google search bar |
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Thursday, 26 October 2006 17:19 |
To navigate the typing cursor to the Google search bar, press Ctrl + K.
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Keyboard shortcut: Open Firefox's download history window |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:01 |
Pressing CTRL + J will open up the download history window.
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Keyboard shortcut: Open the Downloads window |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:18 |
Press Ctrl + J to open up the Downloads window.
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Keyboard shortcut: Opening Firefox's page search facility |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 09:56 |
Pressing Ctrl + F will open Firefox's find as you type page search facility at the bottom of the page.
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Keyboard shortcut: Opening up a new tab |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:20 |
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Pressing CTRL + T will open up as well as switch to a new tab.
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Keyboard shortcut: Opening up a new window |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:23 |
Pressing CTRL + N will open up a brand new window.
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Keyboard shortcut: Opening up the bookmarks side bar |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 11:59 |
Pressing CTRL + B or CTRL + I will open up bookmarks side bar.
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Keyboard shortcut: Opening up the Firefox help faciltiy |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:04 |
Pressing the F1 key will open up the firefox help window.
From here you can either browse through or search the entire help database.
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Keyboard shortcut: Printing the current page |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:30 |
Pressing CTRL + P will open the printing dialog box. From here you can print the page currently being viewed.
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Keyboard shortcut: Refreshing/Reloading the current page |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:08 |
By pressing CTRL + R or F5 you will refresh/reload the page currently being viewed
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Keyboard Shortcut: Select a tab |
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 17:24 |
To select a tab, press Ctrl and then a number (e.g. Ctrl + 1 will select the first tab).
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Keyboard shortcut: Selecting the address bar |
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Friday, 10 March 2006 15:10 |
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Pressing Ctrl + L will select the Address bar so that you can easily type in the address to a website.
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Keyboard shortcut: Show history as a sidebar |
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Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:17 |
Press Ctrl + H to show your Firefox page history as a sidebar.
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Keyboard shortcut: Switching to the next/previous tab |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 12:21 |
Pressing CTRL + TAB will switch to the next tab along.
Alternativley you can switch to the previous tab by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + TAB.
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Organise bookmarks |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:12 |
Click on Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks and a window will open which allows you to easily organise your bookmarks.
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Refresh/Reload all tabs |
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Friday, 01 December 2006 17:14 |
Right click on a tab and click on Reload All Tabs to refresh/reload all of your tabs.
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Report a broken website |
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Thursday, 12 October 2006 16:22 |
If a website is not being displayed correclty in your Firefox browser, you can report it to the development team by clicking on Help and then clicking on Report Broken Web Site. You will then be taken through a wizard which will help you submit the problem to the Firefox team.
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