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The Options Menu

The "Options" pulldown menu has the entries shown in the following figure for the Windows version of Netscape 3.0.

  • General Preferences: Brings up the windows allowing general preferences for the browser to be set.

  • Editor Preferences: Brings up the windows allowing preferences for the html editor to be set.

  • Mail and News Preferences: Brings up the windows allowing preferences for the mail interface and newsreader interface to be set.

  • Network Preferences: Brings up the windows allowing preferences for the network to be set.

  • Security Preferences: Allows security preferences to be set for the browser.

  • Show Toolbar, Show Location, Show Directory Buttons, Show Java Console: Toggles that choose whether these objects are displayed. A check indicates that they are selected. Selecting with the mouse toggles the check on and off. If selected, the first three are shown at the top of the browser, while the Java Console is displayed in a separate window.

  • Auto Load Images: If checked, images are loaded automatically. If unchecked, in-line images are not loaded until their icons are clicked in the displayed document. Selecting with the mouse toggles between on and off.

  • Document Encoding: Selects language encoding for document.



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