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# 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
- Content
- Fonts
- Colors

## 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 to set &brandShortName; startup options and customize the user interface:

- 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 tooltips appear when the cursor is placed over parts of the &brandShortName; user interface and some websites.
- User Interface Language: This setting allows you to change the language used in the user interface of &brandShortName;. Additional languages can be installed from the &brandShortName; home page. Note: You must restart &brandShortName; for a new language setting to take effect.

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## Appearance Preferences - Content

This section describes how to use the Content 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 Content. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Appearance to expand the list.)

The Content preferences panel allows you to change settings that influence how website and message content appears in &brandShortName;.

- Website Icons:
  - 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.
  - Aggressively look for website icons when the page does not define one: If the page itself does not define a website icon, turning on this setting makes &brandShortName; look for a "favicon" on the server and use that instead.
  - Display website icons in bookmarks menu and toolbar:
    - Never show icons for bookmarks: Select this if you only want to see the default icons but not the website's own icon in the bookmarks menu or the personal toolbar.
    - Only when website was loaded recently: Select this to show the website's own icon only if the website has been recently loaded and the icon is currently in the browser's cache.
    - Always load website icons for bookmarks: Select this to always load website icons to be displayed in the bookmarks menu or personal toolbar, even if it's not in the cache.
- 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.
- Zoom only text instead of full pages: Select this if you want &brandShortName; to only resize text of websites when using the "Zoom" function. If this is not selected, the whole page, including images, will be zoomed.

Note: See the separate preferences panels for colors, fonts and languages to further customize content appearance and the Privacy & Security section for privacy-related settings that also might influence how content appears to you.

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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.

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. For a language/script not yet in the list, choose Other Languages.
  - 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.

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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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