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In the FireFox browser, there are named the tab browsing feature where users can explore the Internet and open web pages in separate tabs in one window. So many do not need to open the window if you want to open so many sites full taskbar visible.

However, users often accidentally close a tab browser that actually still want to explore because there is important information in the unread, even planning to mem-bookmark site.

Do not worry, the developers have a web browser actually think this scenario and implement a feature where the tab is accidentally closed can be opened again. How very easy:

1. Click the History of the browser Firefox.
2. Select Recently Closed tabs, and then look for sites that you accidentally close yesterday.

Other ways that are more short again press the Ctrl + Shift + T on the keyboard, the browser tab you just closed can be opened again.

Welcome to try!

A cookie is a file created by a web site that stores information on your
computer, such as site-specific preferences when visiting that site.

Accept cookies from sites

By default cookies are enabled. Uncheck this optionpreference to disable the
use of cookies. Note that some sites may not work properly when cookies are
disabled.




Keep until:





* they expire

This is the default optionpreference. When set, this allows websites to
specify how long a cookie will be stored by Firefox. This makes
it possible for a site to remember your preferences and login information
across browser sessions.

* I close Firefox

With this optionpreference selected, Firefox will remove all
stored cookies when closed.

* ask me every time

With this optionpreference enabled, Firefox will ask you how long
you would like to keep a cookie (or refuse it entirely) every time a web
site attempts to set one.







To control which sites may or may not set cookies, click the
Exceptions... button.




To display the Cookie Manager click Show Cookies....




Learn more about cookies, the individual optionspreferences, and how you can
gain control over what sites are allowed to store cookies on your computer
by reading about Managing Cookies.



Private Data



Always clear my private data when I close Firefox

You can choose to have Firefox clear your private data when you
close it. To configure what data is cleared, click the Settings...
button.




Ask me before clearing private data

With this optionpreference selected, Firefox will ask you before
automatically clearing the data specified by clicking
Settings....




If you wish to clear your private data right now, you can click the
Clear Now... button to do so. To clear your private data from
outside the preferences dialog, either press CtrlCmd+Shift+Del
or select Tools > Clear Private Data....

From Mozilla Firefox Help

Remember visited pages for the last ... days

Here you can specify how long you want Firefox to remember what
pages you have visited. The default is 9 days.

Remember visited pages for the last ... days

Here you can specify how long you want Firefox to remember what
pages you have visited. The default is 9 days.

From Mozilla Firefox Help


Feeds are specially formatted documents which summarize the content of web
sites. For example, a feed might summarize the latest news headlines from a
news site or the latest posts on a blog. You can view the content of feeds in
Firefox, create Live Bookmarks for them, or add them to a feed reader
on your computer or on the Web. The optionspreferences in this pane determine what
Firefox does when you view a feed.

Show me a preview and ask me which Feed Reader to use

When you view a feed within Firefox, you will be shown a preview of
its contents. With this optionpreference selected, you are always given a
choice of what you would like to use to subscribe to the feed at the top of
the preview page.

Subscribe to the feed using

Instead of displaying a preview of the feed when you view one, you can have
the feed be opened directly in a feed reader by selecting a reader from the
list of available readers. You can choose to use an application on your
computer to subscribe to feeds by clicking the Choose Application...
button and finding the application on your computer. Alternately, you can
choose to automatically subscribe to feeds by saving them as Live Bookmarks.
To choose a subscription method, simply select it from the list.

From Mozilla Firefox Help

The Download Actions dialog, which can be opened by clicking the
Manage... button, contains file types that you have downloaded.
You can choose what Firefox should do when clicking on a specific
file type by selecting the file type you want to modify and clicking the
Change Action... button.

This will display the Change Action dialog, where you can choose to have
the file type opened by the default application, opened by a particular
application, saved to disk, or shown with an installed plugin. For example,
if you view lots of media files on web pages, you might want to specify that
Firefox always open media files in your media player instead of
asking where you want each media file to be saved.





* Open them with the default application:

Select this optionpreference to open this file type in the default
application for that file type (determined by the operating system).

* Open them with this application:

Select this optionpreference to specify another application that should
handle this file type. You will see a dialog asking you to specify the
application to use.

* Save them on my computer:

This optionpreference will save the files to disk (automatically if you
have selected the Save files to optionpreference in the
Main panel).

* Use this Plugin:

Select this optionpreference to let a plugin handle this file type.

From Mozilla Firefox Help

Default font and Size

Web pages are usually displayed in the font and size specified here.
However, web pages can override these choices unless you specify otherwise
in the Fonts dialog. Click the Advanced... button to access the
Fonts dialog and to change this and other fonts optionspreferences.

Fonts Dialog




1. From the Fonts for drop-down list, choose a language
group/script. For instance, to set default fonts for the West
European languages/scripts (Latin), choose Western. For a
language/script not in the list, choose Other Languages.

2. Select whether proportional text should be serif (like "Times
New Roman") or sans-serif (like "Arial"). Then specify
the font size you want for proportional text.

3. Specify the font to use for Serif, Sans-serif and Monospace fonts.
You can also change the size for Monospace fonts.







You can also set the minimum web page font size. This is useful to
prevent sites from use overly small fonts that are barely readable.




Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections
above

By default Firefox uses the fonts specified by the web page
author. Disabling this optionpreference will force all sites to use your
default fonts instead.




Character Encoding

The character encoding selected here will be used to display pages that
do not specify which encoding to use.



Colors Dialog



Text and Background

Here you can change the default text and background color to be used on
web pages that haven't specified that information. Click on the color
samples to select colors.




Use system colors

Check this optionpreference to use the colors defined in your operating
system settings instead of the colors specified above.




Link Colors

Here you can change the default colors for Web links. Click on the color
samples to select colors.




Underline links

By default, links are underlined on web pages. Uncheck this optionpreference
to disable this. Note that many sites specify their own styling rules
and this optionpreference has no effect on those sites.

Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections
above

By default, Firefox uses the colors specified by the web page
author. Disabling this optionpreference will force all sites to use your
default colors instead.

From Mozilla Firefor Help

Move or resize existing windows
Uncheck this optionpreference to disable moving and resizing windows
using scripts.

Raise or lower windows


Uncheck this optionpreference to make sure scripts cannot raise (bring
to the front) or lower (send to the back) windows.


Disable or replace context menus


Uncheck this optionpreference to prevent web pages from disabling or
changing the Firefox context menu.


Hide the status bar


Uncheck this optionpreference to force the status bar to be displayed in
pop-up windows.


Change status bar text


Uncheck this optionpreference to disable changes to status bar text (such
as displaying scrolling text messages or preventing the link address from
being displayed while the mouse is over a link).

Enable Java
Java is a popular programming language for the Web. A single Java program
can run on many different kinds of computers, thus avoiding the need for
programmers to create a separate version of a program for each kind of
computer. Uncheck this optionpreference to disable Java applets in
Firefox. Note that in order for Java applets to work, you must
install the Java plugin.

From Mozilla Firefox Help

New pages should be opened in:

This optionpreference controls whether links from other applications or from
web pages which request to open them in new windows are opened in a new
window or a new tab in the most recent window.

Note: If you have chosen to open pages in new tabs,
Firefox will ignore this optionpreference and will open a new window
from a link if the page author specified that the new window should have a
specific size, because some pages can only be displayed correctly at a
specific size.



Warn me when closing multiple tabs

When you close a window with multiple tabs, Firefox will ask you
to confirm your choice. This prevents you from accidentally closing the
whole window when you intended to only close the current tab. Uncheck this
optionpreference to disable this warning and have Firefox
automatically close the window.


Warn me when opening multiple tabs might slow down
Firefox

When you open a large number of tabs at once, Firefox will ask you
to confirm your choice. This prevents you from accidentally slowing down
your system while the pages are loading. Uncheck this optionpreference to
disable this warning.



Always show the tab bar

If you're only viewing one web page in a Firefox window, the tab
bar is not normally shown. Check this optionpreference to always show the tab
bar, including when only the Firefox window contains only one
page.


When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately

When you middle-click on a Web link (or hold down CtrlCmd while clicking
with the left mouse button), the page will be opened in a new tab. That page
will not be displayed and will load in a background tab. Check this
optionpreference to load and display the page in a new foreground tab
instead.

Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on
startup

Select this option if you want Firefox to check whether it is the
default browser at startup. This will ensure Firefox is used
whenever an application tries to display a web page. You can also click the
Check Now button to do a check right now.

This section contains optionspreferences determining how Firefox
downloads files.
Show the Downloads window when downloading a file
With this optionpreference selected, Firefox will open the Downloads window when you start
downloading a file.

Close it when all downloads are finished

Select this optionpreference to have Firefox close the Downloads
window when all downloads currently in progress finish.




Save files to

By default downloaded files are automatically saved to the Desktop,
eliminating the hassle of specifying a download location for every file you
download. You can choose a different folder by clicking the Browse...Choose...
button.

Always ask me where to save files

With this optionpreference selected, Firefox will ask you where
you would like to save every downloaded file (instead of using the default
location specified above).

From Mozilla Firefox Help

When you open Firefox, by default your home page is displayed. Your home page
might be a commonly-visited web site, a search engine, or perhaps your email
account, but the choice is up to you. You can change your home page or
choose to display a different page or set of pages on startup in this
section.

When Firefox starts

By default, when Firefox starts it opens your home page (listed in
the textbox immediately below), which corresponds to the Show my home
page option. Alternately, you can choose to display a blank page on
startup (perhaps to eliminate the time required to load that page from the
Internet) by selecting the Show a blank page option.




As a final alternative, you can have Firefox reopen the windows and
tabs you had open the last time you ran Firefox, effectively
restoring you to where you were when you last stopped browsing the Internet.
This can be a handy way of saving what you were doing when you close
Firefox, perhaps to install an operating system update. You can
choose this option by selecting Show my windows and tabs from last
time.




Home Page

If you've set Firefox to show your home page when you start
Firefox, you specify your home page by typing it here. You can
also click any of the buttons below the textbox to choose a special home
page:



* Use Current Page sets the currently-displayed page (or pages,
if you have multiple tabs open) as your home page

* Use Bookmark sets the selected bookmark (or if you select a
folder, the set of bookmarks in that folder) as your home page

* Restore to Default resets your home page to the default home
page

From Mozilla Firefox Help

Add-ons are managed in the Add-ons manager. Select Tools > Add-ons to open it.
Updating Add-ons
By default, Firefox will periodically check when a new version for
one of your installed add-ons is available

If any are available, it will
prompt you at the next start to install any updates. You can change this
behavior in the Update tab
of the Advanced panel of OptionsPreferences.


You can check for updates manually by selecting the Extensions or
Themes panel and clicking the Find Updates button. If
updates are available, the Add-ons manager displays an Updates
panel, where you can choose the updates you want to install. Click the
Install Updates button to update those add-ons.
You need to restart Firefox for changes to take effect.


Disabling, Enabling, and Uninstalling Add-ons


If you want to get rid of an extension, you can either disable it temporarily,
so it is easily available should you want to enable it again in the future,
or uninstall it. Themes can only be uninstalled since all themes except the
current one are disabled automatically.



To disable or enable an extension, select the extension of your choice and
click its Disable or Enable button. To remove an add-on from
Firefox, select the add-on you wish to remove and click its
Uninstall button. You need to restart Firefox for changes to
take effect.


Further functionality


Further functionality such as Visit Home Page and About is
available by selecting the add-on of your choice, pressing
Ctrl and clicking onright-clicking the
add-on and selecting the respective item from the context menu.


Tasks specific to extensions or themes

Configuring Extensions


Extensions often provide a dialog to configure their functionality. To open
the optionspreferences dialog of an extension, select the Extensions panel, select
the extension of your choice, and click its OptionsPreferences button,
or simply double-click the extension.


Switching Themes


To switch between your installed themes, select the Themes panel, select the
theme of your choice, and click its Use Theme button. You need to
restart Firefox for changes to take effect.
of the Advanced panel of OptionsPreferences.

From Mozilla Firefox Help
You can download and install many add-ons from Firefox
Add-ons. Internet searches will find many other add-ons as well.


When you click on a link to install an add-on, Firefox displays a
dialog asking you for permission to install the add-on. You can choose to
allow the download and installation or to cancel the process.

From Mozilla Firefox

Add-ons are small pieces of software which change or add to the appearance or
functionality of Firefox. There are two kinds of add-ons: extensions
and themes.

Extensions


Extensions add new functionality to Firefox. They can add
anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow the
application to be customized to fit the personal needs of each user while
minimizing the size and appearance of the application itself.


Themes


Themes modify Firefox's appearance. They allow you to change the
look and feel of Firefox and personalize it to your tastes. A
theme can simply change button images, or it can change every piece of
Firefox appearance.

From Mozilla Firefox Help

To rearrange the items (icons, buttons, text boxes, etc.) on your toolbar,
right-clickpress Ctrl and
click on any part of the toolbar that is not a text box and select
Customize.... This will bring up the toolbar
customization dialog.


Drag and drop any items you want to and from the toolbars (excluding the menu items). You can also rearrange icons
already on the toolbars by dragging and dropping them wherever you wish. When
the toolbars and items are arranged the way you want them, click
Done.


Special Toolbar Items


There are a few special items that are available to you when customizing the
toolbar. They are as follows:

* Separators: These allow you to separate items on the
toolbars with a small vertical line.

* Spacers: These allow you to separate items on the
toolbars with a fixed-size space, usually around 20 pixels on most
themes.

* Flexible spacers: Spacers allow you to separate items
on the toolbars with a space. These spacers automatically resize to fill
all of the empty space on the toolbar. These are good for positioning
items on the right of a toolbar.

The optionspreferences for the Download Manager are accessible by opening the
Downloads section of the Main panel in the OptionsPreferences window.
They allow you to change several downloading optionspreferences. More information
regarding the various optionspreferences is available in the OptionsPreferences page.

Downloads



This section contains optionspreferences determining how Firefox
downloads files.




Show the Downloads window when downloading a file

With this optionpreference selected, Firefox will open the Downloads window when you start
downloading a file.




Close it when all downloads are finished

Select this optionpreference to have Firefox close the Downloads
window when all downloads currently in progress finish.




Save files to

By default downloaded files are automatically saved to the Desktop,
eliminating the hassle of specifying a download location for every file you
download. You can choose a different folder by clicking the Browse...Choose...
button.

Always ask me where to save files

With this optionpreference selected, Firefox will ask you where
you would like to save every downloaded file (instead of using the default
location specified above).

From Mozilla Firefox help

In addition to keeping information on all your downloads in one place, the
Download Manager keeps convenient download actions easily accessible for each
of your downloads.

Pause


You can pause any downloads currently in progress by clicking the
Pause link beside the file entry. This may be useful, for
example, if you need to open a small download started after a large
download. Pausing downloads gives you the choice to decide which of your
downloads are most important. When you want to continue downloading those
files, simply use the Resume link to finish those downloads.


Cancel


If after starting a download you decide you no longer need that file,
canceling the download is simple: just use the Cancel link beside
that file entry to cancel it and free up your connection for your browsing
and other downloads.


Open the File


When a download has finished, the Open link will appear
by the file entry. Use it to open the file.


Remove the File's Entry


If you do not wish to store information on a particular download, removing
the entry is as simple as the click of a mouse. Simply use the
Remove link beside the file entry to delete it.


Retry a Download


If for any reason a download does not complete, it is easy to attempt the
download again. To recover from a failed download and retry it, just use
the Retry link next to the file entry and Firefox will
restart the download for you.


Show Download Folder


If you have set Firefox to save all downloads to a folder in
Download Manager OptionsPreferences,
you can open this folder by clicking the Folder Name at the
bottom of the Download Manager window.

From Mozilla Firefox Help

The Download Manager is a feature of Firefox that allows you to
track and manage your past and current file downloads. It is a convenient way
to escape the clutter of multiple downloading windows while still preserving
access to download statistics.

The Download Manager will appear when you download files, when you select
Tools > Downloads, and when you press
CtrlCmd+JCtrlCmd+Y.

From Mozilla Firefox Help

Copying Part of a Page
To copy text from a page:
1. Select the text.
2. Select Edit > Copy from the Menu
Bar.
You can paste the text into other programs.


To copy a link (URL) or an image link from a page:

1. Position the pointer over the link or image.
2. Right-clickPress Ctrl
and click on the link or image to display a popup menu.
3. Choose Copy Link Location or Copy Image Location. If an image is also a
link, you can choose either menu item.
You can paste the link into other programs or into Firefox's
Location Bar.

Saving All or Part of a Page
To save an entire page in Firefox:

1. Select File > Save Page As. You will see
the Save As dialog box.
2. Choose a location for the saved page.
3. Choose a format for the page you want to save:

* Web Page, Complete: Save the whole web page along
with pictures. This choice allows you to view it as originally shown
with pictures, but it may not keep the HTML link structure of the
original page. Firefox creates a new directory where the
page is saved to save pictures and other files necessary to show the
whole web page.

* Web Page, HTML Only: Save the original page
without pictures. This choice preserves the original HTML link
structure in one file.

* Text file: Save the original page as a text file.
This choice will not preserve the original HTML link structure, but
will allow you to see a text version of the web page in any text
editor.

4. Type a file name for the page and click Save.

To save a frame from within a web page:

1. Position the mouse pointer within the frame.
2. Press Ctrl and click onRight-click the frame to display a popup menu.
3. Select This Frame > Save Frame As from
the submenu. You will see the Save As dialog box.
4. Choose a location for the saved page.
5. Choose a format for the page you want to save.
6. Type a file name for the page and click Save.

Saving a file onto your hard drive lets you view the page when you aren't
connected to the Internet.

To save an image from a page:


1. Position the mouse pointer over the image.

2. Right-clickPress Ctrl
and click on the image to display a popup menu.

3. Select Save Image As. You will see the
Save Image dialog box.

4. Choose a location for the saved image.

5. Type a file name for the image and click Save.


To save a page without displaying it (which is useful for retrieving a
nonformatted page that isn't intended for viewing):



1. Position the mouse pointer over a link to the page.

2. Right-clickPress Ctrl
and click on the link to display a popup menu.

3. Select Save Link to Disk. You will see the
Save As dialog box.

4. Choose a location for the saved page.

5. Type a file name for the page and click Save.



Important: Some links automatically download and save files
to your hard drive after you click them. The URLs for these links often
begin with "ftp" or end with a file-type extension such as
"au" or "mpeg." These links might transmit software,
sound, or movie files and can launch helper applications that support the
files.


Tip: To set an image as your desktop background,
right-clickpress Ctrl,
click the mouse button on an image and choose Set As Desktop
Background... from the popup menu.


Printing a Page


To print the current page:



* Select File > Print.



To print selected text:


* Select the text in the current page.

* Select File > Print. The print dialog
box will appear.

* Under Print Range, click Selection.



The web page's author and the size of the printed page, not the size of the
onscreen window, determine placement of content on the printed page. Text is
wrapped and graphics are repositioned to accommodate paper size.


Using Print Preview


To have an early look at how a page will look before it is printed, you can
use Print Preview:



* Select File > Print Preview.



In Print Preview, you can do the following with pages you want to print:


* View a preview of each page: Click the
Next ,
Previous ,
First ,
or Last
button to move between pages.

* Change the scale (size) of pages: In the Scale
drop-down menu, choose "50%" to make each page half the size of
the original page. To automatically resize pages so that they fit the width
of the paper, choose "Shrink to Fit". You can also type in your
own percentage by choosing "Custom...".

* Change the orientation of the page: Choose
Portrait
to position the page with the shorter side facing up. Choose
Landscape
to position the page sideways with the longer side facing up.

* Go to Page Setup: Click Page Setup to further
customize pages you want to print.

* Go to Print: Click Print to print the
pages.



Note: Some Print Preview functions are different or
unavailable on Mac OS and Linux.


Using Page Setup

Note: Some Page Setup functions are different or
unavailable on Mac OS and Linux.


To customize how pages are printed in Firefox, you can use Page Setup:



* Select File > Page Setup.



In Page Setup, you can change the following settings for pages you want to
print:



* Format & Options: Choose the orientation, scale, and other
options:


o Orientation:


+ Portrait: Choose this to position the page
normally, with the shorter side facing up.

+ Landscape: Choose this to position the page
sideways, with the longer side facing up.

o Scale: Type in a percentage of the original size. For example,
type "50" to make each page half the size of the original page.


+ Shrink To Fit Page Width: Select this to automatically
resize the page to the width of the paper.




o Options:


+ Print Background (colors and images): Select this to
print background images and colors. If unselected only pictures and color in the
foreground (in front) are printed.


* Margins & Header/Footer: Click this tab to set up margins,
headers, and footers:


o Margins:


+ Top, Bottom, Left, Right: Type a margin in the given units
for the top, bottom, left, and right margins.




o Headers & Footers: Each drop-down list represents either
a header or a footer area. The top row of drop-down lists are for the left, center, and
right header areas. The bottom row are for the left, center, and right footer areas. In
each drop-down list, choose one of the following options:


+ --blank--: Show nothing in this area.

+ Title: Show the web page title.

+ URL: Show the web page URL (URL's usually start with
"http://").

+ Date/Time: Show the date and time when the web page is
printed.

+ Page #: Show the page number of each page.

+ Page # of #: Show the page number along with the total number
of pages. For example, if you print a five page web page, "3 of 5" would
be shown on the third page.

+ Custom: Type your own text. You can include any of the
following codes to print specific information:


# &PT: Page Number with Total (Example: "3 of
5")

# &P: Page Number

# &D: Date

# &U: URL

# &T: Page Title
Tip: To see a preview of changes made to Page Setup, use
Print Preview.

From Mozilla Firefox Help

Searching the Web
Searching for web pages on a particular topic is as easy as typing a few
words into Firefox's Search Bar.
For example, if you want to find information about baby dolls:
1. Click in the Search Bar.
2. Type the phrase baby doll. Your typing replaces any text
currently in the search bar.
3. Hit EnterReturn to search.
Search results for "baby doll" appear in the Firefox window.

Selecting the Search Engine
You can switch the Search Engine by clicking on its icon and selecting the
Search Engine of your choice. Some Search Engines, like Google, search the
whole web; others, like Amazon.com, only search specific sites.


Manage Search Engines

Click on the icon of the Search Engine and select Manage Search
Engines... to add, reorder, remove, or restore the default Search Engines.
Select a Search Engine and click the appropriate button to move it around
within the list or to remove it. You can install new search engines by
clicking the Get more search engines... link.


Searching the Web for
Words Selected in a Web Page


Firefox allows you to search the web for words you select within
a web page:



1. Select (highlight) any words in a web page.

2. Right-clickPress Ctrl,
click the mouse button, and choose Search [Search Engine] for
"[your selected words]" from the popup menu.



Firefox opens a new tab and uses the currently selected Search
Engine to search for your selected words.


Searching Within a Page


To find text within the page you are currently viewing in
Firefox:



1. Press CtrlCmd+F or select Edit >
Find in This Page... to open the Find Toolbar at the bottom of
Firefox.

2. Type the text you want to find. The search automatically begins as soon as
you type something into the search box.

3. The Find Toolbar offers the following choices:


* Next: find text in the page that is below the current
cursor position.

* Previous: find text that is above the current cursor
position.

* Highlight all: highlight occurrences of your search
string in the current page.

* Match case: limit the search to text that has the
same capitalization as your search string.

To find the same word or phrase again, press F3 or select
Edit > Find Again.
Tip: Enable the Search for text when I start typing
optionpreference in the General tab of the Advanced panel of
Tools > OptionsEdit > PreferencesFirefox > Preferences to enable the Quick Find mode of the Find Toolbar.
When enabled, the Quick Find toolbar automatically opens and starts
searching as soon as you type something. Unlike the Find Toolbar, the
Quick Find toolbar will close automatically after a few seconds of
inactivity.

From Mozilla Firefox help

Viewing Your Home Page

When you start Firefox, you will see your home page. By default,
you will see Firefox's home page.


Tips:


* To display more web content on the screen, you can use Full Screen mode.
Full Screen mode condenses the Firefox's Toolbars into one small
toolbar. To enable Full Screen mode, simply select
View > Full Screen or press
F11.

* To go to your home page quickly, press AltOpt+Home.

Moving to Another Page

You can move to a new web page by typing in its Internet address or URL
into the Location Bar. URLs normally begin with "http://" followed
by one or more names that identify the address. One example is
"http://www.mozilla.org/".



1. Click the Location Bar to select the URL that is already there.

2. Type the URL of the page you want to visit. The URL you type replaces
any text already in the Location Bar.

3. Press EnterReturn.



Tip: To quickly select the URL of the Location Bar, press
CtrlCmd+L.




Don't know a URL? Try typing something specific to the page
you want to visit, e.g. a name, into the Location Bar and hit EnterReturn.
This will take you to the top result in Google for that term.


Clicking a Link

Most web pages contain links you can click to move to other pages.



1. Move the mouse pointer until it changes to a pointing finger. This
happens whenever the pointer is over a link. Most links are underlined
text, but buttons and pictures can also be links.

2. Click the link once. While the network locates the link's page, status
messages will appear at the bottom of the window.



Retracing Your Steps

There are several ways to revisit pages:



* To go back or forward one page, click the Back or
Forward button.

* To go back or forward more than one page, click the small triangles on
the Back and Forward buttons. You'll see a list of pages
you've recently visited; to return to a page, choose it from the list.

* To see a list of any URLs you've typed into the Location Bar, click the
down arrow at the right end of the Location Bar. To view a page, choose it
from the list.



* To choose from pages you've visited during the current session, open the
History menu and use the list in the bottom section of the menu.

* To choose from pages you've visited during the past several sessions,
open the History menu and choose Show in Sidebar. You will see the
History Sidebar. The History Sidebar displays a list of folders.
Clicking the folders displays subfolders or titles of web pages.
You can click a page's title to view that page.



Stopping and Reloading

If a page is loading too slowly or you no longer wish to view a page,
click the Stop button.


To reload the current page or to get the most up-to-date version, click
the Reload button or press CtrlCmd+R.


Tabbed Browsing

When you visit more than one web page at a time, you can use Tabbed
Browsing to navigate the Web faster and easier.


Tabbed Browsing lets you open tabs, each displaying a web page, within a
single Firefox window. You don't have to have several windows open
to visit several different web pages. This frees up space on your desktop.
You can open, close, and reload web pages conveniently in one place without
having to switch to another window.


For more info, see Tabbed Browsing.


Using the Sidebar

The Sidebar is an area on the left side of the screen that you can use for
viewing bookmarks or history. Extensions may add new ways to use the Sidebar
as well.


To view an item in the Sidebar, select View >
Sidebar. From there you can select the Sidebar tab you want.