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Multiple Windows In Opera 6 |
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To open a new
windows in Opera just press Ctrl + N. When you create multiple windows
using this command, you can tab between them by pressing Ctrl + Tab.
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Attach a File |
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Attaching a
file using Opera couldn't be easier. Here's how:
Open up a new
mail message (Ctrl-E). Browse for the file you would like to attach. Once
you've located the file, simply drag it into your mail message and drop it
there. Opera will automatically attach it.
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Resume Downloads |
If your
download was incomplete, then you can use Opera to resume the broken
download. Here's how:
Open Window/ Special Window/ Transfer to open the list. To resume a
download, right-click on the file and click on "Resume Transfer" or
"Transfer Again" to download the file all over again.
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Drag and drop to add
bookmarks |
Platform:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP
If you have the Hotlist open (under the "Bookmarks" tab) and want to add
the current page to the Hotlist, you can just click the padlock icon to
the left of the URL field and drag it to the Hotlist window, where you can
drop it (release the left mouse button) to create a new bookmark.
You can also drag and drop between windows to open the current page in
another window. This can only be done if the other window is visible,
though, so if all windows are maximized, this will not be possible.
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Emptying your cache |
Platform: All
Windows versions
You can empty the cache by going to File > Preferences > History and cache
and clicking on "Empty now". To select what you want to delete manually:
Go to your Opera directory using Windows Explorer or File Manager. The
default path is here:
C:\Program Files\Opera
There is a folder in there called "Cache4". Open "Cache4" and delete the
files you want to remove. This can be useful if you for instance wants to
free up hard disk space by removing big graphics files from the cache, but
do not want to empty it.
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Filling in forms
automatically |
Platform: All
platforms
In File (Edit in Mac)> Preferences > Personal information you can enter
personal information for quick retrieval in forms via the right mouse
button, or as auto-completion.
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Going forward and backward |
Platform: All
platforms
Opera remembers the documents you have visited in the correct order. This
way you can easily re-visit places you have just been to. If you wish to
go back to the last read page or several previous pages press on the left
arrow in the button bar. The right arrow will move you forward again.
You can also move backwards and forwards in the history list by holding
down the Ctrl or Alt key and using the Right and Left arrow keys or just
using Z and X.
Global History
Opera also maintains a global history of all sites you have accessed. The
number of entries can be set in the "History and cache" section of Opera's
Preferences (accessed through the "File" menu or by pressing Alt+P on the
keyboard).
tip! You can access the global history via Window > Special > History. The
file where Opera stores these entries is called "global.dat", and you can
delete it if you want to remove traces of your online surfing or if Opera
crashes when you try to access it.
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Accessing local files |
Platform: All
Windows versions
To access local files, just press Ctrl+N to get a new window and then C:
[Enter], or whatever drive you'd like to access. Alternatively, you can
type Opera:drives into the address bar, and Opera will list available
drives for browsing.
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Opera
Version |
Platform: All
platforms
The version number is listed in the "About Opera" window accessed from the
"Help" menu in Opera.
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Save a web page with images |
Platform: All
platforms
You can save entire web pages using File > Save with images as. A tip for
easier organizing of these saved web pages is to create a separate folders
for each page, as the images and the page(s) will end up in the same
folder.
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How to e-mail a page |
Platform: All
Windows versions
Opera doesn't have a one-step way to e-mail an entire page to someone.
There are at least three alternative methods to send a page to someone,
though:
1. Right-click in the page and select "Send link in e-mail". This will
open a compose window in Opera's e-mail client or an external client, with
the URL in the Subject line and mail body.
2. Right-click in the page and select "Copy address", open a new outgoing
e-mail message and enter the addresses you want to send it to. Fill in the
subject line, and then paste the document address into the body of the
message and add any other comments you want.
3. Use the File > Save as menu to save the page somewhere convenient, then
open a new outgoing e-mail message and enter the addresses you want to
send it to. Fill in the subject line, and add any comments you want in the
body of the message, then add the saved HTML page to the message as an
attachment.
Another possibility is to simply select the relevant text on the page and
copy it to the clipboard, then paste it into your message along with your
comments.
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Minimizing Opera to System
Tray |
Platform:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP
Opera does not currently support minimizing to the system tray in Windows.
The alternative is to download a simple utility that will accomplish this
for you.
http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/
Tray It is only 30-40 KB in size and will work with all Windows versions.
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Identifying Opera 6
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You can tell
Opera how you want it to appear on the Internet. To look into this
feature, run Opera 6 and choose File>>Preferences. When the Preferences
dialog box opens, click Network. Now, click the arrow at the right side of
the "Browser identification" list box and select one of the browsers in
the list. You can choose Opera, Mozilla 5.0, Mozilla 4.78, Mozilla 3.0, or
MSIE 5.0. After you make your selection, click OK to close the dialog box
and apply your settings.
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Opera 6 Accessory
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Just like other browsers, Opera 6
stores cookies and cache information. An easy way to view this type of
information is to download a free copy of 04FE. This program allows you to
view the cache, cookies, global history, and visited links.
If you're an Opera user, get your copy by clicking here.
http://www.westelcom.com/users/jsegur/#ofe
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Custom
Tips In Opera 6 |
The Opera 6
tip of the day file is stored as a standard text file in the Opera Help
folder. This means that you can easily generate your own tip file. First,
run Windows Explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Opera\Help. Right-click
the tipday.txt file and choose Rename. Rename the file to oldtip.xxx (or
whatever you like).
Run Notepad now and type in your new tips with one tip per line. When
done, choose File>>Save As and save the file in the Help folder as
tipday.txt. If you've turned off your tip of the day feature, you can
choose Help>>Tip of the day to turn it back on.
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The Sounds of Opera
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If you'd like
to apply sounds to Opera 6 events, you're not stuck with having to set the
sounds in Windows as you are with some other browser. Instead, you can run
Opera and choose File|Preferences (or press Alt + P) to open the
Preferences dialog box. Now, click Sounds. Click the event you want to
attach a sound to and then click Choose. You can use any WAV file from
anywhere on your disk.
After you're finished selecting sounds, select the "Enable program sounds"
check box and click OK to close the dialog box and apply your new sounds.
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Opera
Tips