# Navigator Preferences

This section describes how to use the Navigator preference panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Choose Navigator. (Click the triangle next to Navigator to expand the list.)

In this section: Navigator History Languages Helper Applications Smart Browsing Internet Search

## Navigator Preferences - Navigator

Used to set what you see when you start up Netscape.

- When Netscape starts up, display: Select "Blank page" if you want to start Netscape showing a blank page. Select "Home page" to start with the home page. Select "Last page visited" to start with the last page Netscape visited.
- Home Page: Type the web page you want as your home page, or click "Use Current Page" to choose the web page currently displayed on Navigator. Click "Choose File" to locate a file on disk that you want to load as your home page.
- Select the buttons you want to see in the toolbar: Select any of the following buttons to appear on your toolbar: Bookmarks, Search, My Netscape, Go, Toolbar Search, Net2Phone, Home, Print, Shop.

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## Navigator Preferences - History

Used to set history settings on Navigator.

- Browsing History: Type the number of days you want Netscape to keep track of the web pages you have previously visited. Click "Clear History" to delete the list of sites visited. For example, if you set this number to 10 days, pages 10 days old or less will be kept in History.
- Location Bar History: Click "Clear Location Bar" to clear the list of sites in the Location bar menu.
- Session History: Type the number of web pages Netscape keeps track of via the Back and Forward buttons.

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## Navigator Preferences - Languages

Used to set the languages and character coding for displaying web pages.

- Languages for Web Pages: Click "Add" to add additional languages for displaying web pages. Select Remove to remove a selected language. Select a language from the, list and then click "Move Up" or "Move Down" to set the order of preference for the languages.
- Character Coding: Use the drop-down list to select the character coding you want for displaying web pages.

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## Navigator Preferences - Helper Applications

Used to handle how different file types are opened by other applications in Netscape.

- File types: To add a new file type, click New Type and type or choose the description, file extension, MIME type, and application.To edit a selected file type, click Edit to change the file type information. To remove a selected file type, click Remove.
- File Type Details: Displays the file extension, MIME type, and program that will be used to open each file of the selected filetype.

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## Navigator Preferences - Smart Browsing

Used to set the What's Related My Sidebar tab, Internet Keywords, and Location bar autocomplete.

- What's Related My Sidebar Tab: Type an Internet domain name and click Add if you do not want Netscape to request What's Related information for that domain. Select Remove to remove a selected domain from the unrequested domain list.
- Internet Keywords: Select Enable Internet Keywords to enable fast access to services such as stock quotes, search, and other information from the Location bar. Click "More Information" to learn more about Internet Keywords.
- Location Bar Autocomplete: Click "Enable Location bar autocomplete" to automatically complete text you previously entered into the Location bar.

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## Navigator Preferences - Internet Search

Used to set how you search using Netscape.

- Default Search Engine: Use the drop-down list to select the search engine you want use for web searching.
- Search Results: Select "Open the Search tab in My Sidebar when search results are available" to have Netscape open My Sidebar and show your search results.
- My Sidebar Search Tab Preference: Select Basic to select one search engine from a list when searching in Netscape. Select Advanced to select one or more search engines from a list when searching in Netscape.

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17 July, 2001

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