# 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 Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Choose Appearance. (Click the triangle next to Appearance to expand the list.)

In this section: Appearance Fonts Colors Themes Content Packs

## Appearance Preferences - Appearance

Used to set components that you want to use when you start up Mozilla.

- When Mozilla starts up, open: Select the components you want to use when you start up Mozilla.
- Show Tooltips: Select this if you want to have tips appear when the cursor is placed over parts of the Mozilla user interface.
- Choose your preferred language for Mozilla: Select the language that you want to use in Mozilla.

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## Appearance Preferences - Fonts

Used to set page font type and size setting, as well as the screen resolution.

Note: Some font styles may not be selectable because if selected language does not have fonts available for that style.

- Fonts for: Choose a language character set. For instance, to set default fonts for the Western (Roman) character set, choose "Western."
- 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 you want to use for web pages.
- Monospace: Select a monospace font (like Courier) you want to use for web pages. Monospace text is fixed in width, so each character or letter takes the same amount of space.
- Allow documents to use other fonts: If available, select this checkbox to keep a web page's font and size settings instead of your own preferences.
- Display resolution: Select from the drop-down list the dots per inch (dpi) for displaying web pages. Select "Other" to open the Calibrate Resolution dialog box, which allows you to calibrate your resolution by measuring how long a line appears on your screen. Increased screen resolution may will improve text readability on some screens.

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## Appearance Preferences - Colors

Used 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. Check "Use system colors" to use your system color settings.
- Link Colors: Click the colored blocks to select a color for displaying unvisited and visited links on web pages. Click "Underline links" to display underlined links on web pages.
- When a web page provides its own colors and backgrounds: Choose from the two options, "Always use the colors and background specified by the web page" or "Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors specified" to display pages using colors and backgrounds specified by either the web page or by you, respectively.
- View Source Window: Click "Enable syntax viewing" to enable you to see the HTML syntax of the souce of a web page highlighted in specific colors.

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## Appearance Preferences - Themes

Used to set the look of Mozilla.

- Themes: Choose one of the installed themes to change the look of Mozilla, and then click "Apply [Theme Name]" to make change. Click "Uninstall [Theme Name]" to remove the theme instead.

  Note: You will not be able to switch back to a theme you have uninstalled.

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## Appearance Preferences - Content Packs

Used to select a content pack to use within Mozilla.

- Installed content packs: Select a content pack to use within Mozilla. Content packs customize the content within parts of Mozilla, like toolbars, My Sidebar, and bookmarks.
- Download More: Click this to download more content packs.

  Note: You must restart Mozilla for a new content pack to take effect.

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11 July, 2001

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