Basic Firefox And Tips

Fonts and colours

Self-explantory, just go and play with the options available.

File Types

Whenever you click on a download, Firefox will prompt you to either open or save it. If you don't want Firefox to prompt you, this is where you manage it.

Click on the Manage... button.

A new window will open. In this window, you will see a list of common extensions and what Firefox will do with it.

For example, a file ending with .swf (it's called extension, but for the non-techie here, I will just write it as a file ending with .xxx)

Look under Action and you will see that Firefox will open it.

Click on Change Action... at the bottom left hand corner.

From here, you can change how Firefox handles them.

Open them with the default application - this will open the file using the default application set.

Open them with this application - you get to choose a program to open this particular type of file.

Save them on my computer - Firefox will not prompt you to either open or save, but save it directly. If you have set Firefox to prompt you where to save (see first post), you will get another dialouge. Otherwise, it will always save to your preferred location.

Use this Plugin - this is the recommended action, since most of us aren't programmers and probably won't bother to get a Flash player. A plugin would work nicely in this case.

It's the same for the rest of the extensions.

For extensions which are not listed, Firefox will automatically save them.

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Basic Firefox And Tips

Now on to the next tab - Tabs

Under New pages should be opened in:

1. A new window - Whenever you click on a link that will open a new window, Firefox will open a new window, very much like Internet Explorer.
2. A new tab - Whenever you click on a link that will open a new window, Firefox will force it to open as a tab, rather than a window.



Warn me when closing multiple tabs - Firefox will warn you when you close Firefox that has more than one tab open.

Warn me when opening multiple tabs might slow down Firefox - pretty much redundant, never had it warned me before, when I opened 40 tabs at one go.

Always show the tab bar - very obvious. Uncheck (untick) this box, your tabbing bar will be gone when only one tab is opened. When more than one tabs are being opened, the tab bar will be shown. It's a matter of personal preference here.

When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately - again, very obvious. Rather than stay in the same page after opening a new tab, Firefox will switch to the new tab immediately. Unchecking (unticking) this box will tell Firefox not to.

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Downloads

Show the Downloads window when downloading a file - it will show a window. If you uncheck (untick) this box, no window will be shown. The manual way would be to go Tools > Downloads or press Ctrl + J to show the download window.

Close it when all downloads are finished - the download window will close and notify you that all downloads have finished, at the bottom right hand corner, near the clock. If you uncheck (untick) this box, the download window will not close. Firefox will still notify that downloads have finished.

Save files to ___________ - Firefox will always save the files to this location, in this example, desktop. If you use this option, Firefox will not prompt you where to save, but will automatically save it.

Also, Firefox will not prompt you when you save double copies of the same file; it will automatically be renamed, for example file.exe, file(2).exe.

Always ask me where to save files - Whenever you download a file, Firefox will open another window. This allows you to choose a location where you want to save the file.

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Basic Firefox and Tips

First, will be the basics.

There's a lot... more than tips...

Basic Firefox Guide

Basic Firefox Configurations

Go to Tools > Options.

Click on Main.

Startup

Startup section lets you configure your home page.

If you select Show my home page from the drop-down list for When Firefox starts, Firefox will load whatever home page you've set it to. In my example, it will load a blank page.

f you select Show a blank page from the drop-down list for When Firefox starts, Firefox will show you a blank page. It's very much like setting about:blank as your home page.

Selecting Show my windows and tabs from last time for When Firefox starts will load all the websites that you've opened in your last session. It's very useful if you have done your research half way and don't want to search around again. This option eats up the most resources as well, so use it only when needed.

As for the Home Page field, it's self-explanatory. It will set your homepage. I prefer it to be blank. You can set anything you want.

If you decide to set one of your bookmarks as homepage, select the Use Bookmark button. Bookmarks Manager will open. Choose your favourite bookmark and click OK.

Clicking on the Restore to Default button will restore Firefox's homepage to its default page, which is a Google search page, modified to suit Firefox.

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Customer Service & Tech Helpdesk

IBM/Lenovo

IBM Service Center
The IBM Place II,
9 Changi Business Park Central 1, Singapore 486048.
For Job Status Inquiry: 1800-418-9933 (Mon to Fri, 9am to 7pm)

Service Center Operating Hours 9am to 7.30pm (Mondays to Fridays)
Closed on Sat, Sun & Public Holidays

If you prefer, you can also drop-off or collect your PC at the following town location:

Park View Square #16-01 ,
600 North Bridge Road,
Singapore 188778.


Operation Hours:
9:00am - 1:30pm
2:30pm - 5:00pm
1:30pm - 2:30pm (Close during Lunch Time)
(Mondays to Fridays)
9:00am - 12:30pm (Saturdays)

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Customer Service & Tech Helpdesk

Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
391 Orchard Road, #05-06, Ngee Ann City Podium Block, Singapore 238872
(65) 62720088
(65) 67388118
Customer CareLine:
(65) 63956666

10am - 9pm
(Mon - Sun)

AsiaPac Distribution Pte Ltd
219 Henderson Road, #05-01, Henderson Ind. Park, Singapore 159556
(65) 62720088
Customer CareLine:
(65) 63956666

9am - 5pm
(Mon - Fri)

For DESKPOWER TX Series, please contact the Helpdesk at (65) 6272 0088 for support and appointment for on-site service.

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Customer Service & Tech Helpdesk

Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte. Ltd.
450 Alexandra Road
Singapore
119960
Phone: 62753888
Fax: 62756839
8:30am - 5:30pm Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)

HP service center:
438A Alexandra Road Blk A #02-08
Alexandra Technopark (Lift Lobby 2)
Singapore
119967
Phone: 1800-272-5333
9am to 9pm (Mondays to Fridays)
9am to 3pm (Saturdays) 9am to 9pm (Eve of Public Holidays)
Closed on Sundays and public holidays

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Customer Service & Tech Helpdesk

here is where to go when your computer needs to see a "doctor".

Acer Computer (Singapore) Pte Ltd
29, International Business Park
#01-01, Acer Building, Tower A
Side Entrance
Singapore 609923

General Line : (65) 65636563

Business hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Extended hours: Wednesday, open till 8.00pm
Saturday, 9.00am to 12.00pm
(Closed on Sunday and Public Holidays)

Technical Support via phone, fax or internet
Acer Helpdesk : 1800-8956299
Fax : 68956416
Internet: http://www.acer.com.sg/support/service_enquiry.asp

Repair Status Enquiry
Acer Service centre : 68956297
Fax : 68956402
Internet: Repair

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Test on ur connection speed

Speed Test

While using singnet broadband 3500. So try it now.

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Help on Firefox

Here's some of the help given for Firefox problem.

Go to Tools > Options

Click on Main at the top.

Under Startup, you will see these 2 options:

When Firefox starts: Show my homepage
Home page: Type in the URL

Click OK.

As for Bookmarks... can't figure out why yet.

You might have to rebuild Firefox Profile if something is corrupted there.

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Cant Save Images As .jpg, Can Only Save As .bmp

Sometime IE lets you save pictures from the Web only in bitmap (BMP) format even though the image itself is in a different format like JPG or GIF. When you right-click an image on a Web page, and then click Save Picture As, the file name that appears in the File name box is Untitled, and the file type that appears in the Save as type box is Bitmap (*.bmp).

It can happen if your Temporary Internet cache is full or the image is linked without its extension. Here are several work-arounds to solve the Internet Explorer saves images as bitmaps (.bmp Files) problem:

1. Use a different browser like Firefox or Opera.

2. Save the entire webpage, then copy the picture from the folder where the HTML file was saved.

3. Right click the image and choose properties, copy the URL of the image and download it with a download manager.

4. Locate the image in the IE cache: Open the Temporary Internet Files directory, and locate the image that you attempted to save. Copy the file by right-clicking or pressing Ctrl+C and paste the image in the desired location. OR Right-click the image, and click Open. When the image loads into IE, right-click the image, and click Save Picture As. The file type and name should be correct.

5. Empty the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder by selecting Tools, Internet Options, General tab, then clicking Delete Files. If the issue still occurs, move the Temporary Internet Files folder to a new location.

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How to post pictures on forums

Open the website of ImageShack.

they will bring u to their homepage.

Than, if the picture is in ur computer, (the upload sections) select on files. Than, click on browse.

P.S: If u want them to resize ur picture, check the box.

Than click on HOST IT.

Copy the last link and paste it on the forums or somewhere else. Remember to put [*img][/*img]. Remove the * when u do the img part.

Yours faithfully,
Bryanseb

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