Opera Help and Support

Main menu The main menu in Opera is made to be quite typical for the various operating systems; you will find that many of the options available in the menu are familiar. Be sure to keep in mind that the Tools menu is the main place to go to manage saved items and change Opera settings. Several extra menus appear when features are enabled, such as the Feeds menu, that only appears after at least one newsfeed has been added. Main bar The main bar is now disabled by default. This bar contains the basic buttons used to open...

Tabbed browsing and Multiple Document Interface ( Opera offers several ways to manage your browser window. As well as offering the traditional single page, single window interface, Opera also offers many useful alternatives, allowing you to manage your browser window the way that suits you. You can have several Web pages open at the same time within a single Opera window. This is called tabbed browsing, and is the default setup that Opera offers. When several Web pages are open at the same time in Opera, these will be...

If you would like to say something for only one user to hear, start a private conversation. This is most easily done by clicking on the user's nickname in the list - or in the "Chat" panel. You can also type "/msg nickname" in the chat page input field. If you know the nickname of a person that is neither in your contacts, nor in the same chat room as you, this is particularly useful. The private conversation will be displayed in a separate page. Go to your account's properties and the "Outgoing" tab if you would like...

Setting Up a Chat Account Go to Tools > Mail and chat accounts > Add > Chat to set up your first chat account. Type in your real name and e-mail address if you want your name to be visible to other users.Select a suitable nickname to use when chatting. If you log on to a network where your selected nickname is in use, you will be asked for an alternative nickname.Select an IRC network from the drop-down list, or type in the name of an IRC server.You should now be presented with a dialog containing...

Widgets The widgets panel allows you to group widgets into folders, as well as opening and deleting them. To access the full Widgets window, go to Widgets > Manage widgets. Windows The Windows panel lists the currently open pages. You can rearrange them, move the pages outside Opera, close them and much more. This panel is hidden by default and will appear only after you enable it using Tools > Appearance > Panels. Notes Speed up researching with the notes feature. Jot down a note in conjunction with a Web...

Contacts This panel lists your contacts. This panel is hidden by default and will appear only after you have created at least one e-mail, news, or chat account. Type in the name of the contact in the "Quick find" field, and Opera will start matching your search entry as you type. Click on the name of a contact to to view all your e-mail correspondence with that contact. Right-click on the contact and select "Properties" to view or change details, such as name, e-mail address, chat nickname, home page, notes or even an image...

The panels, toggled by pressing F4, are available as buttons on the panel selector, by default placed on the left of Opera's screen space. You can add and remove panels of your own (see below), and choose which ones to present in the panel selector. Panel and panel selector placement can also be changed by right-clicking them. Some of the panels are hidden by default, and will appear when you enable certain features. For example, the chat panel will only appear after you have created at least one chat account. Other panels...