Setting Important Options

Important: The details below apply only to the Netscape browser! - The options and commands for other browsers are nevertheless very similar.

Set proxy
The proxy server is a central server which handles all browser access operations. You can set your proxy in menu "Options - Network Preferences - Proxies - Manual Proxy Configuration".

Set cache
The default for the cache in the main memory should be set to 3000 - 5000 kB ("Options - Network Preferences - Cache - Memory Cache"). Different settings can be tried if problems are encountered with the browser.

Font type and point size
This line is in the normal font size. If it is too small or too large, go to menu "Options - General Preferences - Fonts" and select a different font type and point size. We recommend the setting Arial 11 pt.

Set links
If you click a Word for Windows or FrameMaker template, you can cause the browser to start the associated application (Word for Windows or FrameMaker) automatically with this document. However, you will first need to establish the "link" between the extension (".doc" or "fm" or "mif") and your application:

  • In "Options - General Preferences - Helpers", click the following entry or type it in:
    "application/winword Winword doc"
    "application/framemaker frame fm"
    "application/framemaker frame mif"
  • The click action: "Launch the application".
  • "Browse" now allows you to define the path for your Word for Windows or FrameMaker programs.

Important: When clicking a template icon or template file name, the template is fetched and loaded into the appropriate application (Word for Windows or FrameMaker). You must now save this document with "Save As", since the document was created only as a temporary file when loaded and would be automatically deleted by the browser once Word for Windows or FrameMaker was closed.

Important: When downloading Word for Windows files from the worldwide Internet, you may import macro viruses into your system.

Important: When downloading MIF files, FrameMaker versions < 5.0 will issue a series of warnings which you can ignore since they do not restrict the functionality of the templates.


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