Advanced Preferences
This section describes how to use the Advanced preference panel. If you are 
  not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:
 1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Choose Advanced. (Click the triangle next to Advanced to expand the list.)
 
 
Advanced Preferences - Advanced
Used to set features that help interpret Web pages in Netscape. 
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Advanced Preferences - Cache
 
Used to set how Netscape caches Web pages.
  - Memory Cache: Type in the amount of memory-based cache you want to 
    allocate for Netscape. Memory cache is erased when you turn off or restart 
    the computer.
-  Disk Cache: Type in the amount of disk cache, and disk cache you 
    want to allocate for Netscape. Disk cache is saved to your hard disk (drive) 
    and can be used again.
- Clear Memory Cache: Click this to clear the memory cache.
- Clear Disk Cache: Click this to clear the memory cache.
- Compare the page in the cache to the page on the network: 
    
      - Every time I view the page: Select this if you want Netscape 
        to compare a web page to the cache every time you view it.
- Automatically: Select this if you want Netscape to compare a 
        web page to the cache when the page is determined by the server to haved expired.
- Once per session: Select this if you want Netscape to compare 
        a web page to the cache once for each time you start Netscape.
- Never: Select this if you do not want Netscape to compare cached 
        information to the network.
 
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Advanced Preferences - Proxies
 
Used to set up proxies in Netscape.
Before you start: Ask your network administrator if you have a proxy 
  configuration file or for the names and port numbers of the proxy.
  - Direct connection to the Internet: Choose this if you don't want 
    to use a proxy.
- Manual proxy configuration: Choose this if you don't have a proxy 
    location (URL). Type the name or numeric IP address of the proxy server for 
    each type of server (FTP, Gopher, HTTP, SSL, SOCKS). In "No Proxy for:," 
    type the domains that you do not want to use a proxy for. Separate each domain 
    with a comma. (Example: .yourcompany.com, .yourcompany.co.nz)
- Automatic proxy configuration URL: Choose this if you have a proxy 
    configuration file or URL, then type the configuration URL.
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Advanced Preferences - Software Installation
 
Used to enable software installation used with Netscape.
  - Enable software installation: Select this if you want Netscape to 
    prompt you when new software needs to be installed and used with Netscape.
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Advanced Preferences - Mouse Wheel
 
Used to set up Netscape to use a mouse wheel.
  - Modifier Key: Use the the drop-down list to choose a key that you 
    want to press when using the mouse wheel. Select on of the radio buttons in 
    order to choose the behavior of the mouse wheel. (for scrolling and text).
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Advanced Preferences - System
 
Used to specify what files and protocols are opened using Netscape. 
  - Windows should use Netscape 6 to open these file types: Select the 
    file types that you want to open by default using Netscape (HTML, JPEG, GIF, 
    PNG, XML, XUL).
- Windows should use Netscape 6 to handle these protocols: Select the 
    protocols that you want to open by default using Netscape (http, https, ftp, 
    chrome, gopher).
- Alert me if other applications change these settings: Select this 
    if you want Netscape to alert you when other applications have changed your 
    default Netscape file and protocol settings. 
Note: System preferences appear only on Windows-based platforms.
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  28 June, 2001
  
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