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Opera 8

Toggle the Main Bar

SUMMARY: Expert Opera 8 user? Save screen real-estate for web browsing; turn the Main Bar off.

After installing Opera 8, one of the toolbars shown in the browser window is the "Main Bar". This displays buttons to operations such as "Open", "Save", and "Print". While these buttons may be convenient for new users, others would rather just use the menu bar to navigate through Opera 8's features, saving screen real-estate to show the current webpage.

To toggle this row of buttons, the "Main Bar", on or off, choose "View" - "Toolbars" and check or uncheck "Main bar" as desired.

This tip is for an older version of the Opera web browser; instructions and information may not be applicable to the latest version.