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Opera 8

Toggle the Scroll Bars

SUMMARY: Are the scroll bars in Opera 8 taking too much room away from viewing web pages? Remove them!

When viewing large webpages with Opera 8, you may find that the vertical and/or horizontal scroll bars take up too much screen real-estate. If you prefer scrolling through web pages using the keyboard, or if you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you may want to consider disabling the scroll bars.

1. Select "Tools" - "Preferences".

2. When the "Preferences" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the "Advanced" tab.

3. Click "Browsing" in the left pane.

4. In the right pane, check or uncheck "Show scroll bars" as desired.

5. Click "OK" to save your settings.

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