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Contents

• Use the keypad
• Open Web pages
• Display modes
• Navigate Web pages
• Bookmarks
• Multiple windows
• Filling in forms
• Newsfeeds

Use the Keypad

All of Opera's functions are accessible by way of the menus. Most of the essentials can, however, be reached more efficiently using keypad shortcuts. This page will refer to keypad shortcuts where they are available.

Open Web pages

Press 1, enter a Web address or the nickname of a previously saved bookmark, and push in the joystick or select "Ok".

Tip: Press joystick up for a list of previously entered addresses, or press joystick down to choose between prefixes and suffixes.

Display modes

Press "Options" and select "Display" to get access to Opera's different display modes.

Full-screen mode

Activate this mode to use the entire screen for browsing. Full-screen mode is off by default, but is easily activated from the menu or toggled by pressing *.

Small-screen mode

Opera's Small-Screen Rendering (SSR) technology reformats Web pages intended for desktop browsing to fit the screen of your device. This mode is on by default.

Pressing # toggles small-screen mode on/off. If you switch it off, Opera will show Web pages without changing them.

Navigate Web pages

The blue indicator on the right side of the screen is your scroll bar. These are the basic functions you need to navigate:

• Joystick up/down scrolls page up/down
• Joystick right/left navigates between page elements such as form fields and links
• Push joystick in to follow links, click buttons, or fill out forms

When small-screen mode is turned off, you can toggle between scroll and focus navigation, and you need to pay special attention to frames in Web pages:

• The joystick lets you scroll in all directions in scroll mode
• In focus mode, use the joystick to set focus to page elements
• In pages using frames, press the joystick right/left to choose a frame in focus mode
• Scroll the currently highlighted frame using the joystick if you are in scroll mode

Jump to text

If you want Opera to automatically skip the headers and graphics on top of Web pages and go directly to the text of the page, press 8 to access display settings, and set this feature to "Automatic".

Tags are temporary bookmarks you can set at specific points in the Web page you are viewing, to easily get back to those points. Set a tag by pressing 6, jump to the next tag in page by pressing 3. The tag will be visible as a small, grey indicator on the right side of the screen.

When the page is reloaded, your tags are erased. Note that if "Jump to text" is set to "Manual", you will see the point where the page text starts as a pre-set tag that you can jump to.

Tip: Use tags to mark off links you would like to follow, for example articles on a news site. Going back to this page after following links will not reload the page, and you can jump to the next tag.

Filling in forms

Press the joystick left/right to move between form elements, and push it in to mark boxes and buttons or activate form fields. Then use the keypad to enter text.

Note: If T9 is activated on your phone, it will be automatically disabled for password fields, but not for other input fields in Web forms.

Bookmarks

Bookmark your current Web page by pressing 7. To manage saved bookmarks:

1. Press 2 to display your bookmarks
2. Press joystick up/down to highlight a bookmark
3. Select "Options > Manage bookmarks > Properties/edit"

Read about managing bookmarks for a list of more options.

Newsfeeds

Opera offers a customizable newsfeeds service. Use it to get the latest headlines from your favorite Web sites directly to your phone.

Private data

If you have concerns about browsing data being stored on your phone, for example if you share your phone with others, use the "Tools > Delete private data" option.

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