Choosing your preferred colours in your browser - Opera
To choose your own preferred colours:
- Open the File menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+F.
- Select the Preferences option with the mouse or by pressing F.
- Select Fonts and Colours from the list with the mouse or by using the down arrow key.(see fig 1)
Fig 1 - Select the type of text you want to redefine (e.g. Normal) from the list with the mouse or by pressing Tab and using the up and down arrow keys, or by using the mouse. At this point, you probably want to just change the Normal text style.
- Select the Choose button with the mouse by pressing Tab and Enter or click on it.
- Click in the Colour dropdown box, or press Alt + C to select it. Choose a colour from the list using the mouse, or with the up and down arrow keys. When you have chosen your text colour, click OK or press Enter to return to the preferences dialog box.
- Click in the background colour box, or press Tab until it is highlighted and press Enter to display the colour picker box.
- Use the mouse, or the arrow keys, to choose your background colour. Click on it, or press Enter when the colour you want is selected, to return to the Preferences dialog box.
- Press Enter or click OK to return to Opera.
- Click the Ignore colors specified on Web pages check box, or press Alt + C to check it. This will override any webpages colour setting with your own.
- Click OK or press Enter to return to the Internet Explorer options dialog box.
- Click OK or tab to it and press Enter to go back to the web page you were viewing.
Some websites have "hard-coded" their text and background colours and as a consequence these websites will not reflect the changes you have just made. If you would like your preferences to be reflected on the other sites you visit plese follow these steps:
- Open the File menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+F.
- Select the Preferences option with the mouse or by pressing F.
- Select Page Style from the list with the mouse or by using the down arrow key. (see fig 2)
Fig 2 - Either click the check box next to My fonts and colours, or press the Tab key until the checkbox is selected and press the space bar to check it.
- Select the OK button with the mouse or by pressing Enter, to return to Opera.