Choose advanced settings
To make Web pages easier to see and work with, you can change several accessibility, browsing, multimedia and printing settings in Internet Options.
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| 1 | On the Start menu: - Select Internet Explorer 7.
| Display the Start menu by pressing the Windows logo key  . - Select Internet Explorer 7 by using the arrow keys, then ENTER.
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| 2 | In Internet Explorer 7: - Select the Tools menu.
- Select Internet Options.
| In Internet Explorer 7: - Select the Tools menu, by pressing ALT+O.
- Select Internet Options by pressing O.
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| 3 | In Internet Options: | In Internet Options: - Select the Advanced tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.
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| 4 | Under Accessibility, select from these options: - Always expand ALT text for images.
- Move system caret with focus/selection changes.
- Reset text size to medium for new windows and tabs.
- Reset text size to medium while zooming (takes effect after you restart Internet Explorer).
- Reset zoom level to 100% for new windows and tabs.
| Under Accessibility, select from these options by using the arrow keys to move up and down, and the SPACEBAR to insert or remove the checkmark: - Always expand ALT text for images.
- Move system caret with focus/selection changes.
- Reset text size to medium for new windows and tabs.
- Reset text size to medium while zooming (takes effect after you restart Internet Explorer).
- Reset zoom level to 100% for new windows and tabs.
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| 5 | Under Browsing, select from these options: - Underline links either Always, when you Hover over them, or Never.
- Use inline AutoComplete.
- Use smooth scrolling.
| Under Browsing, select from these options by using the arrow keys to move up and down, and the SPACEBAR to insert or remove the checkmark: - Underline links either always, when you hover over them, or never.
- Use inline AutoComplete.
- Use smooth scrolling.
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| 6 | Under Multimedia, select from these options: - Always use ClearType for HTML.
- Enable automatic image resizing.
- Play animations in webpages.
- Play sounds in webpages.
- Show image download placeholders.
- Show pictures.
- Smart image dithering.
| Under Multimedia, select from these options by using the arrow keys to move up and down, and the SPACEBAR to insert or remove the checkmark: - Always use ClearType for HTML.
- Enable automatic image resizing.
- Play animations in webpages.
- Play sounds in webpages.
- Show image download placeholders.
- Show pictures.
- Smart image dithering.
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| 7 | Under Printing, turn on or turn off: - Print background colors and images.
| Under Printing, select by using the arrow keys to move up and down, and the SPACEBAR to insert or remove the checkmark: - Print background colors and images.
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