Mozilla Firefox Help

  This article summarizes the Firefox   Options   panels and what types of settings they contain. Click the menu button   and select  Options . The following panels are available: General panel This panel contains  options  for the following types of settings: General Startup  and  Tabs : This is where you can set Firefox as your default browser, set Firefox to restore your previous session at startup and choose how tabs are opened. Language and Appearance Fonts & Colors  and  Language : This is where you can change the fonts and colors websites use, where to choose the language to display menus, notifications, messages and other parts of the Firefox interface, where to choose a preferred display language for web pages and where you can choose to use the Firefox spell checker.  Mozilla Firefox Help Files and Applications Downloads ,  Applications  and  Digital...

Firefox automatically checks the spelling of words that you enter in text boxes containing more than one line. As soon as you finish typing a word, it is checked against the words in the installed dictionary. If the word is not found in the dictionary, it will be underlined in red, as in the following example:  Mozilla Firefox Help Disabling automatic spell-checking By default, Firefox is configured to automatically check spelling. You can turn it off in the  Options  window: Click the menu button   and select  Options . In the  General  panel, go to the  Language  section. Uncheck  Check your spelling as you type . Close the  about:preferences  page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved. Correcting misspelled words When spell-checking is enabled, you can easily correct misspelled words. To correct the misspelled word,  Right-click  on it and select one of the suggested words at the top of the menu...

Firefox includes a page with information such as which Firefox version you are using, any installed extensions, important modified preferences, and graphics information. If you are  getting help on the support forum , content that you provide from this  Troubleshooting Information  page can help solve your Firefox issue.  Mozilla Firefox Help Accessing the Troubleshooting Information page Click the menu button  , click   Help  and select  Troubleshooting Information You will be taken to a page with the address  about:support . Give Firefox a tune up The Refresh Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its default state while saving your essential information. Consider using it before going through a lengthy troubleshooting process. Try Safe Mode You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode to temporarily disable add-ons (extensions and themes), turn off hardware acceleration, and reset some settings that might be cau...