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Toolbar Features
Below is an overview on all features of the AltaVista Toolbar. |
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AltaVista Toolbar Menu
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The AltaVista Toolbar Menu, accessed through clicking on the AV logo or the drop-down arrow next to the logo, provides the following links to Toolbar settings and AltaVista web pages:
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Searchbox
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Type your queries into the searchbox to perform a search or a translation. You can click the search button to do a search or just hit "Enter", which will do a search with the search button you selected last. You don't have to type terms into the searchbox as you can also select words on web pages, copy text into your clipboard or drag and drop selected text to use as your query terms. The drop-down button in the search box gives you access to the search history of your recently performed queries. To open the results in a new window, hold the "Shift" key while hitting "Enter". |
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Search Drop-Down
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The Search Drop-Down contains all search options available at AltaVista. It is a default button right beside the searchbox. After typing in your query you can either click the button directly to search the index currently indicated, or else click the drop-down arrow to select another index. Your search selection is sticky, which means that your last index choice will stay displayed until you choose a different one. |
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Site Search
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Site Search: Searches only on the website you are currently on. This button is not part of the default Toolbar setting. You can select it using the drop-down or choose to display it as a separate button by changing your Toolbar settings. |
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Image Search
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Image Search: Performs a search in the AltaVista Image index. This button is not part of the default Toolbar setting. You can select it using the drop-down or choose to display it as a separate button by changing your Toolbar settings. |
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News Search
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News Search: clicking this button applies your search to a fresh, continuously updated news index. This button is not part of the default Toolbar setting. You can select it using the drop-down or choose to display it as a separate button by changing your Toolbar settings. |
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Video Search
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Video Search: Performs your search in the AltaVista Video index. This button is not part of the default Toolbar setting. You can select it using the drop-down or choose to display it as a separate button by changing your Toolbar settings. |
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MP3/Audio Search
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MP3/Audio Search: Performs a search in AltaVista's Audio index. This button is not part of the default Toolbar setting. You can select it using the drop-down or choose to display it as a separate button by changing your Toolbar settings. |
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Babel Fish
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The Babel Fish Translate button lets you translate words typed into the searchbox, text selected on a web page or even whole web pages. Get more info on the Babel Fish feature here. |
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Highlight
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The Highlight button highlights the searchbox terms wherever they appear on the current page. You can turn this feature on or off. You do not have to perform a search on terms you would like to have highlighted. Just enter the words into the searchbox without hitting the Enter key and click the "Highlight" button. |
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Last Search
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Last Search: This button takes you back to the last search you performed, displaying the last result page you generated. You can turn this feature on or off. |
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Find Word
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Find Word within page: every term in the searchbox automatically generates a "Find" button in the Toolbar. Clicking one of these "Find" buttons will, like the Crtl+F command in windows, lets you skip through the document highlighting each occurrence of the term. This button is not part of the default Toolbar setting. You can select it using the drop-down or choose to display it as a separate button by changing your Toolbar settings. |
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Popup Blocker
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Popup Blocker: Websites often use Javascripts to load advertisements while you are browsing a page. When loaded, these scripts open popups, mostly while you are browsing or when you leave the page. The Popup Blocker disables most of these scripts preventing the actual popup from appearing. When blocking a popup the Toolbar plays a windows system sound and adds one to the counter. After counting to 999 it resets again to 0. The Popup Blocker is enabled by default, you can change these settings on the Toolbar Settings Page. |
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Vertical Bar on left
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The vertical bar on the left of the Toolbar lets you relocate the Toolbar within any internet Explorer task bars. |
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Drop-down arrow
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A Drop-down arrow appears if a button offers you more than one option to choose from. |
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Arrow on Right
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This arrow appears on the right-side of the Toolbar when more buttons exist than the width of your window allows. Clicking it retrieves these hidden buttons. |
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