made to the options in the window. To save the changes, you must click OK in the secondary window and in the main Options window. I note exceptions to this rule in the rest of this chapter. Figure 16-2: After changing these settings, you must click OK in the secondary window and the main Options window. Also notice the Help button in the bottom-right corner. This button knows which options you're looking at when you click it. For example, if you click it while viewing the Privacy category, it displays help on the Privacy options. See Chapter 13 for details on the Firefox built-in help system.           Oodles of Options The following sections walk you through the available options by category. I cover most of these options more thoroughly in other chapters, so this section is best used as a starting point. The General category The General category (see Figure 16-3) contains options that don't fit well into any of the other categories. Figure 16-3: You can set a bookmark as your home page from the General category of options. Home Page By default, Firefox uses a special Google page (http://www.google.com/firefox) as your home page, which is the first page you see each time you start Firefox. Here you can enter the address of a new home page. If you can't remember the address of the site that you want as your home page, try the following tricks: Type what you remember. Firefox displays suggestions from your browsing history as you type. You can also leave the box empty and press the down arrow to see a list of addresses you've typed into the Location Bar recently. Visit the page first. Firefox can automatically set any Web site you visit as your home page. First, cancel out of the Options window (or click OK if you made other changes you want to save). Now return to the page by using any means, such as a search engine. When it's displayed, reopen the Options window and click the Use Current Page button. Tip You don't have to return to the Options window to set a page you're viewing as the home page. Just drag the tiny icon on the left end of the Location Bar onto the Home button. Firefox asks you to confirm the decision. Find it in your bookmarks. If you previously bookmarked your desired home page, click the Use Bookmark button to open your bookmarks list, as shown in Figure 16-3. Select the bookmark you want to use and click OK or select a bookmarks folder to set all the bookmarks it contains as your home pages. If you have more than one home page, Firefox opens them in tabs, a feature I discuss further in Chapter 7. If you don't want any home page, click the Use Blank Page button. This option is useful if there's no one Web site you like to check every time you start Firefox, and don't want Firefox to waste time loading a home page. You can also set multiple home pages that will open in tabs (see Chapter 7 for details). Default Browser