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Options in IrfanView pt.1

Pt. 8 of 10 | 2:35 |

In Depth with IrfanView

Wednesday December 31, 2008

You might be amazed at the number of options you have to choose from when using IrfanView. Buckle your seat belt and we'll get in to just some of them. These advanced options may seem intimidating at first, but they let you tell IrfanView how you want it to behave... and you certainly won't be wanting for options.

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- Open IrfanView, click Options in the menu bar then select Properties/Settings.

- You'll note there are 12 tabs available. Click on the one that says Video/Sound. We'll cover seven tabs in that row here and the others in the next tutorial.

- On the Video/Sound tab you can set an external sound player, setup QuickTime and select settings for internally handling video and sound.

- Click on the Language tab where you can select a language.

- Tabs Misc 1, Misc 2, and Misc 3 contain a wealth of features that make IrfanView amazingly flexible.

- Items on the Misc 1 tab generally help you control program performance and how it behaves in different circumstances.

- Items on the Misc 2 tab let you control program startup, window position among other settings options.

- Items on the Misc 3 tab let you configure external editors, control default font options, background colors, and other text-related items.

- Click on the Toolbar tab and you can configure what items appear on the IrfanView toolbar. There are even some pre-configured toolbar variations to pick from.

- Click on th Plug-ins tab to control the behavior of some plug-ins.

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