Opera FAQ's, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

Download WordWeb dictionary/thesaurus (size < 7.5 MB) and install it.

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Add the following under [Edit Widget Popup Menu] & [Hotclick Popup Menu].

Item, WordWeb = Copy & Execute program, "C:\Program Files\WordWeb\wwnotray.exe"

You can spell check only one word at a time. If you have administrator privileges, install Aspell. See Spell-checking With Opera.

WordWeb lookup

WordWeb spell check

WordWeb suggestions

Google & BabelFish translation in right click menu

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Add the following under [Document Popup Menu].

Item, "Google Auto Translation"= Go to page, "http://translate.google.com/translate_c?u=%u"
Submenu, BabelFish Translation, BabelFish Translation Menu

Add the following section anywhere in your menu setup and save.

[BabelFish Translation Menu]
Item, Chinese (Simplified) to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=zh_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Chinese (Traditional) to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=zt_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Dutch to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=nl_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, French to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=fr_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, German to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Greek to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=el_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Italian to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=it_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Japanese to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Korean to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ko_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Portuguese to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=pt_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Russian to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"
Item, Spanish to English = Go to page, "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=es_en&btnTrUrl=Translate&trurl=%u"

Opera 9.27 & below

File menu

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Add Item, Save with images as = Save document As, 1 under [Browser File Menu] as shown below.

[Browser File Menu]
...
Item, 50003 = Save document
Item, Save with images as = Save document As, 1

Keyboard shortcut: CTRL+ALT+S

Button: Drag & drop Save button to any toolbar.

Opera 8.54 & below

File menu

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Remove Platform Mac under [Browser File Menu] as shown below.

[Browser File Menu]
...
Item, 50003 = Save document
Platform Mac, Item, 50977 = Save document with images as

to

[Browser File Menu]
...
Item, 50003 = Save document
Item, 50977 = Save document with images as

Keyboard shortcut: CTRL+SHIFT+S

Open keyboard setup file from keyboard directory in profile and remove ; (semicolon) in line ;s ctrl shift= Save document with images as under [Application] as shown below.

[Application]
...
s ctrl= Save document
;s ctrl shift= Save document with images as

to

[Application]
...
s ctrl= Save document
s ctrl shift= Save document with images as

To open currently viewing page or link in Firefox or Internet Explorer, download Open in IE and FF.ini and place it inside menu directory in profile and go to Tools → Preferences... → Advanced → Toolbars → Menu setup → [SELECT] Open in IE and FF

[or]

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this.

To open link in Firefox or Internet Explorer, add the following under [Link Popup Menu] and save.

Item, Open in Firefox=Execute program, "firefox","%l"
Item, Open in Internet Explorer=Execute program, "iexplore","%l"

To open bookmarks from panel in Firefox or Internet Explorer, add the following under [Bookmark Item Popup Menu] and save.

Item, Open in Firefox=Copy & Execute program, "firefox","%c"
Item, Open in Internet Explorer=Copy & Execute program, "iexplore","%c"

To open currently viewing page in Firefox or Internet Explorer, add the following under [Document Popup Menu] and save.

Item, Open in Firefox=Execute program, "firefox","%u"
Item, Open in Internet Explorer=Execute program, "iexplore","%u"

Document popup menu

Updates: May 24, 2008