Select "Toolbar Options" from the Settings menu to change options for Yahoo! Toolbar 7. The exact settings you see in the Toolbar Options window may vary from what is described here, depending on which version of Toolbar 7 you have.
The following settings can be changed in the Toolbar Options window:
Search Box
- Suggest using Search Assist: As you type in the search box, Search Assist offers relevant keywords in real-time.
- Include my recent searches with suggestions: Search Assist includes your recent searches in its suggestions.
- Auto-clear recent searches when exiting IE: Your recent searches are cleared from memory when you close the browser.
- Include suggestions from my Bookmarks: Search Assist includes your bookmarks in its suggestions.
Software Updates
- Automatically download and install toolbar updates: Controls whether to automatically update Toolbar when new versions become available.
More Options
- Show text on buttons: Turns display of text labels for buttons on and off.
- Show an alert on my Mail Button when I have new Yahoo! Mail: Turns display of new mail alerts on and off.
- Enable Smart Tools when selecting text: Controls whether you can use Smart Tools to perform certain online tasks more quickly and easily, including bookmarking pages, searching the web, sending links through IM or email, copying text to the clipboard, translating web pages, and looking words up in the dictionary.
- Enable Feature Tips: Controls whether Yahoo! alerts you about helpful toolbar features.
- Help improve Yahoo! by sending info about the sites you visit: Controls whether you share your browsing history with Yahoo!, to help us develop better products for our users. This information is not connected to your Yahoo! ID.
- Enable Y! Mail Single Instance: Controls whether Toolbar keeps track of open Yahoo! Mail sessions and navigates you to those open sessions.
- Enable the 404 Assistant: Controls whether Yahoo! assists you with 404 page errors.
This is the help page regarding the Options dialog for Yahoo! Toolbar 7 for Internet Explorer. Please see the rest of the Toolbar 7 help for more information on Yahoo! Toolbar such as changing buttons, uninstalling, Anti-Spy, Pop-up Blocker, and more.