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Reading Content

You can read content in a variety of ways.

  • Read the article headlines displayed by most all content.

    Read article headlines.

  • View a summary of the article by holding the cursor over the headline. This is made possible when the Article Preview feature is on (it’s on by default). To turn the feature on or off, click More Options, click Article Preview, select an option, and then click the I’m Done button

    Hold the cursor over an article’s headline to view a summary.Enlarge

  • To see the summary in the content, select Settings from the Options menu, change the value of Display to include the summary, then click the Save button. When the summary displays in the content, the Article Preview feature isn’t used.

    Select Settings from the Options menu.Show the summary through the Preferences tab.

  • To view the full article, click the headline.

    Often this opens the source’s website with the article displayed.

    Some websites provide Yahoo! with the full article or summary so that you can view the text in the My Yahoo! Reader without leaving My Yahoo!. You can open the publisher’s website from the Reader. If you prefer to view all of your articles on the publisher’s site, turn the Reader off by clicking More Options, clicking My Yahoo! Reader, selecting Off, and then clicking the I’m Done button.

    My Yahoo! Reader displays articles in My Yahoo!.Enlarge

 

What’s Next

Move the content you view most to the top of the column. You can also collapse content that you don’t view as often.

 

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