You can customize the appearance of SAMNet by changing the default text size, fonts, and colors. This section will discuss how to change the appearance of the SAMNet Browser windows only. You will need to adjust the options of Internet Explorer, or another web browser, from that program's settings options.
You can modify the size of the text shown in SAMNet Browser windows with this control. Open the list box with Alt+Up Arrow or Alt+Down Arrow, and use the arrows to increase, or decrease, the size of your text. Font sizes can range from 12 to 64-point type. the default text size is 18-point type
Some users find that some font styles are easier to read than others. The SAMNet Browser can be set to display three font types from the Font drop-down window: Arial, Times New Roman, and Verdana. Explore which works best for you. The default font type used by the SAMNet Browser is Verdana.
This drop-down box will offer you choices for changing the colors of the text seen in SAMNet. Choose the colors that best meet your reading needs. A word of warning: DO NOT set the foreground and background colors to the same color option. For example, setting both to Black would give the appearance of the SAMNet Browser not showing any text. Remember that you can always reset the features back to their default options by pressing the Reset button.
This drop-down box lets you choose the color of the background. Think of this setting as choosing the color of a piece of paper that your text will be written on when viewing the SAMNet browser. Keep in mind that you do not want the background and foreground colors to be the same, or it will look like your screen is blank. Remember that you can always reset the features explained in this section back to their defaults.
This drop-down box will let you change the color of the links you have not clicked on yet. Setting this control to a unique color will let you easily see what portions of SAMNet you have not yet visited.
This drop-down box allows you to change the color of the focus area. As you navigate through the SAMNet browser, you can see which option will be started if you decide to activate that option. You may not want to set this color to the same as the ones for Unvisited and Visited links, since this could make things confusing.
This drop-down box lets you specify the color of links you have already visited. Setting this option to a different color than the Unvisited Link color lets you quickly see what areas of SAMNet you have already visited.
This checkbox tells the SAMNet browser to use your color preferences even if the Web page uses a different set of colors.
This checkbox tells the SAMNet browser to always use your default font settings on Web pages, even when the Web page calls for a different font type than the one set as your preference.
This checkbox tells the SAMNet Browser to use your font size preferences even when the Web page has a different font size specified.
At the bottom of this area, you will find three buttons. Pressing OK will save the changes you have made, choosing Cancel will close this screen without making any changes, and selecting the Reset button will put SAMNet back to the original settings for font style, size and colors. If you choose to reset your settings, you can go back and try new ones to see what works best for you.
The Password Manager allows you to review and delete passwords and account login information for Web sites you have visited. The Password Manager also stores information for sites that require you to log in for identification purposes. In this area, you can view the passwords saved by moving through the list of passwords that have been previously encountered by your system when visiting sites on the web through SAMNet. You can also tab once to view a list of passwords that have been removed from being entered into forms automatically by the Password Manager. Tabbing again will place you in a box that will allow you to specify sites where the Password Manager is never to save your data. You can also remove a site from the list by highlighting it and then by pressing the Remove Selected Sites button.
Note: This option is only available to those users who have System Access and SAMNet installed on their computers. There are two options in this area. The first allows you the ability to start System Access automatically every time your computer starts. The start System Access when I Log Onto Windows checkbox will start System Access as soon as you log onto windows, or as soon as the windows logon screen disappears. The second checkbox will let System Access speak when you are in the Windows logon screen that appears if you are using a password or have multiple accounts for starting Windows.
This allows you to enable the System Access HomeServer service. You can remove the service from your system, or stop the service. The HomeServer is needed for some aspects of SAMNet to run correctly. Within the HomeServer page is a link to the preferences for remote controlling your home PC.