Welcome to Opera 5.0!

Opera Software welcomes you to Opera 5.0, our most complete Internet browser to date! For those of you who have used Opera before, we have a host of new features for you, including an integrated, modular e-mail client, a brand new contact manager to help you keep your contacts organized to their best, and enhanced support for the open Web standards that have made Opera what it is today, including HTML 4.0 support, support for ECMAScript 262, XML 1.0 and XHTML 1.0. For those of you who are new to Opera - try it! We are absolutely positive you won't be disappointed with what you'll see.

What is Opera?

If you find yourself asking this question, you definitely should read our terminology page to get up to speed on exactly what the Internet is and how to get started using the Opera Internet browser.

What does Opera do (aka. What's New)?

For the complete listing of all Opera 5.0's many features, please visit the features page, regardless of if you are new to Opera or just brushing up.

How do I use Opera?

In order to make the most out of Opera 5.0, you should definitely go to the QuickStart Guide, which will tell you how to do a lot of things in Opera.

How do I use this Help?

This is the fourth installation of the Opera Help. It contains a lot of information about the Opera browser. See Help on Help to make the most of it.

Alphabetical Index

If you go to the Alphabetical Index, you'll find just that, an alphabetical index of the topics covered in the Opera 5.0 Help.

Troubleshooting Opera

Having a problem with your Opera 5.0? Look no further than the troubleshooting page in this very Help system!

Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee that the instructions in these documents will work on every computer and every platform. Please inform us if you have problems with Opera, but please, first check our online support section, as this section is updated on a regular basis with information about the Opera Browser.