About Viewpoint Technology
What is Graphically Enhanced Search?
What are Visual Bookmarks?
What is Comparative Search?
How do I Clear my Search History?
How do I turn off Auto-Expanding Tray?
Internet Explorer Settings
Hiding the Toolbar
Uninstalling the Toolbar

Viewpoint Technology
Revolutionizing the front-end experience of search, the Viewpoint Toolbar demonstrates the flexibility and agility of Viewpoint Technology. Available to users of the Viewpoint Network – a channel consisting of approximately 120 million consumers in the US who use the Viewpoint Media Player – and as a direct download, the Viewpoint Toolbar has been well reviewed for the visual enhancements it brings to the search experience.

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Graphically Enhanced Search
Graphically Enhanced Search allows you to view thumbnail previews of your search results. Each time you perform a search, the Toolbar will generate a preview of the results returned for that search. Thumbnail previews allow you to see your search results before you click through – saving you time and helping you find what you need.

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Visual Bookmarks
Visual bookmarks are quick links to your favorite web pages. With the Toolbar, you can save thumbnail previews of the web pages you visit most often and organize them in convenient folders.

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Comparative Search
The toolbar gives you the power to view comparative search results in the toolbar tray while using any one of a number of compatible online search engines. This feature may be activated or deactivated from the Preferences menu located under the Viewpoint logo in your toolbar.

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Clearing your Search History
You may clear your search history by clicking the down arrow next to the search field and selecting "Clear Search History." Alternatively, your search history may be cleared from General Options in the Viewpoint Toolbar preferences menu.

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Turn off Auto-Expanding Toolbar Tray
To disable the Viewpoint Toolbar preview tray, click on the Viewpoint logo and select Preferences. Click "Search" in the left navigation pane and uncheck the checkbox labeled, "Expand Tray with Every Search."

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Internet Explorer Settings
Upon installation, the Toolbar adjusts some Internet Explorer browser settings to enhance toolbar performance.

The Toolbar disables JavaScript error alerts (small dialogs that appear when you encounter a web page that has a JavaScript error). This feature is generally used by web developers when building web content, and disabling alerts has no other effect on your browsing experience. If you wish to re-enable JavaScript alerts, you can do so by clicking on "Tools" and choosing "Internet Options" in Internet Explorer. In the "Internet Options" dialog, select the "Advanced" tab, scroll down to "Browsing" and recheck "Display a notification about every script error."

The toolbar also defaults your address bar search to provide you search suggestions when you mistype a URL in the browser address bar. If your address bar or standard buttons no longer appear, please check in the toolbar's submenu via the View menu. Make sure that Standard Buttons and Address Bar are checked.

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Hiding the Viewpoint Toolbar
In Internet Explorer, click View > Toolbars and uncheck "Viewpoint Toolbar" to prevent the toolbar from appearing in your browser. You can reinstate the toolbar in the same way.

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Uninstalling the Toolbar
Viewpoint Toolbar uninstall instructions are available here.

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