Ad Annihilator toolbar

Ad Annihilator toolbar is used to access frequently used Ad Annihilator functions. It is shown in the upper part of Internet Explorer window. If you do not see it, see How to turn on and off Ad Annihilator toolbar? to learn how to open it. When Ad Annihilator is disabled, only Project management, Enable/Disable Ad Annihilator and Help buttons are available. To enable Ad Annihilator and other buttons, use Project management or Enable/Disable Ad Annihilator button.

You may customize which buttons are shown on Ad Annihilator toolbar. See Customize Ad Annihilator toolbar window to learn how to do this.

Project management

Use this button to create, open and close Ad Annihilator projects and to enable and disable Ad Annihilator. This button opens a submenu with following choices:

• "Open project..." - prompts the user for Ad Annihilator project file, opens it and enables Ad Annihilator;

• "New project..." - prompts the user for the location of new Ad Annihilator project file, launches Ad Annihilator Project Wizard, creates a new project, opens it and enables Ad Annihilator;

• "Close project" - closes the currently opened Ad Annihilator project and disables Ad Annihilator;

• List of recently opened Ad Annihilator projects. Clicking on a project link opens the project. To manage this list use Project tab of Ad Annihilator options window. The current project is always at the top and marked with bullet.

Note that any project opening operation enables Ad Annihilator automatically.

Enable/Disable Ad Annihilator

Use this button to enable and disable Ad Annihilator. When you see this image on the button: , it means Ad Annihilator is turned on and clicking on it will turn it off. When you see this image on the button: , it means Ad Annihilator is turned off and clicking on it will turn it on.

Browsing mode

This button switches between various browsing modes supported by Ad Annihilator. The image displayed on the button surface depends on the current browsing mode. It changes each time you switch browsing mode. See Understanding browsing modes for image meanings.

Ad Annihilator options

This button opens Ad Annihilator options window.

Banner sniper

The button turns on or off banner sniper. Banner sniper is used to shoot banners visually in a very simple way! See Banner sniper for more information.

Unblock banners, popups and cookies on this site

Use this button to quickly unblock banners, popups and cookies on the site you are currently viewing. It is true that having banners, popups and cookies is bad, but sometimes you may need to allow them. For example, you may want to see advertisements (banners) on a certain site because they are within your field of interest or allow popups in membership area of the site you use often or you feel that a site malfunctions because of blocked cookies. Not only does Ad Annihilator is able to block banners, popups and cookies efficiently, but it is very easy to enable them on certain sites according to your wish.

When clicked, the button opens the menu with following choices:

• "Enable banners on this site" - when this option is checked, all banners on the site you are currently viewing are enabled. If you see that some pictures that you need are not shown on the site, check this option to allow all banners and pictures on this site;

• "Enable popups on this site" - when this option is checked, all popups on the site you are currently viewing are enabled. If you use the site that produces popups often which you need to open but Ad Annihilator blocks them, check this option to allow all popups on this site;

• "Enable cookies on this site" - when this option is checked, all cookies on the site you are currently viewing are enabled. If you try to use the site that tells you that cookies must be enabled in order to use it or you feel that your user identity is lost all the time when you use a certain site, check this option to allow all cookies on this site.

Each option has a checkmark near it indicating if it is enabled. After you enabled banners, popups and cookies with this button, you may easily rescind your order by clicking on this button again and unchecking the respective option.

Open blocked popup windows

Use this button to open popups windows that tried to open but were blocked by Ad Annihilator. Clicking on it opens a submenu with following choices:

• "Open blocked popup windows" - opens the Popup windows tab of Progress and Statistics window for advanced operations with popup windows. If you want simply to open a popup, click it in the list described further;

• List of blocked popups. Each list item contains the popup name (if available) and popup window address. Click on a popup to open it. If you press Ctrl key altogether with clicking a popup, an enabling popup filter will be added for this popup to enable it for future browsing. Depending on its settings Resource block dialog may be opened in this situation to allow you to fine-tune the popup filter.

For more information on popup unblocking see How to unblock popups?

Locate current document

This button locates the document opened in the browser currently in the Documents tab of Documents, Organizer and Search window for advanced document management.

Add current document to organizer

The button adds the document opened in the browser to the current organizer folder or to the root organizer folder if Organizer tab of Documents, Organizer and Search window  was not opened in this browser window. See Understanding document organizing for background information on document organizing.

Manage versions

This button allows you to perform version management operations with the current document. It opens a submenu with following choices:

• "Get new version of current document" - downloads and fixes a new version of the document opened in the browser. Note that this command loses the current version of the document (that was opened in the browser at the moment you issued it) but creates a new up-to-date version of the document. Use this command only if you want to discard the current version but to download and fix the new version;

• "Fix the latest version of the document" - makes the current document version a fixed version so that it will be not overwritten at later browsing. Use this command if you want to fix the current document version that is opened in the browser;

• "Make new versions automatically" - this is a flag related to the current document. When it turned on, Ad Annihilator makes new versions of the current document each time you download it from the Internet. When it turned off, each time you download the current document from the Internet, it overwrites the latest document version. It is recommended to turn on this option for documents for which you want Ad Annihilator to generate multiple document versions automatically;

• "Show all versions" - opens the list of all versions of the current document in the Documents tab of Documents, Organizer and Search window. From there you will be able to access any version of the current document.

For more information on document versioning tasks refer to How to manage document versions? To learn more about document versions see Understanding document versions.

Progress and Statistics

The button opens Progress and Statistics window.

Show banner list

The button opens Banners tab. Use it to inspect which banners and page resources were blocked or not blocked during the current page retrieval and to block or unblock them.

Show cookie list

The button opens Cookies tab. Use it to inspect which cookies were blocked or not blocked during the current page retrieval and to block or unblock them.

Documents, Organizer and Search

The button opens Documents, Organizer and Search window.

Banner, popup and cookie filters

The button opens Banner, popup and cookie filters window.

Show search results

The button opens Search results tab or Resources tab.

Ad Annihilator help

This button opens this help system.