A simple change to settings file can add more websites to the Opera Speeddial page, the page of nine shortcuts that appears whenever a new tab is opened.

First find the folder where Opera keeps its settings file. Type about Opera and make a note of the folder in the Preferences row. It is most likely to be in C:\Documents and Settings\ YourUserName\ Application Data \Opera \Opera \profiLe.

Click on the File menu and then Close to close Opera then open the file speeddial.ini in the preferences folder. Either use Notepad or a more advanced editor, such as Notepad++.

Move the cursor down to the forth line and type' [Size]', enter, 'Rows=5', enter, 'Columns=5' and then enter again.