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Description
More detail on this subject is provided in Sec-
tion 6.6, “Defining and saving filters”.
Display Filters... Analyze/Display
Filters...
This item brings up a dialog box that allows you
to create and edit display filters. You can name
filters, and you can save them for future use.
More detail on this subject is provided in Sec-
tion 6.6, “Defining and saving filters”.
Coloring Rules... View/Coloring
Rules...
This item brings up a dialog box that allows you
color packets in the packet list pane according to
filter expressions you choose. It can be very use-
ful for spotting certain types of packets. More de-
tail on this subject is provided in Section 9.3,
“Packet colorization”.
Preferences... Edit/Preferences
This item brings up a dialog box that allows you
to set preferences for many parameters that con-
trol Wireshark. You can also save your prefer-
ences so Wireshark will use them the next time
you start it. More detail is provided in Sec-
tion 9.5, “Preferences”
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Help Help/Contents
This item brings up help dialog box.
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