Preference problem in Safari

I want to cahnge my home page. Help says to go safari>preferences>general BUT .... when I go to preferences I just get the bookmarks option window.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
AT

alex --
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
You need to opoen that preference page, and then click on the little oval grayish button on the top right hand corner. Somehow that got click when you last visited the bookmarks page.
You're other options should now appear.

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