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Before you even touch the overview itself, however, you should organize the rest of your interface. EVE is a game of communication and numbers - your screen layout should reﬂect this.

#Undock and ﬁnd a safe place to sit. You will be sitting out in space for around half an hour. ~~The POS in Aldrat~~ is a good place to do this ~~- ask another player in corp chat if you don’t know where it is~~. '''Alternatively, do this on an alternate character on the same account.''' The changes will carry across to all characters ''on that account on the same computer''. This is required for characters in E-UNI during wartime.

#Undock and ﬁnd a safe place to sit. You will be sitting out in space for around half an hour. Immediately outside of a dockable station and away from the station exit is a good place to do this. '''Alternatively, do this on an alternate character on the same account.''' The changes will carry across to all characters ''on that account on the same computer''. This is required for characters in E-UNI during wartime.

#You can also set up the overview settings without undocking from station, if you set up a shortcut key to access the overview, as shown here: [[Image:Overviewwhiledocked2.png]]

#Click the fleet button (on the Neocom panel), click the lines at the top left of the fleet window, and then click '''Form Fleet'''. You will see that you are now in a Fleet. You may need to reposition and resize the fleet window during fleet ops; sometimes you need it small and out of the way, other times you need to expand it to find pilots in the list.

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 Before you even touch the overview itself, however, you should organize the rest of your interface. EVE is a game of communication and numbers - your screen layout should reﬂect this.
-#Undock and ﬁnd a safe place to sit. You will be sitting out in space for around half an hour. The POS in Aldrat is a good place to do this - ask another player in corp chat if you don’t know where it is. '''Alternatively, do this on an alternate character on the same account.''' The changes will carry across to all characters ''on that account on the same computer''. <font color="red">This is required for characters in E-UNI during wartime.&nbsp;</font>
+#Undock and ﬁnd a safe place to sit. You will be sitting out in space for around half an hour. Immediately outside of a dockable station and away from the station exit is a good place to do this. '''Alternatively, do this on an alternate character on the same account.''' The changes will carry across to all characters ''on that account on the same computer''. <font color="red">This is required for characters in E-UNI during wartime.&nbsp;</font>
 #<font color="red"></font>You can also set up the overview settings without undocking from station, if you set up a shortcut key to access the overview, as shown here:<br> [[Image:Overviewwhiledocked2.png]]
 #Click the fleet button (on the Neocom panel), click the lines at the top left of the fleet window, and then click '''Form Fleet'''. You will see that you are now in a Fleet. You may need to reposition and resize the fleet window during fleet ops; sometimes you need it small and out of the way, other times you need to expand it to find pilots in the list.