Internet
Explorer
This is the Main
Menu Bar. It has many sub-menus that control all options, functions, and
commands for the entire Internet Explorer program.
This
is the Toolbar.
It contains all of the most frequently used commands and all
of the browsing functions.
This is the Address Bar.
This displays the exact URL location of the page you are
currently viewing. You can
also type a Web address into this bar and press “Go” to go to that
site. In the address bar is
the “Links” button and the “Customize Links button”.
These buttons will take you to pages at Microsoft’s Main home
site where they have applications and information designed for your easy
use.
Underneath the address bar is
the Main
Browser Window.
It displays all of the information that is located at the Web
site you are looking at. Any
images, movies, animation, links, text, or any other application files
will be shown in this window. The
scroll bars on the right and bottom of this window allows you to
continue viewing the page you are located at even when the page is too
large to fit in your screen.
Explorer Toolbar
The main toolbar has many
different buttons, each with a different function and purpose for
Internet Explorer:
Back Button:
This button will take you back to the last place or document you have
viewed. You can press it many times if you want to go somewhere that you
have been to before.
Forward Button: This button will only go forward if you have already been there but
have used the back button before it.
You can move 1 page at a time like the back button.
Stop Button: This button will stop any type of file from loading.
It will also stop a page that hasn’t finished loading.
Refresh Button: This button will reload the current document that you are viewing.
It is useful if a page has finished loading, but doesn’t have
anything on the document.
Home Button: The home button will take you to the default page that you have
selected. This page will be
the first page to pop up once you open Internet Explorer. You can change the home page by doing the following by
clicking Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, click the General Tab,
and under Home Page type in the site or page that you want.
Search Button: This button will take you to your default Web search page for
Internet Explorer. It will
take you to Microsoft’s default search page if you have not selected a
search page.
Favorites Button: This button opens up the favorites menu. You can choose or add a favorite by clicking Favorites and
then click Add on the top. This
will make the page a Favorite site or page.
History Button: This button will open
the history folder containing all the links to pages that you have
previously visited while browsing the internet.
Mail Button: This button will open into a drop down menu so you can read or send
e-mail. You can also open
up your newsgroups from this menu.
Print Button: This button opens up the Print dialog box.
In the box you can chose to print the contents of the page you
are viewing, how many copies, and how many pages you want.
Edit Button: This button will open a web page editor such as Microsoft FrontPage
or Notepad. If you press
this, it will launch the editor and open the document you are currently
viewing in it for editing.
Searching the Internet
Internet Explorer has
some built-in features that will help to make it easier to browse the
Internet. The fastest way
to get to a place that you can search from is to click on the Search
button on the Internet Explorer main toolbar.
Another option is to use
a Search Engine. It is a
website that indexes, organizes, and allows you to search for
information on other websites.
These
are some of the many search engines:
Tips
for Searching the Internet
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Read search engine help files.
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The more specific your word is, the more targeted your
results will be.
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The word may be too specific: try an easier word related to your first one.
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To search for two or more words on the same page, type the
word AND between the words (example: computers AND instruments)
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To search for either of two, type the word OR between the
terms (ex: orchid OR bromeliad)
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To search for pages that include the first term and not
the second: Type the words AND NOT between the terms (ex: Impala AND NOT
car), put a minus sign before the second term (Impala-car)
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To search for an exact phrase:
Enclose the phrase in quotation marks (“
Verdi
operas”)
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To group parts of your search:
enclose them in parentheses. Ex, type chainsaw AND (rentals OR
repair). This returns pages
with both the words chainsaw and rentals or both the words chainsaw and
repair.
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To search for various forms of a word:
Add an asterisk (*) to the end of the words (ex:
Poet*). This returns pages with the words poet, poets, poetry, and so
on.
