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• Starting Internet Explorer
• Identify screen elements
• Navigating the Internet
• Working with Favorites
• Searching the Internet
• Downloading files
• Printing Web pages

SCREEN BEAN INTRODUCTION — TEXT: Internet Explorer: Software used to browse the World Wide Web

Internet Explorer: Software used to browse the World Wide Web

• A Web browser used to explore the Internet
• Connects to the internet
• Searches for information
• Displays Web pages
• Sends and receives e-mail

• Connecting to the Internet requires
• Installing a modem or network card (NIC) so you can connect to a network
• Establishing an Internet Service Provider (ISP) account that connects to the Internet
• Your school
• ATT
• AOL

Internet on the Start menu

Internet Explorer on All Programs list

Start Button

Favorites menu

Title Bar

Standard

Buttons

toolbar

Address Bar contains Web site address

Tabs

Links

Mouse Pointer

• Home page
• Default for IE6 is MSN Web page
• School’s Web page
• Change it to whatever page you like
• Web page – individual page of information
• Text
• Links
• Pictures
• Web site – group of related Web pages

• Web sites like MSN, AOL, Ebay, and Yahoo provide portals
• Portals are pages that contain links to other sites: weather, news, maps, search engines, etc.
• To set the current page as the home page
• Tools | Internet Options
• General tab
• Use Current button under Home Page

SCREEN BEAN INTRODUCTION — TEXT: URL stands for Uniform Resource Locater

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locater

• Standard Buttons
• Address Bar
• Drop-down list
• Hyperlinks
• History
• Favorites

Forward button

Home button

Back button

Screen tip

• The Address Bar displays the Web address (URL) for the current Web site
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
• http://www.prenticehall.com/catalog/index.html
• http – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• :// - separates the protocol from the rest
• www.prenticehall.com – domain name
• /catalog/index.html – path and page name

• Protocol – a method of communication
• Web sites use http protocol
• http:// doesn’t have to be included in the address
• ftp – File Transfer Protocol – used to upload and download files
• ftp and other protocols must be included in the address

• Have two or more parts
• www is commonly used but not necessary
• Name of the business or organization
• Domain type
• .com – commercial
• .edu – education
• .gov – government
• .org – organization
• Country code – .ca .fr .uk

• Each domain name is assigned an IP address
• IP – Internet Protocol – method that enables a URL to find the domain specified
• The domain name is translated into the IP address
• 206.44.183.67

Extra text is added to the URL to display a specific page

Type URL into Address Bar

Typing causes a drop down list of most recently visited sites to appear. Sites that appear will match what you type.

SCREEN BEAN INTRODUCTION — TEXT: Hyperlinks: Let’s learn all about hyperlinks

Let’s learn all about hyperlinks!

• Hyperlinks access other Web pages or display other sections of the active page
• Text, buttons, pictures, or other objects
• Links to the
• Same page
• Same site
• Different site

Mouse Pointing to World Hyperlink

Underlined text indicates hyperlink

Navigation panes are hyperlinks

Image Toolbar

Picture Hyperlink

Mouse Pointer

History toggle button

Calendar icons

History pane

• History list tracks the most recently-visited sites
• Default setting is last 20 days
• To change History settings
• Tools | Internet Options on the menu bar
• Clear History Button
• Days to keep pages in history

SCREEN BEAN INTRODUCTION — TEXT: Hyperlinks: Have you got a favorite Website?

Have you got a favorite Website?

• Favorites is a customized list of the sites you plan to visit frequently
• Default sites are Microsoft sites
• Manage Favorites
• Delete sites
• Add new sites
• Organize sites in folders

Click Favorites | Add to Favorites

Saves the file to local computer

Name of active Web site

Existing folders

Create a new folder

Click Favorite Menu

Click new item in list

Favorites toggle button

Add button

Favorites Pane

1. Display Organize Favorites

2. Select an item from the list

3. Delete the item

SCREEN BEAN INTRODUCTION — TEXT: Hyperlinks: Google, Excite, Alta Vista, Many More

Google

Excite

Alta Vista

Many More

• Search engines – programs that search the Internet for sites containing specific text
• Search for “computer training” including the quotes will look for the phrase
• Without the quotes it searches for two words finding many more matches

Search Companion toggle button

Search Companion pane

Type in the search topic

Change the options (figure, etc.)

Search Companion figure

• Save files to local computer so they are available when not connected to the Internet
• Web pages are saved as hypertext markup language (.html .htm) files
• IE6 creates a new folder to save page, graphics etc.
• Add to Favorites - saves the page when the option “Make the page available offline” is selected

1. Menu bar clickFile | Save As

Active folder

A message box will display if the page has settings that prevent it from downloading

Default file name

A Web page is saved as an html file

SCREEN BEAN INTRODUCTION — TEXT: How do you print a web page? Let’s take a look!

How do you print a web page? Let’s take a look!

• Web pages contain elements
• Pictures, Navigation panes, Links, Frames, Text
• All elements displayed will print unless a specific element is selected
• Options
• Print pages that link to the active page
• Print a table of pages linked to the Web page

Another way – use the print button

1. Click File | Print on Menu bar

3. Select number of copies

2. Select Print Range options

4. Click Print

Options Tab

Chose an option

Click Print

Click File | Close on menu bar

Click the Close button

In this lesson you learned how to:

• Start Internet Explorer
• Navigate using buttons and address bar
• Navigate using History
• Work with Favorites
• Search for Web sites
• Download Web pages
• Print Web pages