Microsoft Windows XP Illustrated Introductory

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Microsoft Windows XP Illustrated Introductory
Exploring

• The Internet with Microsoft Internet Explorer

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Unit Introduction

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is a software
  program that helps access information on the
  Internet
• You need to connect to the Internet in order to
  view content online

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Understanding the Internet and Web Browsers

• The Internet is a global collection of over 40
  million computers linked together to share
  information
• The physical structure includes phone lines,
  cables, satellites, and more

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Understanding the Internet and Web Browsers
(cont.)

• The World Wide Web (Web or WWW) is a part of the
  Internet that consists of Web sites around the
  world
• A Web site contains Web pages linked together to
  make searching for information easier
• Web pages are documents that contain highlighted
  words, phrases, and graphics, called hyperlinks
  (or links) that open other Web pages when you
  click them
• Web browsers are software that you use to access
  and display Web pages, or browse or surf the
  Web

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Understanding the Internet and Web Browsers
(cont.)

• Internet Explorer allows you to
• Display Web pages from all over the world on your
  desktop
• Use links to move between Web sites
• Play audio and video clips
• Search the Web for information
• Make Web pages available offline
• Print a Web page

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Understanding the Internet and Web Browsers
(cont.)

• The structure of the Internet

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The History of the Internet and the World Wide
Web

• The Internet was started through the Advanced
  Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET),
  started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1969
• In 1986, the National Science Foundation founded
  NSFNET, which expanded the foundation of the U.S.
  portion of the Internet with high-speed,
  long-distance data lines
• In 1991, the U.S. Congress expanded the capacity
  and speed of the Internet, and opened it to
  commercial use

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The History of the Internet and the World Wide
Web (cont.)

• The Internet is accessible by over 300 countries
• The World Wide Web was developed in 1991 in
  Switzerland
• The first Web browser, Mosaic, was introduced at
  the University of Illinois in 1993

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Connecting to the Internet

• Types of Internet connections include
• Broadband connections that are always turned on
  and connected, such as
• Digital connections such as ISDN (Integrated
  Services Digital Network) or DSL (Digital
  Subscriber) lines
• Cable modems, which use cable television lines
• Phone lines
• An Internet Service Provider (ISP) will set up
  your Internet account
• You pay a fee for this service
• You will need an Internet account and connection
  information from your ISP

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Connecting to the Internet (cont.)
Phone jack connected to the wall
Modem inside your computer
Computers and networks on the Internet
Phone lines connect your computer to your ISPs
server
Your ISP maintains a server directly connected to
the Internet
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Connecting to the Internet (cont.)

• To use the New Connection Wizard to set up
  Internet service
• Click the Start button on the taskbar, point to
  All Programs, point to Accessories, point to
  Communications, then click New Connection Wizard
• Step through the wizard, selecting the
  appropriate options to set up your connection
  including
• Modem or connection type Manually or
  automatically
• ISP information
• Username and password

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Sharing an Internet Connection

• Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) can connect
  computers in a home or small office network
• Uses one Internet connection to save money
• To enable ICS, use the Network Setup Wizard

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Starting Internet Explorer

• Internet Explorer is a Web browser used to search
  for, print and view Internet content
• You can start Internet Explorer using
• The Start menu
• An icon on the desktop
• The Quick Launch toolbar if available
• You might need to connect to the Internet in
  order to use Internet Explorer

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Starting Internet Explorer (cont.)

• Elements of the Internet Explorer
• window include

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Opening a Web Page and Following Links

• You can open a Web page by entering a Web address
  in the Address bar
• A Web address is a unique place on the Internet
• A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is another term
  for Web address
• Downloading is the process of opening a Web page
  on the screen
• You can stop a Web page while it is downloading
  if it takes too long
• The mouse pointer changes to a hand when you
  position it over a link

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Opening a Web Page and Following Links (cont.)

• Web pages connect to each other through links
  that you can follow to obtain more information

Graphic link click to jump to InfoZone Web page
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Opening a Web Page and Following Links (cont.)

• To open a Web page
• Click in the Address bar, type the URL, then
  press Enter
• Locate a link to jump to, move the mouse pointer
  over the link, then click it

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Understanding a Web Address

• Each Web page has a unique URL composed of four
  parts
• Protocol, a set of rules that allows computers to
  exchange information
• Protocols are followed by a colon, two slashes,
  location of the Web site, a dot, and a suffix
• Folders on a site are denoted by a backslash,
  followed by the folder name
• http//www.course.com/illustrated/wired/main.htm

Folder and subfolder
Protocol
Web site location and suffix
Document on the Web page and suffix
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Adding a Web Page to the Favorites List

• A Favorites list can store and organize Web
  addresses
• To use a Favorites list
• Locate the Web site
• Click Favorites on the menu bar, then click Add
  to Favorites
• In the Name text box, type the name of the link
• Click the Favorites button on the toolbar to
  display the Favorites list

Favorites list
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Organizing Favorites

• To delete favorites or move them into folders
• Click Favorites on the menu bar, then click
  Organize Favorites
• In the Organize Favorites dialog box, select a
  file from the Favorites list, then click the
  Delete button or the Move to Folder button
• To add a new folder, click the Create Folder
  button, type the new folder name, then press
  Enter

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Making a Web Page Available Offline

• When you make a Web page available offline, you
  can read its content when your computer isnt
  connected to the Internet or network
• It saves, or synchronizes, the latest version of
  your Web page on your hard disk for offline
  viewing
• You can specify how much content and how to
  update the content

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Making a Web Page Available Offline (cont.)

• To save a Web page
• Click Favorites on the menu bar, then click
  Organize Favorites
• In the Favorites list, click the URL of the Web
  page to synchronize
• In the Organize Favorites dialog box, click the
  Make available offline check box to select it,
  then click Close
• The Synchronizing dialog box opens, then closes
  when its done

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Making a Web Page Available Offline (cont.)

• To synchronize the Web page
• Click Tools on the menu bar, then click
  Synchronize
• In the Items to Synchronize dialog box, click the
  URL if necessary, then click Synchronize

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Saving a Web Page and a Web Graphic

• To view a Web page offline whose contents you
  dont want to update, such as a published article
  whose contents wont change
• Display the Web page in Internet Explorer
• Click File on the menu bar, then click Save As
• In the Save Web Page dialog box, specify the
  location to save the file, type the file name,
  click the file format type, then click Save
• To save a graphic, right-click the graphic, then
  click Save Picture As on the shortcut menu

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Changing Your Home Page and Adding a Link Button

• Your home page in Internet Explorer is the page
  that opens when you start it
• You can choose any page on the Internet, or a
  file on your hard drive.
• The Links bar, located to the right of the
  Address bar, provides easy access buttons to
  display Web pages
• You can add to or remove links from the Links bar

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Changing Your Home Page and Adding a Link Button
(cont.)

• To change your home page
• Navigate to the site you want to become your new
  home page
• Click Tools on the menu bar, then click Internet
  Options
• In the Internet Options dialog box, click Use
  Current, then click OK

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Changing Your Home Page and Adding a Link Button
(cont.)

• Internet Options dialog box tabs

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Changing Your Home Page and Adding a Link Button
(cont.)

• To add a Link button
• Double-click the word Links on the Links bar
• Place the mouse pointer over a link, click the
  left mouse button, then drag the link to the
  Links bar

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Viewing and Maintaining a History List

• The History feature keeps track of where youve
  been by date, site, most visited, or order
  visited today
• To view the History list
• Click the History button on the toolbar
• Click a day or week in the Explorer Bar to expand
  the list of Web sites visited

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Searching the Web

• The best way to find information on the Web is to
  use a search engine
• A search engine is a program you access through a
  Web site
• Many search engines are available on the Web
  site, such as MSN, AOL, and Excite
• When performing a search, the search engine
  compares the words or phrases you submit that are
  a description of what you want to retrieve, known
  as keywords
• If your keywords are found, it lists the matched
  sites, called hits, on a Web page

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Searching the Web (cont.)
Type search criteria here

• To search for information
• Click the Search button on the toolbar
• The Search Companion appears in the Explorer Bar
• In the text box, type the search criteria
• Click Search in the Search Companion
• Click a link to a Web site in the list of matches

Click button to retrieve Web site matches
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Searching the Web (cont.)

• Techniques to narrow a search

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Previewing and Printing a Web Page

• Before you print, you should verify that the page
  looks the way you want with Print Preview
• Internet Explorer has many ways to print a Web
  page
• With some frames, all frames, or only certain
  frames

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Previewing and Printing a Web Page (cont.)
Web page in Print Preview

• To preview and print a Web page
• Click File on the menu bar, then click Print
  Preview
• Click the Print button on the Print Preview
  toolbar
• Click the appropriate options in the Print dialog
  box, then click Print

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Setting Up the Page Format

• Using the Page Setup dialog box, you can control
  the printing of text and graphics, including
• Specify the printer properties for page size,
  orientation, and paper source
• Change header and footer information