Browser and Email Basics

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Browser and E-mail Basics

• Tutorial 1

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Learn about Web browser software and Web pages

• The Web is a collection of files that reside on
  computers, called Web servers.
• Web servers are connected to each other through
  the Internet
• The software you use to connect your computer to
  the Web server is your Web browser.
• Common Web browsers are Netscape Navigator and
  Internet Explorer
• These browsers use a standard Graphical User
  Interface design

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The Microsoft Internet Explorer window
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Computers and the Internet
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Learn about Web addresses and URLs

• Each computer on the Internet has an unique
  identification number, called an IP (Internet
  Protocol) address.
• The IP addressing system currently in use on the
  Internet uses a four-part number.
• Each part of the address is a number ranging from
  0 to 255, and each part is separated from the
  previous part by a period, for example
  106.29.242.17.
• Although each computer connected to the Internet
  has a unique IP address, most Web browsers use
  domain name addressing to locate Web sites and
  pages.

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Commonly used domain names
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Identify the parts of a URL
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Anchor tags are used to define hyperlinks

• Text files on Web servers are coded with HTML
  formatting tags that enable your browser to read
  text.
• The tag that gives HTML its power, however, is
  the anchor tag.
• Each anchor tag used in an HTML document, or Web
  page, creates a hypertext link or hypermedia link
  to other HTML documents or to other media.
• These links are a different color than other text
  on the page, and are sometimes underlined. When
  you click the link, you connect to another Web
  page.

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Identify a hyperlink on a Web page
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Hyperlinks and Web pages
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Save and organize Web addresses

• Use Internet Explorer's Favorites list to store
  and organize a list of Web pages that you have
  visited so you can return to them easily.
• The Favorites button on the Standard Buttons
  toolbar opens the Add Favorite dialog box.
• Use the Favorites list to open URLs you have
  stored as favorites.
• Create folders to organize your favorites in the
  way that best suits your needs and working style.
  
• Organize your folders in a hierarchical structure
  using the Organize button on the Favorites
  Explorer Bar.

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Favorite Web sites can be saved and organized
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Printing a Web Page

• Make sure the page you want to print is displayed
  in the browser window.
• Select Print from the File menu to open the Print
  dialog box.
• Ready the printer and click the Print button.

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Saving a Web Page

• You can save a Web page by clicking the Save As
  option in the File menu.
• Options for saving a Web page
• Web Page, complete
• HTML code
• Web page text

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Saving a Web Page
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Saving a Web Page Graphic

• Open the Web page containing the graphic you wish
  to display.
• Right-click the graphic and select Save Picture
  As from the shortcut menu.
• Navigate to where you want to save the picture,
  save the filename if necessary, and click the
  Save button.

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Saving a Web Page Graphic
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Learn about e-mail and e-mail software

• E-mail, or electronic mail, is an efficient way
  to exchange messages with others on a network.
• This network may be small and self-contained,
  such as within an office, or as large as the
  Internet.
• E-mail messages can go to only one recipient or
  to dozens of recipients at once.
• When you send a message, it travels through the
  network to an e-mail server.
• The e-mail server stores messages until the
  recipient(s) request them.

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How E-mail works
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E-mail address components

• You may have an e-mail account through a business
  network or you may create an e-mail account with
  a service that provides Internet access.
• An e-mail address consists of
• A user name or login ID
• The at symbol (_at_)
• The name of the e-mail server

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Send and receive e-mail using Microsoft Outlook
Express

• To access your e-mail account you also need an
  e-mail program, which is also called e-mail
  client software.
• You use the e-mail program to open, print,
  delete, reply to, forward, and save mail from
  your e-mail server.
• One such program is Microsoft's Outlook Express,
  which installs as part of Internet Explorer.
• Outlook Express can be accessed through the Start
  menu on the All Programs submenu.

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Microsoft Outlook Express
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Send and receive e-mail

• To send an e-mail message
• Press the New Mail button on the Outlook Express
  toolbar
• Type in the e-mail addresses of the recipient
• Type your subject matter
• Type your message and then click the Send button
• To retrieve mail that has been sent to you
• Click the Send/Recv button on the toolbar
• Outlook Express will contact your e-mail server
  and download your e-mail messages
• To reply to a message
• Click the Reply button
• The recipient address and the subject matter are
  automatically filled in
• When you have completed typing your reply, click
  the Send button

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The Outlook Express New Message dialog box
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Reply to an e-mail message
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Adding contacts to the Address Book

• You can use the Address Book to keep track of all
  the people and organizations with which you
  correspond electronically.
• You not only can store the e-mail addresses for
  your contacts, but also all other related
  information.
• Click the Addresses button on the toolbar to open
  the Address Book, and then select New Contact
  from the New button on the toolbar.

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Adding contacts to the Address Book
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Attaching a file to a message

• To attach a file to a message, first create a new
  message and click the Attach button on the
  toolbar.
• Browse for and select the file you wish to attach
  to the message.
• After selecting the file, complete your message
  and click the Send button.

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Message with file attached
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Receiving a message with an attachment