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To make the text on Web pages
larger or smaller, click the View menu, and then click Text
Size. Press F5 to refresh the screen.
To quickly save a Web page
to your Favourites list, press CTRL+D.
You can send a Web page in
e-mail by clicking the File menu, pointing to Send,
and then clicking Page By Email.
Web pictures and backgrounds
make great desktop wallpaper. Just right-click the picture you
want, and then click Set as Wallpaper.
To scroll toward the beginning
of a document, press the UP ARROW.
To scroll toward the beginning
of a document in large increments, press PAGE UP.
To back up to previous pages
quickly, you can click the small down arrow to the right of the Back button.
To adjust the amount of hard
disk space to use for temporary Internet files, click the Tools menu,
click Internet Options, and then click Settings.
You can make sure the Web page
you are viewing contains the latest information by pressing F5
to refresh it.
Internet Explorer saves you
time and keystrokes by finishing frequently typed URL's for you.
To move forward between frames,
press CTRL+TAB.
To move back between frames,
press SHIFT+CTRL+TAB.
You can type a word in the
Address bar and press CTRL+ENTER to automatically add http://www.
and .com on either side of the word.
If your e-mail program is
Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, you can drag an Internet
shortcut into an e-mail message.
You can rearrange your Favourites
list or menu by dragging and dropping.
To print the current page
or active frame, press CTRL+P.
If you want to know which
actions you can perform on a favourite link, right-click the link
on the Favourites menu.
To print a document, you can
drag an Internet shortcut to a printer icon on your desktop.
You can keep your most frequently
visited Web pages only a single click away by dragging a shortcut
to the page onto the Links bar.
To scroll toward the end of
a document, press the DOWN ARROW.
To scroll toward the end of
a document in large increments, press PAGE DOWN.
You can type the friendly
name of a favourite page in the Address bar, then select the page
name in the Auto Complete list that appears.
To display the Links bar,
a handy place to keep your favourite Web sites, click the View menu,
point to Toolbars, and then click Links.
To quickly print just one
frame of a Web page, right-click inside the frame, and then click Print.
You can print a table of all
the links associated with a Web page. In the Print dialog box,
click Print table of links.
Clicking the Search button
displays a search service on the left side of your screen and a
Web page on the right.
To move backward or forward
within the Search bar, right-click within the Search bar, and then
click Back or Forward on the menu that appears.
To search from the Address
bar, type go, find, or ? followed by a word
or phrase, and then press ENTER.
You can mark favourites or
Links bar items for offline reading by right-clicking an item and
then clicking Make available offline.
You can specify whether to
accept "cookies" on your computer for each security zone.
For more information, look up "cookies" in the Help Index.
You can rearrange shortcuts
on the Links bar by dragging and dropping them.
To change the colour of links
on Web pages, click the Tools menu, click Internet Options,
and then click the Colours button.
To open a new Internet Explorer
window, press CTRL+N.
You can print all documents
that are linked to a specific Web page. In the Print dialog box,
click Print all linked documents.
To rename an item on the Favourites
list or on the Links bar, right-click the item, and then click Rename.
You can drag your toolbar,
Links bar, and Address bar anywhere you want them. You can even
combine them to save space.
For more information about
Internet Explorer features, click the Help menu and then
click Contents and Index.
To see the names of the buttons
on the toolbar, click the View menu, point to Toolbars,
click Customize, and then click Show Text.
To stop downloading a page,
press ESC.
To change your home page to
the page you have open, click the Tools menu, click Internet
Options, and then click Use Current.
To gain space on your hard
disk by deleting temporary files, click the Tools menu,
click Internet Options, and then click Delete Files.
You can add folders to your
Favourites list by clicking the Favourites menu and then
clicking Organize
Favourites
You can remove a shortcut
from your Favourites or Links list or menu by right-clicking it
and then clicking Delete.
To turn off the underlines
in Web page links, click the Tools menu, click Internet
Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
To change a favourite site's
offline properties, right-click the item on your Favourites list,
and then click Properties.
To screen which Web sites
can appear on your computer, click the Tools menu, click Internet
Options, click the Content tab, and then click Enable.
To go to the next page, press
ALT+RIGHT ARROW.
To go to the previous page,
press ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE.
You can see a list of Web
sites you have visited recently by clicking the History button
on the toolbar.
You can move your cursor into
the Address bar by pressing ALT+D.
You can tell if the Web site
you're on is secure; a lock icon appears on the status bar. For
more information, double-click the icon.
You can add and remove buttons
on the toolbar by right-clicking the toolbar and then clicking Customize.
You can save a Web page for
offline reading by clicking the File menu and then clicking Save
As.
Instead of clicking the Back button,
you can press the BACKSPACE key to move back a page.
You can switch between a regular-sized
Internet Explorer window and full-screen mode by pressing F11.
To save a page or picture
without opening it, right-click the link for the item you want,
and then click Save Target As.
You can get e-mail when a
Web site changes. First make the site available for reading offline,
then change its Download tab properties.
To make Web pages load faster,
click the Tools menu, click Internet Options, click
the Advanced tab, then turn off sounds and pictures.
When you add a Web page to
your Favourites list, you can also make it available to read when
you're not connected to the Internet.
To move to the beginning of
a document, press the HOME key.
To move to the end of a document,
press END.
To see a list of all Internet
addresses you have typed during this session, click the small down
arrow at the right end of the Address bar.
You can set a different level
of security for each Web site. On the Tools menu, click Internet
Options, and then click the Security tab.
To search for a word or phrase
on a Web page, press CTRL+F to open the Find dialog box.
You can close the current
window by pressing CTRL+W.
To display a list of the Internet
addresses you have typed in the Address bar, press F4.
In the Address bar, you can
quickly move the cursor back between parts of the address by pressing
CTRL+LEFT ARROW.
In the Address bar, you can
quickly move the cursor forward between parts of the address by
pressing CTRL+RIGHT ARROW.
If you use Netscape, you can
learn about differences in Internet Explorer by clicking the Help menu
and then clicking For Netscape Users.
To go to a new location, press
CTRL+O.
You can install more Internet
Explorer components by clicking the Tools menu and then
clicking Windows Update.
If you want to learn more
about using the World Wide Web, click the Help menu and
then click Tour.
You can quickly put a shortcut
to any Web page on your desktop by right-clicking in the page and
then clicking Create Shortcut.
To see how any Web page was
coded, right-click in the page, and then click View Source.
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