Windows Internet Explorer 7-Illustrated Essentials Unit A – Getting Started with Internet Explorer 7

Objectives Understand Web browsing Start Windows Internet Explorer 7 Explore the program window Find and navigate a Web site Navigate to previously visited Web pages Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Objectives Use tabbed browsing Save a Web page Print a Web page Get Help Close tabs and exit Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Understanding Web Browsing Internet connects computers all over the world World Wide Web (WWW or Web) a subset of the Internet composed of files in a special format that allows them to be connected to each other Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Understanding Web Browsing Web page specially formatted file designed for use on the Web can include text, graphics, ways to connect to other Web pages, and audio and video clips Web site collection of related Web pages stored on a Web server Web server computer or a network of computers that stores Web pages and makes them available on the Web Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Understanding Web Browsing Web browser (browser) software that allows you to navigate to, open, view, and interact with files on the Web. Internet Explorer is a popular Web browser that comes installed with Windows. Home page main page around which a Web site is built Browsing or surfing the Web using a browser to look for and view Web pages Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Understanding Web Browsing URL (Uniform Resource Locator) the address of a Web page when you type a URL into a browser, the browser looks all over the Web to find the page at the address you typed the URL of a page on the Library of Congress Web site is shown on the next slide Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Anatomy of a URL Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials an agreed-upon standard, and HTTP is the protocol that all computers on the Web use to communicate with each other filename of the current Web page follows the last slash identifies the Web server on which the Web site is stored. It consists of the name of the Web server and a top-level domain specifies the exact location and filename of the Web page on the Web server; folder names are separated by forward slashes Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Common Top-Level Domains Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Understanding Web Browsing Searching the Internet keywords words or phrases that you type in a search engine search provider Web site that retrieves the URLs of Web pages that contain the keywords you entered also called a search engine Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Starting Windows Internet Explorer 7 To begin using Internet Explorer (sometimes abbreviated as IE), you simply click its name on the Start menu. The exact location and name of the menu item might vary on different computers. Click the Start button, then click Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Starting Windows Internet Explorer 7 Load a Web page the browser communicates with the Web server and downloads a copy of the Web page from the server to your computer Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Starting Windows Internet Explorer 7 Start button Internet Explorer on the Quick Launch toolbar Internet Explorer on the Start menu Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Exploring the Program Window Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Exploring the Program Window Address bar—shows the complete URL of the Web page currently open in the browser window Navigation buttons Back button displays the page you viewed immediately prior to the current page in the browser window Forward button displays the next page in the series of pages you have viewed Recent Pages list arrow opens a menu with a list of the nine most recently viewed Web pages during the current session Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Exploring the Program Window Instant Search box allows you to search for Web pages all over the WWW using your default search provider type keywords, then click the Search button click the Search button list arrow to change your default search provider or to add Web sites as alternative search providers Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Exploring the Program Window Tab row contains tabs and buttons for dealing with tabs pages currently open in the browser window appear on tabs the small tab to the right of the open tabs is the New Tab button Command bar contains buttons that you can click to execute common commands to see any buttons on the Command bar that are not visible, click the Toolbar Options button Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Exploring the Program Window Browser window—the area in which the Web page appears Status bar—displays information about the current operation Change Zoom Level button—allows you to change the size of the Web pages displayed in the window Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Changing the Start Page Click the Home button list arrow on the Command bar Click Add or Change Home Page to open the Add or Change Home Page dialog box Choose the currently displayed page as the new start page or have it open in a second tab along with the current start page To set a blank page as the start page, click , point to Remove, click Remove All, then click Yes Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Finding and Navigating a Web Site To load a specific Web page type the URL of the Web page in the Address bar click the Go button or press [Enter] type just the domain name to load the home page of a Web site Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Link Text or a graphic formatted so that when you click it, another Web page loads in the browser window, you jump to another location on the same Web page, or you open a document stored on your computer or on a Web server Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Link, cont. When you move the pointer on top of a link, the pointer changes to Text links are usually formatted in a different color than the rest of the text and are either underlined or become underlined when you move the pointer over them To determine if a graphic is a link, point to it to see if the pointer changes to Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Finding and Navigating a Web Site Pointing to a link Home button Pointer positioned over a link URL of link being pointed to Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Finding and Navigating a Web Site Click in the Address bar to highlight the current URL Type a new URL to replaced the selected URL The Refresh button changes to the Go button as soon as you start typing After you click or press [Enter], the URL changes to include http:// and the Web page loads in the browser window Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Finding and Navigating a Web Site As the new page loads, the left end of the status bar displays information about the status of the current operation. Progress bar center of the status bar fills with green to show the status of the loading Web page disappears when the Web page has finished loading Page title appears in the browser window title bar and on the tab Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Navigating to Previously Visited Web Pages History a list of the pages you opened and the order in which you viewed them use the navigation buttons next to the Address bar to move back and forward among the pages you viewed during your current Internet Explorer session open the History section of the Favorites Center to see a list of all the pages viewed in the recent past Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Navigating to Previously Visited Web Pages Favorites Center a pane on the left of the browser window open it to display various information, including the history list History list in the Favorites Center Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Navigating to Previously Visited Web Pages Click in the Address bar, then type a letter or several characters the URLs of Web pages previously visited whose domain names begin with the letter(s) you typed appear in a drop-down list below the Address bar to open the complete list of previously typed URLs and all recently opened files, click the Address bar list arrow Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Navigating to Previously Visited Web Pages Drop-down list of previously visited Web pages Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Using Tabbed Browsing Tabbed browsing allows you to open multiple Web pages in the browser window To open a new Web page without closing the current page, you open a new tab and load the new Web page in that tab. Active tab—the tab that is on top Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Using Tabbed Browsing To open a new tab point to the New Tab button to the right of the active tab so that the New Tab icon appears on it Click Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Using Tabbed Browsing Quick Tabs button appears when more than one tab is open click it to display thumbnail images depicting each of the open tabs click a thumbnail image to make that tab the current tab Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Using Tabbed Browsing Tab list arrow appears when more than one tab is open click it to display a list of currently open tabs click the name of a tab in the list to make that tab the active tab Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Using Tabbed Browsing Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Tabbed Browsing Settings dialog box Changing tab settings Click the Tools button on the Command bar, then click Internet Options. The Internet Options dialog box opens with the General tab on top. Click Settings in the Tabs section of the dialog box. The Tabbed Browsing Settings dialog box opens. Tabbed Browsing Settings dialog box Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Saving a Web Page Click the Page button on the Command bar, then click Save As. The Save Webpage dialog box opens. Click the Save as type list arrow. Four file types are listed on the drop-down list. Click a file type, type a file name, then click Save. Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

File Types available in the Save as type list Saving a Web Page File Types available in the Save as type list Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Sending a Web page as an e-mail message or as a link To send a Web page as the body of an e-mail message Click the Page button on the Command bar Click Send Page by E-mail To send the URL of a Web page as a link in an e-mail message Click Send Link by E-mail Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Printing a Web Page Print Preview shows you how the current Web page will look when it is printed. Because Web pages are not designed to necessarily fit on a piece of paper, it is always a good idea to preview one before you print it. Click the Print button arrow on the Command bar, then click Print Preview. Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Printing a Web Page Print Preview window Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Buttons on the toolbar in Print Preview Printing a Web Page Buttons on the toolbar in Print Preview Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Printing a Web Page You can adjust the content of a Web page to fit on the paper Click the View Full Page button on the toolbar Click the Change Print Size button default is Shrink To Fit, which shrinks the content to fit on a page click 100% to print the page it at its normal size Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Printing a Web Page You can change the orientation (the direction of the paper) Click Preferences to open the Printing Preferences dialog box opens This dialog box changes depending on the printer attached to your computer. Usually, you can choose to print the Web page in Draft mode, which uses less ink, or to switch between color and black and white. Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Printing a graphic on a Web page You can print only an image on a Web page. Right-click the graphic. Click Print Picture on the shortcut menu. The Print dialog box opens. Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Getting Help Click the Toolbar Options button at the right edge of the Command bar Click Help Click Contents and Index Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Windows Vista Help and Support window Getting Help Browse Help button Ask button Search Help text box Windows Vista Help and Support window Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Description of Help buttons in Windows Vista Help and Support window Getting Help Description of Help buttons in Windows Vista Help and Support window Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Closing Tabs and Exiting Internet Explorer To close the browser window, click the Close button on the Internet Explorer title bar If multiple tabs are open, a dialog box opens warning you that you are about to close more than one tab. To close a tab click the Close Tab button on the active tab, or right-click a tab, then click Close on the shortcut menu To close all the tabs except the active tab right-click the active tab click Close Other Tabs on the shortcut menu Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Closing Tabs and Exiting Internet Explorer Using the Close Tab button Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Summary You learned how to Start Windows Internet Explorer 7 You learned to identify the parts of the program window You learned how to go to specific Web sites and click links to jump to other Web pages You learned how to go back to pages you already visited Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials

Summary You learned how to open new Web pages in new tabs and how to switch among open tabs You learned how to save and print a Web page You learned how to access the Help system You learned how to close individual tabs and how to exit Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials