with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall1 PowerPoint Presentation to Accompany GO! with Microsoft ® Office 2007 Introductory Chapter 3 Getting Started with Internet Explorer 7.0

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall2 Objectives Start Internet Explorer 7.0 and Identify Screen Elements –Navigate the Internet –Create and Manage Favorites –Search the Internet –Save and Print Web Pages

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall3 Start Internet Explorer 7.0 and Identify Screen Elements Quicklaunch

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall4 Start Internet Explorer 7.0 and Identify Screen Elements When you start up IE, you are greeted with your home page. The default is an MSN site. You can (and probably should) change the home page that opens.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall5 Navigate the Internet Internet Explorer provides commands accessible from the toolbar: –History list identifies which Web sites are visited. –Address bar is used to navigate the Web. Performing Commands Using the Toolbar –Back button returns to last visited page (Alt+left arrow). –Forward button becomes available once the Back button has been used (Alt+right arrow).

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall6 Navigate the Internet A ScreenTip –identifies the action performed by clicking on something. Can include the web site that you will go to by clicking a link, or just the function of a button. Sometimes called a tool tip. Stop/Refresh –Stop loading a web page (you don’t want to go there anymore –Reload a web page (did not load right)

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall7 Navigate the Internet

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall8 Navigate the Internet Part of the Web Address Description http The abbreviation of Hypertext Transfer Protocol—the standard protocol for retrieving Web sites. Another protocol is ftp, or File Transfer Protocol. A protocol is a set of rules for transferring data over the Internet. :// Three characters identified by Internet creators for separating the protocol from the rest of the Web address. These particular three characters were identified because they had never appeared together in computer programs and other computer-related contexts. The domain name. In this case, the domain name includes the abbreviation for World Wide Web (www), the name of the organization, and the domain type—.gov stands for government. Not all domain names start with www, but many do. Other domain types include.com (commercial),.edu (education),.org (organization),.net (network),.mil (military), and.mus (music). Most countries have their own domain types such as.ca for Canada and.fr for France,.eg for Egypt etc.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall9 Navigate the Internet Things you find on web pages: Animated banners are a series of rotating or changing text and images embedded within the Web page. Some are made as GIF pictures, and others are Flash animations

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall10 Navigate the Internet Hyperlinks are text, buttons, pictures, or other objects displayed on Web pages that, when clicked, access other Web pages or display other sections of the active page. Linked Web pages can be pages within the same Web site or Web pages on sites of other companies, schools, or organizations.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall11 Navigate the Internet Pop-ups are distracting windows that display on the screen without being requested. Many Web users use a Pop-Up Blocker to stop these windows from displaying.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall12 Navigate the Internet The Internet Explorer History feature tracks recently visited Web pages and sites. –The History list can be displayed by using the Favorites Center button and then selecting a site that was recently visited. –By default, Internet Explorer tracks sites visited in the last 20 days.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall13 Navigate the Internet

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall14 Navigate the Internet The Internet Explorer Favorites feature lets you save your favorite web sites to quickly visit later. –Also in the Favorites Center. –You can organize your favorites in folders

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall15 Create and Manage Favorites

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall16 Create and Manage Favorites

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall17 Search the Internet There are several Web sites with search capabilities called search engines, programs that search for keywords in files and documents or other Web sites found on the Internet. IE includes an Instant Search box that connects to a default search engine (Windows Live) and easily enables additional engines to be added.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall18 Search the Internet

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall19 Search the Internet Sponsored links are sites that pay to be displayed as results at a search engine site. –Generally commercial sites, so they stand to gain from increasing traffic to their Web site –Frequently placed near the top or on the right side of the search engine results page so they are easily seen and clicked

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall20 Search the Internet

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall21 Save and Print Web Pages Saving a copy of a Web page (or parts of one) on your computer or storage device is referred to as downloading. –Be aware of widespread threat of computer viruses. –Be aware not to violate copyright-protected Web materials.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall22 Save and Print Web Pages

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall23 Save and Print Web Pages In Save in box, note the location. In File name box, provide an identifiable file name that will be easy to locate. In the Save as Type box, note the type of file. Download and save the file on your computer before trying to use it.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall24 Save and Print Web Pages Most of the options contained in the Print dialog box in Internet Explorer are the same as those seen in the Print dialog box for other programs. The Print dialog box in Internet Explorer contains options that enable you to print pages, or a table of pages, that are linked to the active Web page.

with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory© 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall25 Save and Print Web Pages