Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Unit B - Getting the Most from Internet Explorer 7

2Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Search the Web Create and use favorites Manage favorites Subscribe to a newsfeed Work with text and graphics on a Web page Objectives

3Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Use the Phishing Filter Manage pop-ups Check the security of a Web page Explore add-ons Objectives

4Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Searching the Web Search provider (search engine)— a Web site that searches the Web for pages that contain the keyword you type Keyword—word you type in a search provider Search expression—keyword or phrase you type in a search provider

5Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Searching the Web Search results—Web page a search provider displays after completing a search for pages that contain the search expressionSearch results—Web page a search provider displays after completing a search for pages that contain the search expression Default search provider—the search provider Internet Explorer access when you type a search expression in the Instant Search boxDefault search provider—the search provider Internet Explorer access when you type a search expression in the Instant Search box

6Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Searching the Web Type the search expression in the Instant Search boxType the search expression in the Instant Search box Click the Search buttonClick the Search button A search results page appears on the default search provider’s Web siteA search results page appears on the default search provider’s Web site Sponsored results—Sponsored results—links to Web sites that have paid to have their links displayed prominently on a search results page

7Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Searching the Web You can type Find followed by a search expression into the Address bar instead of using the Instant Search boxYou can type Find followed by a search expression into the Address bar instead of using the Instant Search box Press [Enter] or click the Go button to open a search results page in the same tabPress [Enter] or click the Go button to open a search results page in the same tab Press [Alt][Enter] to open a search results page in a new tabPress [Alt][Enter] to open a search results page in a new tab

8Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Searching the Web Searches can yield millions of search resultsSearches can yield millions of search results To reduce the number of results, add additional keywords to the search expressionTo reduce the number of results, add additional keywords to the search expression

9Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Searching the Web Default search provider Instant Search box Search button

10Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Searching the Web Search results Sponsored results Search expression Search results on the Live Search Web site

11Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Changing the default search provider and adding another search provider Default search provider name appears in the Instant Search box Click the Search list arrow, then click Find More Providers to open the Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer 7 Web page in the browser window. Click one of the search providers listed to open the Add Search Provider dialog box. To make this search provider the default search provider, click the Make this my default search provider check box, and then click Add Provider. To add this search provider as an alternative search provider, click Add Provider without selecting the Make this my default search provider check box.

12Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Creating and Using Favorites Favorite—the address of a Web page that you have saved in a folder. Click a favorite to return to the Web page it points to instead of trying to remember the URL.

13Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Creating and Using Favorites Click the Add to Favorites button, then click Add to Favorites to open the Add a Favorite dialog box Type a new name in the Name text box if desired Click New Folder to create a new folder in which to store the favorite, if desired Click Add

14Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Creating and Using Favorites To save multiple open tabs in a folder as favoritesTo save multiple open tabs in a folder as favorites click the Add to Favorites button click Add Tab Group to Favorites, type a name for the folder in the Tab Group Name text box click Add

15Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Creating and Using Favorites Click a folder in the Favorites Center to see the favorites stored in the folderClick a folder in the Favorites Center to see the favorites stored in the folder To open all the favorites in a folder in tabsTo open all the favorites in a folder in tabs point to the folder in the Favorites Centerpoint to the folder in the Favorites Center click the blue arrow that appearsclick the blue arrow that appears

16Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Creating and Using Favorites Add a Favorite dialog box

17Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Creating and Using Favorites Favorites Center with favorites

18Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Links bar Links bar—a bar you can display at the top of the browser window to access favorites you visit frequently To display the Links bar: click the Tools button on the Command bar point to Toolbars click Links To add a Web page as a favorite to the Links bar: drag the icon at the left end of the Address bar to the bar use the dark vertical line next to the pointer as you drag to position the favorite on the Links bar You can also drag a link from the current Web page to the Links bar The Links bar appears as a folder in the Favorites Center

19Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Favorites Create a new folderCreate a new folder Right-click a link or folder in the Favorites CenterRight-click a link or folder in the Favorites Center Click Create New FolderClick Create New Folder Drag favorites or other folders into a folder or up and down in the listDrag favorites or other folders into a folder or up and down in the list Right-click a folder or link to delete a favorite or folderRight-click a folder or link to delete a favorite or folder

20Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Favorites

21Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Sharing and backing up your favorite Click the Add to Favorites button Click Import and Export to start the Import/Export Wizard Click Next, click Export Favorites, then click Next Click the folder you want to export, or click Favorites at the top of the list to export all of your favorites, then click Next Click Next to accept the default filename bookmarks.htm stored in the My Documents folder, then click Finish To import this file, click Import Favorites on the Import/Export Selection screen of the Import/Export Wizard, and then browse to the location of the file.

22Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Subscribing to a Newsfeed Newsfeed (feed)—a list of links to headlines that is sent to your browser on a regular basis RSS (Really Simple Syndication) the format that Web sites use to provide the feed When a Web site offers a feed, it displays somewhere on the Web page or

23Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Subscribing to a Newsfeed Click or to on the page to subscribe to a feedClick or to on the page to subscribe to a feed If the Feeds button on the Command bar is flashing, you can click it to subscribe to a feed on the current pageIf the Feeds button on the Command bar is flashing, you can click it to subscribe to a feed on the current page

24Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Subscribing to a Newsfeed After clicking an icon, a page with the available feeds opensAfter clicking an icon, a page with the available feeds opens Click the Subscribe to this feed linkClick the Subscribe to this feed link Click SubscribeClick Subscribe

25Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Subscribing to a Newsfeed To manage the feeds:To manage the feeds: open the Favorites Centeropen the Favorites Center click the Feeds buttonclick the Feeds button Move and delete feeds in the same manner as favoritesMove and delete feeds in the same manner as favorites Right-click a feed, then click Properties to change the feed name or how often the feed is updatedRight-click a feed, then click Properties to change the feed name or how often the feed is updated

26Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Subscribing to a Newsfeed Feed Properties dialog box

27Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Sending a Web page as an message or as a link To send a Web page as the body of an e- mail message or as an attachment: click the Page button on the Command bar click Send Page by To send the URL of the Web page as a link in an message: click the Page button on the Command bar click Send Link by

28Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Working with Text and Graphics on a Web Page To print only specific text on a Web page: select it right-click the selection click Print on the shortcut menu To print a graphic from a Web page: right-click the graphic click Print Picture on the shortcut menu To save a graphic to a file: right-click the graphic click Save Picture As on the shortcut menu You can also copy selected text or an image to the Clipboard to save it as a file or paste it into a document.

29Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Working with Text and Graphics on a Web Page

30Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter Phishing site (spoofed site) a Web site set up to look like another Web site, such as a bank’s Web site, but which does not actually belong to the organization portrayed in the site set up to try to convince customers of the real site to enter personal information, such as credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and passwords the thief collects the information can use it to steal the customer’s money or identity The Phishing Filter checks to see if the Web site you are visiting is a phishing site.

31Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter Click the Tools button on the Command bar, then point to Phishing Filter The second command in the menu is either: Turn Off Automatic Website Checking or Turn On Automatic Website Checking. Click the second command to open the Microsoft Phishing Filter dialog box Options to turn Phishing Filter on or off

32Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter To check to see if a Web site is a phishing site: Click the empty box or the Phishing Filter icon immediately to the left of the Security Settings button in the status bar Click Check This Website

33Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter When the Phishing Filter is turned on, the URLs of Web pages you visit are sent to Microsoft to be compared against the latest list of known phishing sites. When the Phishing Filter is turned off, Internet Explorer 7 checks Web pages you visit against a list of phishing sites stored on your computer, but it doesn’t send any information to Microsoft. Whether the Phishing Filter is turned on or off, it checks the URLs of visited Web pages to see if they have characteristics of phishing sites.

34Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter If the URL of the Web page you are trying to visit matches one of the sites listed as a phishing site: the Address bar is colored red a notification in the Address bar flags the site as a Phishing Web site instead of the Web site, a message informing you that this is a known phishing site appears in the browser window

35Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter Notification in the Address bar that this is a known phishing site

36Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter If a Web site is not on the list of known phishing sites: Internet Explorer 7 checks to see if the URL has the characteristics of a phishing site If it does the Address bar is colored yellow a notification in the Address bar flags the site as a Suspected Phishing site

37Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter If you receive an purporting to be from a company/person with which you do business asking you to click a link to verify your personal identification information: don’t click the link open a new browser window type the URL of the company directly into the Address bar check your account information in the usual way

38Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Using the Phishing Filter If you receive an from a company with whom you do not do business telling you that your account has been compromised or asking you to check your account status: do not click the link in the follow up with the company if desired by opening a new browser window and contacting them directly

39Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Controlling cookies Cookies Small text files that contain information that identifies you to the Web server and that the Web site stores on your computer.

40Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Controlling cookies Cookies can identify: when you visited which site you came from the links you click as you navigate the site the link you click to navigate away from the site Cookies can also: store your username for a Web site store items you place in a shopping cart

41Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Controlling cookies Cookies can be accessed and read only by the Web site that placed them on your computer. Some Web sites have agreements with marketing companies. The marketing company places images on the site. These images are linked to the marketing company’s site. This means the marketing company can also place a cookie on your computer. Any time you visit any site on which the marketing company has an image, the marketing company’s cookie sends data back to the marketing company.

42Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Controlling cookies To control cookies: click the Tools button on the Command bar, then click Internet Options to open the Internet Options dialog box click the Privacy tab drag the slider to change the setting click Sites to open the Per Site Privacy Actions dialog box add specific sites from which you will always allow or always block cookies If you visit a site and cookies are blocked, appears in the status bar.

43Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Controlling cookies To view a Privacy Report: double-click in the status bar, or click the Page button on the Command bar, click Web Page Privacy Policy, click the site in the list, then click Summary.

44Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups Some Web sites allow pop-ups Some pop-ups contain advertisements Some pop-ups contain legitimate content from the Web site you are viewing Internet Explorer blocks most pop-ups. Use the Pop-up Blocker to control this behavior and allow pop-ups from specific Web sites

45Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups Click Tools on the Command bar, point to Pop-up Blocker, then click Pop-up Blocker Settings to open the Pop- up Blocker Settings dialog box

46Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups If the Pop-up Blocker is turned off, the Pop-up Blocker Settings command will be gray and nothing will happen when you click it. Click Turn on Pop-up Blocker, then click Tools, Pop-up Blocker, Pop-up Blocker Settings again

47Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups In the Pop-up Blocker Settings dialog box: you can add Web sites to the list of sites that are allowed to display pop- ups no matter what the Filter level is you can change the Filter level

48Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups The filter level controls the types of pop- ups that are allowed, if any. Medium default setting blocks pop-ups that open without your permission allows pop-ups to open as a result of you clicking a link High blocks all pop-ups

49Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups Information bar yellow appears at the top of the browser window tells you that a pop-up was blocked If you don’t want to allow the pop-up to open: you can ignore the Information bar you can close it by clicking the Close button at the right end of the Information bar

50Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups If the Information bar appears and you want to allow the pop-up to open: Click the Information bar Click a command on the menu that appears The Information bar appears under several different circumstances, and the menu changes to offer choices relevant to the circumstances. For pop-ups, you can choose to allow pop-ups from this Web site to allow pop-ups temporarily

51Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups This icon in the status bar indicates that a pop-up was blocked This icon in the status bar indicates that a pop-up was allowed

52Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Managing Pop-ups Information bar indicates a pop-up was blocked Icon indicates a pop- up was blocked

53Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Forcing pop-ups to appear in a new tab To force pop-ups to appear in a new tab in the current browser window instead of opening a new window: click the Tools button on the Command bar click Internet Options click Settings in the Tab section on the General tab click the Always open pop-ups in a new tab option button

54Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Checking the Security of a Web Page Almost all Web sites that request financial or personal information on the Web do it securely You should verify this to be certain. The URL of a secure Web page usually begins with https instead of http. (The s stands for “secure.”) When you open a secure Web page, a padlock icon appears at the right edge of the Address bar.

55Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Checking the Security of a Web Page As part of the HTTPS protocol, Web sites must have digital certificates for a browser to examine when it loads the secure Web page. Digital certificates identify the URL of the Web page the name of the certification company that verified the Web site the expiration date for the certificate. Certificates are issued by certificate authorities.

56Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Checking the Security of a Web Page To view Web site’s certificate, click in the Address bar to display a Website Identification report just under the Address bar. The Website Identification report appears.

57Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Checking the Security of a Web Page Web Site Identification Report identifies the Web site informs you that the connection is encrypted which means data sent over the connection is coded so that only the Web site with the code can read it Encrypted—coded so that data sent over the connection can be read only by the Web site with the code.

58Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Checking the Security of a Web Page To view the certificate, click View Certificate in the Website Identification report box. The Certificate dialog box opens. You can see the dates between which the current certificate is valid.

59Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Checking the Security of a Web Page Certificate owner Certificate authority Dates between which the certificate is valid

60Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Checking the Security of a Web Page If there were a problem with the certificate—for example, if it was expired or if it were revoked: the Address bar would be colored red a notification in the Address bar would tell you that there was a certificate error You can click that notification to display the security report detailing the error.

61Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Understanding Extended Validation Certificates Extended Validation SSL certificate means that the site has undergone extensive testing by the certificate authority to verify that it is a legitimate site If a site has an Extended Validation SSL certificate: the Address bar will be colored green the name of the company that owns the certificate and the name of the certificate authority appears to the right of the padlock icon in the Address bar

62Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Exploring Add-ons Add-ons (plug-ins or extensions)—programs that add features to Internet Explorer 7 Adobe Acrobat Reader Shockwave Windows Live Toolbar If you visit a site that requires an add-on and the add-on is not installed on your machine, a dialog box might open asking for permission to install it or directing you to a Web site from which you can install it. Some add-ons are free; others are available for a nominal cost.

63Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Exploring Add-ons To open the Manage Add-ons dialog box click Tools on the Command bar point to Manage Add-ons click Enable or Disable Add-ons

64Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Exploring Add-ons The Manage Add-ons dialog box displays a list of add-ons currently loaded in Internet Explorer. To disable a specific add-on, click it in the list, then click the Disable option button in the Settings section of the dialog box. To download new add-ons, click the Download new add-ons for Internet Explorer link to open the Windows Marketplace Web site in a new browser window

65Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Exploring Add-ons Browse through the categories Type keywords in the Search text box

66Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Exploring Add-ons To install an add-on click the Download link click Run in the dialog box that opens asking whether you want to run or save the file

67Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Deleting temporary Internet files Internet Explorer 7 on a computer using Windows Vista operates in Protected mode. Protected mode—the only place that files are downloaded without the express consent of the user is to the Temporary Internet Files folder. To remove all traces of your browsing history before you leave, you can delete the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder, clear the browsing history, delete all cookies, and delete form data and any passwords that you saved.

68Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials Deleting temporary Internet files Click the Tools button on the Command bar, then click Delete Browsing History to open the Delete Browsing History dialog box. One advantage to using the Delete all button is that, in the confirmation dialog box, you can choose to also delete files and settings stored by add-ons.

69Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials You learned how to search the Web You learned to create and manage favorites You learned how to subscribe to a newsfeed You learned how to save and print text and graphics on a Web page Summary

70Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Illustrated Essentials You learned how to use the Phishing Filter to help protect yourself from phishing attacks You learned how to manage pop-ups using the Pop-up Blocker You learned how to check the security of a Web page You learned how manage add-ons Summary