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

2. 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
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3. Objectives Use tabbed browsing Save a Web page Print a Web page
Get Help
Close tabs and exit Internet Explorer
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. Common Top-Level Domains
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10. 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
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. Starting Windows Internet Explorer 7
Start button
Internet Explorer on the Quick Launch toolbar
Internet Explorer on the Start menu
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14. Exploring the Program Window
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15. 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
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16. 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
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17. 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
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18. 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
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19. 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
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20. 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
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21. 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
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22. 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
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23. Finding and Navigating a Web Site
Pointing to a link
Home button
Pointer positioned over a link
URL of link being pointed to
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24. 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 and the Web page loads in the browser window
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25. 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
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26. 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
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27. 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
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28. 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
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29. Navigating to Previously Visited Web Pages
Drop-down list of previously visited Web pages
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30. 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
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31. 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
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32. 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
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33. 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
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34. Using Tabbed Browsing
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35. 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
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36. 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.
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37. File Types available in the Save as type list
Saving a Web Page
File Types available in the Save as type list
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38. Sending a Web page as an e-mail message or as a link
To send a Web page as the body of an message
Click the Page button on the Command bar
Click Send Page by
To send the URL of a Web page as a link in an message
Click Send Link by
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39. 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.
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40. Printing a Web Page Print Preview window
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41. Buttons on the toolbar in Print Preview
Printing a Web Page
Buttons on the toolbar in Print Preview
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42. 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
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43. 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.
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44. 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.
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45. Getting Help
Click the Toolbar Options button at the right edge of the Command bar
Click Help
Click Contents and Index
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46. Windows Vista Help and Support window
Getting Help
Browse Help button
Ask button
Search Help text box
Windows Vista Help and Support window
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47. Description of Help buttons in Windows Vista Help and Support window
Getting Help
Description of Help buttons in Windows Vista Help and Support window
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48. 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
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49. Closing Tabs and Exiting Internet Explorer
Using the Close Tab button
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50. 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
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51. 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
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