Transcript Microsoft Office XP Illustrated Intro

Microsoft Windows XP
Illustrated Introductory
Exploring
The Internet with Microsoft Internet Explorer
Unit Introduction
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is a
software program that helps access
information on the Internet
 You need to connect to the Internet in
order to view content online
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Understanding the Internet
and Web Browsers
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The Internet is a
global collection
of over 40
million
computers
linked together
to share
information
The physical
structure
includes phone
lines, cables,
satellites, and
more
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Understanding the Internet
and Web Browsers (cont.)
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The World Wide Web (Web or WWW) is a part of
the Internet that consists of Web sites around the
world
 A Web site contains Web pages linked together to
make searching for information easier
 Web pages are documents that contain
highlighted words, phrases, and graphics, called
hyperlinks (or links) that open other Web pages
when you click them
 Web browsers are software that you use to
access and display Web pages, or “browse” or
“surf” the Web
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Understanding the Internet
and Web Browsers (cont.)
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Internet Explorer allows you to:
– Display Web pages from all over the world on
your desktop
– Use links to move between Web sites
– Play audio and video clips
– Search the Web for information
– Make Web pages available offline
– Print a Web page
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Understanding the Internet
and Web Browsers (cont.)
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The structure of the Internet:
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The History of the Internet
and the World Wide Web
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The Internet was started through the Advanced
Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET),
started by the U.S. Department of Defense in
1969
In 1986, the National Science Foundation
founded NSFNET, which expanded the
foundation of the U.S. portion of the Internet with
high-speed, long-distance data lines
In 1991, the U.S. Congress expanded the
capacity and speed of the Internet, and opened it
to commercial use
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The History of the Internet
and the World Wide Web (cont.)
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The Internet is accessible by over 300
countries
The World Wide Web was developed in
1991 in Switzerland
The first Web browser, Mosaic, was
introduced at the University of Illinois in
1993
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Connecting to the Internet
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Types of Internet connections include:
– Broadband connections that are always
turned on and connected, such as:
• Digital connections such as ISDN (Integrated
Services Digital Network) or DSL (Digital
Subscriber) lines
• Cable modems, which use cable television lines
– Phone lines
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An Internet Service Provider (ISP) will
set up your Internet account
– You pay a fee for this service
– You will need an Internet account and
connection information from your ISP
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Connecting to the Internet
(cont.)
Modem inside
your computer
Phone jack
connected to the wall
Phone lines
connect your
computer to your
ISP’s server
Computers and
networks on the
Internet
Your ISP
maintains a
server directly
connected to the
Internet
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Connecting to the Internet
(cont.)
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To use the New Connection
Wizard to set up Internet
service:
– Click the Start button on the
taskbar, point to All
Programs, point to
Accessories, point to
Communications, then click
New Connection Wizard
– Step through the wizard,
selecting the appropriate
options to set up your
connection including:
• Modem or connection
type Manually or
automatically
• ISP information
• Username and
password
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Sharing an Internet Connection
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Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) can
connect computers in a home or small
office network
– Uses one Internet connection to save money
– To enable ICS, use the Network Setup Wizard
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Starting Internet Explorer
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Internet Explorer is
a Web browser
used to search for,
print and view
Internet content
You can start
Internet Explorer
using:
– The Start menu
– An icon on the
desktop
– The Quick Launch
toolbar if available
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You might need to
connect to the
Internet in order to
use Internet
Explorer
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Starting Internet Explorer (cont.)
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Elements of the Internet Explorer
window include:
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Opening a Web Page
and Following Links
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You can open a Web page by entering a Web
address in the Address bar
– A Web address is a unique place on the Internet
– A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is another term for
Web address
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Downloading is the process of opening a Web
page on the screen
– You can stop a Web page while it is downloading if it
takes too long
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The mouse pointer changes to a hand when
you position it over a link
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Opening a Web Page
and Following Links (cont.)
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Web pages connect to each other through links
that you can follow to obtain more information
Graphic link; click to jump to
InfoZone Web page
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Opening a Web Page
and Following Links (cont.)
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To open a Web page:
– Click in the Address bar, type the URL,
then press [Enter]
– Locate a link to jump to, move the mouse
pointer over the link, then click it
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Understanding a Web Address
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Each Web page has a unique URL composed of
four parts:
– Protocol, a set of rules that allows computers to
exchange information
– Protocols are followed by a colon, two slashes, location
of the Web site, a dot, and a suffix
– Folders on a site are denoted by a backslash, followed
by the folder name
Protocol
Folder and subfolder
http://www.course.com/illustrated/wired/main.htm
Web site location
and suffix
Document on the Web
page and suffix
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Adding a Web Page
to the Favorites List
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A Favorites list can store and organize Web addresses
 To use a Favorites list:
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Locate the Web site
Click Favorites on the menu bar, then click Add to Favorites
In the Name text box, type the name of the link
Click the Favorites button on the toolbar to display the
Favorites list
Favorites list
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Organizing Favorites
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To delete favorites or move them into
folders:
– Click Favorites on the menu bar, then click
Organize Favorites
– In the Organize Favorites dialog box, select a
file from the Favorites list, then click the
Delete button or the Move to Folder button
– To add a new folder, click the Create Folder
button, type the new folder name, then press
[Enter]
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Making a Web Page
Available Offline
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When you make a Web page available
offline, you can read its content when your
computer isn’t connected to the Internet or
network
– It saves, or synchronizes, the latest version of
your Web page on your hard disk for offline
viewing
– You can specify how much content and how to
update the content
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Making a Web Page
Available Offline (cont.)
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To save a Web page:
– Click Favorites on the
menu bar, then click
Organize Favorites
– In the Favorites list, click
the URL of the Web page
to synchronize
– In the Organize Favorites
dialog box, click the Make
available offline check
box to select it, then click
Close
– The Synchronizing dialog
box opens, then closes
when it’s done
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Making a Web Page
Available Offline (cont.)
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To synchronize the
Web page:
– Click Tools on the
menu bar, then click
Synchronize
– In the Items to
Synchronize dialog
box, click the URL if
necessary, then click
Synchronize
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Saving a Web Page
and a Web Graphic
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To view a Web page offline whose
contents you don’t want to update, such as
a published article whose contents won’t
change:
– Display the Web page in Internet Explorer
– Click File on the menu bar, then click Save As
– In the Save Web Page dialog box, specify the
location to save the file, type the file name,
click the file format type, then click Save
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To save a graphic, right-click the graphic,
then click Save Picture As on the shortcut
menu
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Changing Your Home Page
and Adding a Link Button
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Your home page in Internet Explorer is the
page that opens when you start it
 You can choose any page on the Internet,
or a file on your hard drive.
 The Links bar, located to the right of the
Address bar, provides easy access
buttons to display Web pages
– You can add to or remove links from the Links
bar
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Changing Your Home Page
and Adding a Link Button (cont.)
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To change your home page:
– Navigate to the site you want
to become your new home
page
– Click Tools on the menu bar,
then click Internet Options
– In the Internet Options dialog
box, click Use Current, then
click OK
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Changing Your Home Page
and Adding a Link Button (cont.)
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Internet Options dialog box tabs
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Changing Your Home Page
and Adding a Link Button (cont.)
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To add a Link button:
– Double-click the word Links on the Links bar
– Place the mouse pointer over a link, click the
left mouse button, then drag the link to the
Links bar
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Viewing and Maintaining
a History List
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The History feature keeps track of
where you’ve been by date, site, most
visited, or order visited today
To view the History list:
– Click the History button on the toolbar
– Click a day or week in the Explorer Bar to
expand the list of Web sites visited
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Searching the Web
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The best way to find information on the
Web is to use a search engine
– A search engine is a program you access
through a Web site
– Many search engines are available on the
Web site, such as MSN, AOL, and Excite
– When performing a search, the search engine
compares the words or phrases you submit
that are a description of what you want to
retrieve, known as keywords
– If your keywords are found, it lists the matched
sites, called hits, on a Web page
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Searching the Web (cont.)
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To search for
information:
Type search
criteria here
– Click the Search
button on the toolbar
– The Search
Companion appears
in the Explorer Bar
– In the text box, type
the search criteria
– Click Search in the
Search Companion
– Click a link to a Web
site in the list of
matches
Click button to
retrieve Web site
matches
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Searching the Web (cont.)
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Techniques to narrow a search:
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Previewing and Printing
a Web Page
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Before you print, you should verify that
the page looks the way you want with
Print Preview
Internet Explorer has many ways to
print a Web page:
– With some frames, all frames, or only certain
frames
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Previewing and Printing
a Web Page (cont.)
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To preview and print
a Web page:
Web page in
Print Preview
– Click File on the menu
bar, then click Print
Preview
– Click the Print button
on the Print Preview
toolbar
– Click the appropriate
options in the Print
dialog box, then click
Print
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Setting Up the Page Format
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Using the Page Setup dialog box,
you can control the printing of text
and graphics, including:
– Specify the printer properties for page
size, orientation, and paper source
– Change header and footer information
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