Section 3 - Parts of the Internet Explorer
Browser
Internet Explorer Toolbar
This section will familiarize you with some commonly used items
on the Standard toolbar. The toolbar consists of various buttons
that will help you to move through the Internet smoothly.
Back |
Use the Back button to return to the previous
page. If you click on the back button one time, you will
go back one page. If you click on the Back button and
hold the mouse button down, you will see a list of previous
pages from the History list from which you can choose
by dragging your mouse down to the page and releasing
it. |
Forward |
Use the Forward button to go to the next page in the History
list. This button is only available after using the Back
button. |
Stop |
Click the Stop button to terminate the transfer of page
information. |
Refresh |
Use the refresh button to redisplay the current page. |
Home |
Use the Home button to return to the web page you have
designated as your home page. |
Search |
Click this button to display a page containing a directory
of Internet search engines. |
Favorites |
Use this button when you find Web sites or pages that
you like. You can keep track of them, so it's easy to open
them in the future. |
Print |
Use the Print button to print the currently displayed
page. |
Another piece of the Standard Toolbar is the Internet
Explorer Logo.
Win Logo
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Mac Logo
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This logo changes in appearance once you have
commanded Explorer to move to another web page. The logo will
show a globe circling the logo:
Win Logo
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Mac Logo
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This logo changes in appearance once you have
commanded Explorer to move to another web page. This shows the
browser is looking for the web page you have specified.
Notice at the bottom of the Explorer window, there
is a gray bar. This is the status bar. Just like the logo, the
status bar changes while you are downloading a page. A blue
bar fills up the gray area, notifying you of how much longer
it will take for your page to download. Once the page has finished,
the status bar will say, "done".
The next tool bar is the Location Tool bar. The
Windows Address Bar is displayed first and the Macintosh Address
Bar is displayed second.
The Address field is used primarily to type in a
URL address of a web page. After you have typed in an address
and pressed the <return> or <enter> key, the computer
will know to start looking for the page you specified.
If you are using Explorer for Windows OS, you will notice there
is a downward pointing triangle on the right side of the address
field. Click the down pointing arrow at the right end of the Location
field to look for addresses of pages that you typed directly into
the Address field. Once clicked on, this provides a pull-down
menu of all the sites you have recently visited.
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