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M03_TOWN5764_01_SE_C03.QXD 11/17/10 8:42 AM Page 66 CHAPTER 3 Browse with Internet © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc., ExplorerUpper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected under all copyright laws as they currently exist. No ᭤ In this chapter, you will practice using Internet Explorer to browse the World Wide Web. portion of this material may be reproduced, in any form or by ᭤ You will search for pages, manage your list of visited sites, and work with settings that protect you from online threats.any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. Your starting screen will look similar to this: SKILLS Skills 1-10 Training At the end of this chapter, you will be able to: Skill 1 Browse the Web and Add Favorites Skill 2 Navigate and Search Websites Skill 3 Use Accelerators and Search Providers Skill 4 Manage Browser Tabs Skill 5 Organize Favorites Skill 6 Print and Save Web Pages Skill 7 View and Delete Browsing History Skill 8 Protect Online Privacy Skill 9 Change Internet Security Settings Skill 10 Manage Pop-ups and Check Website Safety MORE SKILLS Skill 11 Change Your Home Page Skill 12 Manage Search Providers Skill 13 Manage Accelerators Skill 14 Add Web Slices and Feeds 66 Browse with Internet Explorer | Microsoft Windows 7 Chapter 3 M03_TOWN5764_01_SE_C03.QXD 11/17/10 8:42 AM Page 67 Introduction In this chapter, you ᭤ You can use Internet Explorer to explore the millions of web pages on the World Wide will work with com- Web. puters for the Aspen ᭤ Most websites provide navigation aids for finding the information at their site. Falls City Hall, which © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc., ᭤ When you are not sure where to find information, you can use special web pages that provides essential Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is services for the citi- search the web for you. zens and visitors protected᭤ You can underkeep a list all of copyright your favorite lawssites and as return they tocurrently them with aexist. single click.No You can of Aspen Falls, portionalso revisit of this sites material by viewing may them bein a reproduced,list of recently visited in any sites. form or by California. any᭤ Whenmeans, you withoutneed to print permission a web page, youin writingcan often findfrom a version the publisher. of the page that is optimized for printing. You can also select part of the page and then print just that selection. ᭤ Internet Explorer has several features that protect your online safety. These features can be adjusted to better meet your personal needs. 60–90 min. Time to complete all 10 skills—60–90 minutes Outcome Using the skills listed to the left will enable you to configure Windows Explorer like this: Student data file needed for this chapter: You will save your files as: New blank WordPad document Lastname_Firstname_w7_03_Redwoods Lastname_Firstname_w7_03_Redwoods_MHT Microsoft Windows 7 Chapter 3 | Browse with Internet Explorer 67 M03_TOWN5764_01_SE_C03.QXD 11/17/10 8:42 AM Page 68 SKILL 1: Browse the Web and Add Favorites ᭤ The Internet is a global collection of networks that facilitate electronic Text selected in address bar communication such as e-mail, file sharing, (yours may be and the World Wide Web. different) ᭤ Internet Explorer is a program used to browse the World Wide Web. Also known as WWW and the web, it is a collection© 2012 of Pearson Education, Inc., linked pages designed to be viewed from any computer connected to theUpper Internet. Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is ᭤ Programs used to navigate the protectedWorld Wide under all copyright laws as they currently exist. No Web are called web browsers. portion of this materialDefault home may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, withoutpage permission(yours may in writing from the publisher. 1. On the taskbar, click the Internet Explorer be different) button . If necessary, Maximize the window. 2. Below the title bar, click in the address bar to select the text. Compare your screen with Figure 1. ᭤ When you start Internet Explorer, the page that displays is called the default home Figure 1 page. Each Windows 7 user can set his or her own default home page. Here, the default home page is blank. List of recently 3. With the text still selected, start to type visited sites usa.gov Compare your screen with (your list may be Figure 2. different) The text usa.gov is a domain name—a unique name assigned to a website on the World Wide Web. The text http:// will be inserted automatically before the domain name. When you type in the address bar, a list of websites may display. You can navigate to the displayed sites by clicking them instead of typing the entire web address. The websites on this list depend on the sites that you have ᭤ recently visited. Continue to the next page to complete the skill Figure 2 68 Browse with Internet Explorer | Microsoft Windows 7 Chapter 3 M03_TOWN5764_01_SE_C03.QXD 11/17/10 8:42 AM Page 69 SKILL 1: Browse the Web and Add Favorites Domain name in 4. Finish typing usa.gov and then, to the address bar right of the address bar, click the Go to button to display the USA.gov home page—the starting point for the Page name on remainder of the pages at a website. tab Take a few moments to familiarize © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc., yourself with the features of the page, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This materialas described is in Figure 3. Pages display their domain name in the protected under all copyright laws as they currently exist.address No bar and another name on the page portion of this material may be reproduced, in any form ortab. by Because the web is dynamic, the page may be different than the version shown in any means, without permission in writingNavigation from bar the publisher.the figure. The middle of the page displays hyperlinks— ᭤ any text or pictures that can be clicked to move to a new page or location. Hyperlinks Most web pages have a navigation bar with hyperlinks to the main pages of the site. Here, the page has a horizontal navigation bar across the page. Figure 3 5. Click in the address bar, type www.nps.gov and then press J to navigate to the Favorites bar National Park Service home page. 6. In the Favorites bar, click the Favorites button, and then click the Add to Favorites tab Favorites button. In the Add a Favorite dialog box, type NPS and then click the Favorite added to Favorites Center Add button. (your list may be 7. Click the Favorites button, and then different) compare your screen with Figure 4. If necessary, in the Favorites Center, click the Favorites tab or scroll down. A favorite is a stored web address that can be ᭤ clicked to navigate to that page quickly. 8. Click a blank area of the Favorites bar to close the Favorites Center. You have completed Skill 1 of 10 Figure 4 Microsoft Windows 7 Chapter 3 | Browse with Internet Explorer 69 M03_TOWN5764_01_SE_C03.QXD 11/17/10 8:43 AM Page 70 SKILL 2: Navigate and Search Websites ᭤ A website is a collection of connected pages located at a single domain name. Large websites can consist of hundreds, or even Search boxes thousands, of individual pages. ᭤ Large websites provide navigation bars, hyperlinks, and their own search boxes, all of which you can use to find the© pages 201 2you Pearson Education, Inc., need. Upper Saddle River,Page NJ. header All rights reserved. This material is 1. Take a few moments to familiarizeprotected yourself under all copyright laws as they currently exist. No with the National Park Serviceportion home page, of this material may be reproduced, in any form or by as shown in Figure 1. any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. Most web page headers contain the main tools for navigating the site. Here, the header ᭤ has two search boxes. Below that page header, a horizontal navigation bar has links to major pages provided at this site. Horizontal 2. Scroll to the bottom of the page to view navigation bar the page content and display the page footer. Figure 1 Web page footers typically provide links to a site index, copyright information, and a link to contact the organization. 3. In the page footer, click the Site Index hyperlink to display a page that outlines the site. Compare your screen with Figure 2. A site index—sometimes called a site map— is a page of hyperlinks that outline a website. 4. On the site index, click the Work with Us hyperlink than the ones shown in the ᭤ figures. If the link is no longer there, click a different link. Because most websites are updated frequently, the pages displayed in this chapter may be Site Index different than the ones shown in the figures. When appropriate, substitute similar links to perform each skill. Continue to the next page to complete the skill Figure 2 70 Browse with Internet Explorer | Microsoft Windows 7 Chapter 3 M03_TOWN5764_01_SE_C03.QXD 11/17/10 8:43 AM Page 71 SKILL 2: Navigate and Search Websites 5. In the upper-right corner of the page header, point to the National Park Service logo to display the link select pointer, as Link select pointer shown in Figure 3. over site logo The pointer displays whenever you point to a hyperlink. Clicking a site logo typically © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc., takes you to the site’s home page. 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