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To make the text on Web pages larger or
smaller, click the View menu, and then
click Text Size. Press F5 to refresh the
screen.
To quickly save a Web page to your
Favorites list, press CTRL+D.
You can send a Web page in e-mail by
clicking the File menu, pointing to
Send, and then clicking Page By
Email.
Web pictures and backgrounds make great
desktop wallpaper. Just right-click the picture
you want, and then click Set as
Wallpaper.
To scroll toward the beginning of a
document, press the UP ARROW.
To scroll toward the beginning of a
document in large increments, press PAGE
UP.
To back up to previous pages quickly, you
can click the small down arrow to the right of
the Back button.
To adjust the amount of hard disk space
to use for temporary Internet files, click the
Tools menu, click Internet
Options, and then click
Settings.
You can make sure the Web page you are
viewing contains the latest information by
pressing F5 to refresh it.
Internet Explorer saves you time and
keystrokes by finishing frequently typed URLs
for you.
To move forward between frames, press
CTRL+TAB.
To move back between frames, press
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB.
You can type a word in the Address bar
and press CTRL+ENTER to automatically add
http://www. and .com on either side of the
word.
If your e-mail program is Microsoft
Outlook or Outlook Express, you can drag an
Internet shortcut into an e-mail
message.
You can rearrange your Favorites list or
menu by dragging and dropping.
To print the current page or active
frame, press CTRL+P.
If you want to know which actions you can
perform on a favorite link, right-click the link
on the Favorites menu.
To print a document, you can drag an
Internet shortcut to a printer icon on your
desktop.
You can keep your most frequently visited
Web pages only a single click away by dragging a
shortcut to the page onto the Links
bar.
To scroll toward the end of a document,
press the DOWN ARROW.
To scroll toward the end of a document in
large increments, press PAGE DOWN.
You can type the friendly name of a
favorite page in the Address bar, then select
the page name in the AutoComplete list that
appears.
To display the Links bar, a handy place
to keep your favorite Web sites, click the
View menu, point to Toolbars, and
then click Links.
To quickly print just one frame of a Web
page, right-click inside the frame, and then
click Print.
You can print a table of all the links
associated with a Web page. In the Print dialog
box, click Print table of
links.
Clicking the Search button
displays a search service on the left side of
your screen and a Web page on the
right.
To move backward or forward within the
Search bar, right-click within the Search bar,
and then click Back or Forward on the
menu that appears.
To search from the Address bar, type
go, find, or ? followed by
a word or phrase, and then press
ENTER.
You can mark favorites or Links bar items
for offline reading by right-clicking an item
and then clicking Make available
offline.
You can specify whether to accept
"cookies" on your computer for each security
zone. For more information, look up "cookies" in
the Help Index.
You can rearrange shortcuts on the Links
bar by dragging and dropping them.
To change the color of links on Web
pages, click the Tools menu, click
Internet Options, and then click the
Colors button.
To open a new Internet Explorer window,
press CTRL+N.
You can print all documents that are
linked to a specific Web page. In the Print
dialog box, click Print all linked
documents.
To rename an item on the Favorites list
or on the Links bar, right-click the item, and
then click Rename.
You can drag your toolbar, Links bar, and
Address bar anywhere you want them. You can even
combine them to save space.
For more information about Internet
Explorer features, click the Help menu
and then click Contents and
Index.
To see the names of the buttons on the
toolbar, click the View menu, point to
Toolbars, click Customize, and
then click Show Text.
To stop downloading a page, press
ESC.
To change your home page to the page you
have open, click the Tools menu, click
Internet Options, and then click Use
Current.
To gain space on your hard disk by
deleting temporary files, click the Tools
menu, click Internet Options, and then
click Delete Files.
You can add folders to your Favorites
list by clicking the Favorites menu and
then clicking Organize
Favorites.
You can remove a shortcut from your
Favorites or Links list or menu by
right-clicking it and then clicking
Delete.
To turn off the underlines in Web page
links, click the Tools menu, click
Internet Options, and then click the
Advanced tab.
To change a favorite site's offline
properties, right-click the item on your
Favorites list, and then click
Properties.
To screen which Web sites can appear on
your computer, click the Tools menu,
click Internet Options, click the
Content tab, and then click
Enable.
You can use the Media Explorer Bar to
view and listen to media content on the
web.
To go to the next page, press ALT+RIGHT
ARROW.
To go to the previous page, press
ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE.
You can see a list of Web sites you have
visited recently by clicking the History
button on the toolbar.
You can move your cursor into the Address
bar by pressing ALT+D.
You can tell if the Web site you're on is
secure; a lock icon appears on the status bar.
For more information, double-click the
icon.
You can add and remove buttons on the
toolbar by right-clicking the toolbar and then
clicking Customize.
You can save a Web page for offline
reading by clicking the File menu and
then clicking Save As.
Instead of clicking the Back
button, you can press the BACKSPACE key to move
back a page.
You can switch between a regular-sized
Internet Explorer window and full-screen mode by
pressing F11.
To save a page or picture without opening
it, right-click the link for the item you want,
and then click Save Target
As.
You can get e-mail when a Web site
changes. First make the site available for
reading offline, then change its Download
tab properties.
To make Web pages load faster, click the
Tools menu, click Internet
Options, click the Advanced tab, then
turn off sounds and pictures.
When you add a Web page to your Favorites
list, you can also make it available to read
when you're not connected to the
Internet.
To move to the beginning of a document,
press the HOME key.
To move to the end of a document, press
END.
To see a list of all Internet addresses
you have typed during this session, click the
small down arrow at the right end of the Address
bar.
You can set a different level of security
for each Web site. On the Tools menu,
click Internet Options, and then click
the Security tab.
To search for a word or phrase on a Web
page, press CTRL+F to open the Find dialog
box.
You can close the current window by
pressing CTRL+W.
To display a list of the Internet
addresses you have typed in the Address bar,
press F4.
In the Address bar, you can quickly move
the cursor back between parts of the address by
pressing CTRL+LEFT ARROW.
In the Address bar, you can quickly move
the cursor forward between parts of the address
by pressing CTRL+RIGHT ARROW.
If you use Netscape, you can learn about
differences in Internet Explorer by clicking the
Help menu and then clicking For
Netscape Users.
To go to a new location, press
CTRL+O.
You can install more Internet Explorer
components by clicking the Tools menu and
then clicking Windows
Update.
If you want to learn more about using the
World Wide Web, click the Help menu and
then click Tour.
You can quickly put a shortcut to any Web
page on your desktop by right-clicking in the
page and then clicking Create
Shortcut.
To see how any Web page was coded,
right-click in the page, and then click View
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