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You can get Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator for free. To
find out more information (or to make sure you’re using the most up-to-date
version of the software):

 Go to www.microsoft.com for Microsoft Internet Explorer✦
 Go to www.netscape.com for Netscape Navigator✦

Have you ever wondered what all those buttons and drop-down lists at the
top of your browser do? In the following sections, I explain Explorer in more
depth. (According to my Web site statistics, almost 90% of the 500,000 hits
that I get every month come from people using Internet Explorer.) Read on
while we browse together.

Perusing the menus



At the top of almost all Microsoft-enabled programs are standard drop-down
lists that invoke various programs. Who’d ever think you’d need to use
menus, given all the colorful icons that Internet Explorer provides? Well,
the drop-down lists give you more in-depth access to the program’s capabilities. Table 1-1 is an overview of the various tasks you can perform from the
menus.


Table 1-1 Interent Explorer Menus
Menu What You Can Do

  • File Open,     print,    save,    and send HTML Web pages

  • Edit Select,    cut,      copy,    paste, and find text on the
  •  
  • currently displayed page

  • View   Change the way  Explorer displays  Internet pages

  • Favorites Save your  favorite  pages in the  Favorites file

  • Tools Adapt Explorer  to  your   needs

  • Help   Find   help


Dabbling with the toolbar

Being a graphical interface, Explorer presents you with lots of colorful icons
that allow you to invoke programs or tasks with a click of the mouse. Table 1-2
gives you an introduction to these icons. You can customize which ones you
view from the Tools menu.