Internet Explorer (IE) for PC

Navigating

Note: Generally, you should become familiar with the navigational buttons and menu bars that are integral to the web site.

• Using the Back button in the IE button bar will retrace your path through the webpages you have visited. For example, if you click it now you will return to the last page viewed.
• The Forward button retraces your path as well. It goes in sequential order forward. This option can only be used after the back button has been used.

• In the browser window, click and hold down the right mouse button. 
• A pop-up menu will appear.
• Select Back or Forward by moving the cursor in the menu and single mouse click. This will move you sequentially through the pages visited.

• By selecting the Go menu, you have the same navigation options as the first two (above). In addition, this option lets you return to a specific web page. For example if you use Help from a topic menu, the Go menu might be the easiest way to return to a specific previously viewed page.
• Some of the internal navigation tools seem to work less consistently when using earlier versions of Internet Explorer compared to Netscape.

Experience is your best learning tool. Sometimes the pop-up menu is most convenient and sometimes the browser's "Back" button is.

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Bookmarks

Note: Bookmarks allow you to mark a page on the web and easily return to it at another time. Internet Explorer uses the word "Favorite" instead of "Bookmark" in most cases. They are essentially the same thing.

Marking a new favorite.

The Favorites menu

• You must first be on the web page you want marked.
• Select Favorites in the menu bar along the top of the screen
• Select Add to Favorites.
• Type in what you would like to name your favorite in the pop-up window and then click OK.

The right mouse pop-up menu

• Again, you must first be on the web page you want marked.
• Click the right mouse button while on the web page.
• Select Add to Favorites.
• Type in what you would like to name your favorite in the pop-up window and then click OK.

The Favorites button

• Once again, you must first be on the web page you want marked.
• Click on the Favoritesbutton at the top of the page.
• Select Add to Favorites.
• Type in what you would like to name your favorite in the pop-up window and then click OK.

Returning to a previously marked bookmark.

• Select the Favorites menu at the top of the page.
• From the bottom section choose the favorite page you would like to visit.

Renaming a favorite.

• Select the Favorites menu or the Favorites button at the top of the page.
• Select Organize Favorites. 
• You now have two choices:
  1. right click on the favorite you would like to rename and choose rename from the pop-up menu or
  2. left click on the favorite and then click on the rename button at the bottom of the window.
• Type in the new name of the favorite.
• To close the Organize Favorites window you have two options:
  1. click on the little box with an "X" in it at the top, right-hand corner of the window or
  2. press the close button at the bottom of the pop-up window.

• Select the Favorites menu or the Favorites button at the top of the page.
• Select Organize Favorites. 
• You now have three options:
  1. right click on the favorite you would like to delete and choose delete from the pop-up menu or
  2. left click on the bookmark you would like to delete and press the delete key on your keyboard or
  3. left click on the bookmark and click on the delete button at the bottom of the pop-up window.
• To close the Organize Favorites window you have two options:
  1. click on the little box with an "X" in it at the top, right-hand corner of the window or
  2. press the close button at the bottom of the pop-up window.

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Print

Printing a webpage can result in variable output based on design of the page and printer configurations. Generally, webpages are not designed to be printed.

The Print button 

• The Print button is in the right top corner of your browser on the button bar. Sometimes it cannot be seen unless you have your browser set to fill the screen.
• Clicking the Print button will generate a printout of the current screen automatically.

The File menu

• Click on the File menu.
• Select the Print option.

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Changing Font Size

• Choose the View menu from the tool bar at the top of the screen.
• Choose the Fonts option from the menu.
• Choose the font size you would like from the five options, ranging from Smallest to Largest, given.