Basic Internet Tutorial 1
Basic Internet Tutorial 1
Introduction
How Does the Internet Work?
What Kinds of Information are Available?
How Do People Use the Internet?
The Sum of Many Parts
A Quick Tour of a Typical Website
Definitions
Internet Explorer 7
Getting Started
To launch Internet Explorer
To turn on the Menu Bar
Using Internet Explorer 7 Overview
Tabbed browsing overview
To change your home page
To add a new search provider (search engine)
To remove a search provider (search engine)
To restore default settings in order to prevent IE7 crashes
Bookmarks
To create bookmarks (favorites)
To view and use bookmarks (favorites)
To organize your bookmarks (favorites)
To import bookmarks (favorites) into Internet Explorer 7
To export bookmarks (favorites) out of Internet Explorer 7
Fortunately, accessing and using the Internet is fairly simple. Let this tutorial
be your guide to the Internet as you connect for the first time and explore the
network's vast and useful resources.
Obviously, the Internet can bring you a whole host of capabilities. But how
can they be put to practical use?
Among the ways that users like yourself are taking advantage of the Internet
are:
The Internet's potential is limited only by users' vision and creativity. And as
the Internet grows, new and innovative uses will surely follow.
Unlike many computer networks, the Internet consists of not one but multiple
data systems that were developed independently. The most popular and
important systems are:
A Web site may consist of a single Web page, or may comprise multiple,
interconnected pages. The following is a view of how the CenterSpan home
page appears through a popular browser:
If your browser does not have the capability to display Java applets,
you will not be able to see this banner.
7. To make it easy to contact the author or sponsor of a Web site, most
contain one or more E-mail links. Clicking on such a link brings up a
form where you can type an E-mail message to a pre-set address (not
shown here).
Definitions
The Internet
The World Wide Web, the WWW, or the Web, is the largest, the fastest growing,
and the most popular Internet service. In addition to text, it can display images,
animations, sounds, and videos. To access the Web information you need:
(1) A connection to the Internet and
(2) A Web browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer.
Web browser
A Web browser is a software program that allows you to view or "browse" individual
pages on the Web. The computer running a Web browser is called a client machine
(because it just requests and receives data) while the computer called server provides
the data it stores.
Web page
A Web page is a single electronic document written in HTML. Web pages vary in
content, design, and size, depending on the purpose.
You need to save (or upload) your HTML documents (or Web pages) to a Web server,
so they can be viewed by users on the Web.
Web site
Home Page
It is the web page that appears each time your Web browser (internet explorer). You
can choose any page on the web to set as your home page.
HTML
HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language and it is the standard computer
language used on the World Wide Web. The HTML code tells browsers (such as
Explorer and Netscape) how Web pages should be presented. Web browsers then let
you see the Web pages content.
Navigation Buttons
Allow you to move through information on the web (Back, Forward). You can even
Hyperlinks
A web page contains a lot of text that is highlighted such that when you click on it can
take you to another page. Hyperlinks allow you to move through a vast number of
information on the internet by moving from one web page to another.
URL
Each Web page has its own address, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The URL
identifies the location of each file on the WWW. Ex. www.aub.edu.lb
The internet allows you to exchange electronic mail with people around the world.
Electronic mail is fast, inexpensive, and saves paper. The most popular web-based e-
mail services are www.hotmail.com and www.yahoo.com.
Downloading software
Thousands of programs are available on the internet. The internet offers you the
facility of downloading programs.
Information
The internet gives you access to information on any subject. You can view magazines,
newspapers, academic papers, government documents, job listings, and anything you
Internet Explorer 7
Getting Started
To launch Internet Explorer
On a Windows PC, double-click on the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop.
You can also click on the Start menu and go to All Programs to select Internet
Explorer.
1. Click on the Tools button on the upper right corner of the browser.
Note: If the Menu Bar (File, Edit, etc.) disappears completely, you can restore
the menu bar by clicking on the Tools button and making sure that the Menu
Bar is checked.
• The Add Tab Group to Favorites feature allows users to save multiple
tabbed windows into one favorite tab group. For example, a user may
have ten tabs open and instead of saving each tab one-by-one, she can
save them all at once into one group. Click on the add favorites star icon
and select Add Tab Group to Favorites. Then next to Tab Group
Name, type in a name (e.g. Disease Pathology websites visited Sept 1).
Finally, click Add.
Option 1
1. Open Internet Explorer and go to the webpage you want to use as the
home page.
Option 2
1. Click the down arrow to the right of the Search Options button .
2. Click Find More Providers.
3. Click the search provider you want to add. The Add Search Provider
dialog box will appear.
4. If you want the provider that you just added to be used by default when
searching from the Address bar or search box, select the Make this my
default search provider check box.
5. Click Add Provider.
1. Open Internet Explorer. Click the down arrow to the right of the Search
Options button.
2. Click Change Search Defaults.
3. Select the search provider you would like to remove. Click Remove and
then click OK.
1. In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet
Options.
2. In the General tab, under Browsing history, click Delete.
3. In the Temporary Internet Files category, click Delete files, and then
click Yes.
4. Click Close, and then click OK.
1. In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet
Options.
2. On the General tab, under Browsing history, click Delete.
3. In the History category, click Delete history , and then click Yes.
4. Click Close, and then click OK.
1. In Internet Explorer, go to the webpage you want to save. Click the Page
1. Launch Internet Explorer 7. Then go to the File menu and select Open.
2. Click on Browse to find and select the file you want to open.
3. Click Open and then click OK.
1. In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet
Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
Notes: To view one image without downloading the other images, right-click on
the selected image and then click on Show Picture.
Bookmarks
Bookmarks provide a permanent and easy way to remember your favorite
webpage. They are only deleted when you delete them, not when you quit
Internet Explorer.
Using zoom
Shortcut Command
CTRL+PLUS SIGN Increase zoom (+ 10%)
CTRL+MINUS SIGN Decrease zoom (- 10%)
CTRL+0 Zoom to 100%
Using Zoom
Shortcut Command
CTRL + E Go to the search box in Internet Explorer
ALT+ENTER Open your search query in a new tab
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Open the search provider menu
Editing
Shortcut Command
CTRL+X Remove the selected items and copy them to the
Clipboard
CTRL C Copy the selected items to the Clipboard in Internet
Explorer
CTRL+V Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected
location
CTRL+A Select all items on the current webpage