Computer
Skills (1)
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer
• To open the Internet Explorer:
– Double click on the Internet Explorer icon on
Desktop.
– Or, from Start  All Programs  Internet
Explorer.
• If you were using a modem, the “Dial-up
Networking” screen appears on your
screen.
Internet Explorer Window
• The main components of Internet Explorer:
– Title Bar
– Menu Bar
– Toolbar
– Address Bar
Browser Icons
• Toolbar contains the following standard icons:
– Back
– Forward
– Stop
– Refresh
– Home
– Search
– Favorites
– History
– Mail
– Print
Web Address
• Every page has its own unique address, known as URL
(Uniform Resource Location) as shown below:
http://www.philadelphia.edu.jo
• URL is made up of three components:
– http: the protocol used to access the Internet
– www World Wide Web.
– Domain Name: Location or area where the pages are
stored.
– Top Level Domain: consists of two parts:
• The three letter code of a URL that indicates whether the
type of the address.
• The two letter code that indicates the country.
Web Address
• Top level Domain Names types:
– .com: Commercial
– .org: Organization
– .net: Network
– .gov: Government
– .mil: Military
– .edu: Educational
Using the Browser
• Most browsers allow you to access Web site directly by
typing its Web address (URL). To access a Web site, do
the following:
– Click the address box so that the current address is
highlighted
– Type the new address
– Press the Enter key, or press GO.
• If you are using Internet Explorer, there is no need to
type http://, as this part will be added automatically when
you press the Enter key.
Using the Browser
• Note that some texts appear underlined and in
blue. If you position the pointer into this text, it
will change to a hand shape. If you click it, an
action will be performed.
Ex: www.yahoo.com
www.google.com
• To cancel downloading, click the Stop button.
• To reload a Web page, click Refresh.
Changing the Home page
• A Home page: is the first Web page you will see every time you
launch Internet Explorer. So, it is a good idea to choose a page that
contains information that is important to you.
• To change your home page, do the following:
– Go to the page you want to appear when you start Internet
Explorer
– Select Internet Options from the Tools menu
– Click the General tab
– Under Home page, click Use Current button.
– Click Apply
– Click Ok
• Once you have changed your home page, you can quickly view it by
clicking the Home button on the Standard toolbar.
Toolbars
• The toolbars appear automatically when you
start Internet Explorer.
• The Standard toolbar includes the icons
(Back, Forward, Stop, Refresh, Home,..etc)
• The Address Bar displays the web address
• The Links Bar includes a few web pages that
you use frequently. Just click the link to
display the page.
Toolbars
• To show or hide these tools, select
Toolbars from the View menu. Clear the
check mark next to the toolbar to hide it.
Turning off Graphics
• When you turn off the graphics,
animations and so on, pages with text only
will download faster.
• To turn off the graphics:
– Select Internet Options on the Tools menu.
The Internet Options dialog box will appear.
– Click the Advanced Tab in the Internet
Options dialog box.
Turning off Graphics
• Click to remove the tick from the following
check boxes: play animations, play
sounds, play videos, show pictures.
• Click Apply
• Click OK.
Closing and Disconnecting
• Click the Close button in the top right hand
corner of the browser window.
• Click Disconnect in the Connected
Window.
• To disconnect but leave the browser
window: Double-click the connected icon
on the status bar.
History
• Use the History folder to find web sites
and pages you have viewed in the last few
days, hours or minutes.
• Select History on the View menu.
Alternatively, on the toolbar, click the
History button. The History bar appears
containing links for web sites and pages
visited previously.
History
• Click a Web site folder to display individual
pages, and then click the Page icon to
display the Web page.
• To sort or search the History bar, click the
arrow next to the View button at the top of
the History bar.
History
• You can hide the History bar by clicking
the History button again.
• You can view a visited Web page by
clicking the arrow next to the address box
to display a list of the recently visited sites.
Click the site you want.
History
• You can determine the period of keeping
the items in the History list as follows:
– Select Internet Options on the Tools menu.
Select the General tab.
– Click the Clear History button to empty the
History folder.
– Specify the number of days to clear the
History list in Days to keep pages in history.
Adding to Your Favorite Lists
• The longer you browse the Web, the more
you will find pages and sites of a particular
interest to you. Internet Explorer allows
you to easily add a menu item for any
page you are visiting. Once the page
address is stored, you can quickly go back
to the site at any time by choosing it from
the Favorites menu.
Adding to Your Favorites Lists
• To add a page to your favorites menu, do
the following:
– Make sure that the address of the page you
want to save is displayed
– Click on the Favorites button on the toolbar.
The Favorites panel appears at the left of the
browser window.
– Select the Make available offline checkbox to
make an existing favorite item available
offline.
Adding to Your Favorites Lists
– Edit the name of the page in the Name box
(Optional).
– You can save the address in an existing folder. All
favorite folders appear in the Create in box.
– To create a new folder, click on the New Folder
button.
– Click on the OK button to close the Add Favorite
window.
Note: if you are using Netscape as your internet
browser, the Bookmarks option will appear instead of
Favorites.
Choosing Favorites
• To open a site that you have previously saved as a
shortcut on the Favorites menu, do the following:
– Click on the Favorites button on the toolbar. The
Favorites panel will appear at the left of the window.
Or select Favorites from the menu bar.
– Click on the name of the page you want
– If the address of the page is saved in a specific folder,
select that folder. Click on it to open.
– The Browser will display the site.
Organizing Favorites
• By organizing your URL links in the Favorites folder, you
can limit the length of the Favorites pull-down menu and
make it easier to find the URL to the web site you want
to visit.
– Click on the Favorites button on the toolbar. The Favorites panel
will appear at the left of the window. Click on the Organize
button. Alternatively, select Favorites from the menu bar and
then select Organize Favorites.
– The Organize Favorites dialog box will appear.
– Click a favorites (name of page) or a folder to select it, details of
the selection appears in a panel at the left of the window. You
can create, rename, delete folders or favorites. You can also
move a folder or favorite to another folder.
– Click Close.
Search Engines
• A Search Engine: is a program that helps
you find information on the Internet about
specific topic.
• Each search engine has its own algorithm
for finding information. They are classified
into:
– Human Editors: Engines that use people to
classify Web sites into categories.
(LookSmart, UK Plus, Yahoo)
Search Engines
– Automated Crawlers: Engines, which read
Web pages and stores the text.
(AltaVista,
Excite, Fast, Google, Lycos,
WebCrawler)
– Meta Search: Engines send the user’s query
to other search engines.
(AskJeeves, Go2Net, Savvy Search)
Addresses of some Search
Engines
www.yahoo.com
www.google.com
www.altavista.com
www.excite.com
www.lycos.com
www.inktomi.com
www.alltheweb.com
Searching the Net for
Information
• To search for information, do the following:
– Open any search engine site by typing its
address in address box
– Type the keyword in the search box
– Click on the search button
– A list of results will appear
Searching Tips
• Here are some tips to help you use Search
Engines effectively
– Use + and – Symbols to include or exclude
words.
Example: University + Jordan
University - Jordan
– When you use the Upper case letters, the
search engine will find only the capital letters.
Use of the lower case will find both.
Searching Tips
– To search for the exact word, put it in a
double quotation “ “.
Ex: University of Jordan
“University of Jordan”
– Use wildcard * to expand your search
Ex: Univ* (This will search for words like
University, Universal, Universe,..)
– You can use Advanced Search to select
among different options for searching.
Search Button
• Search Button:
– Click on the Search Button. The Search pane
appears at the left of the Browser window.
– Type your question or a keyword in the
Search box.
– Press the Search button. The browser will
display the search result
– Select the Search icon on the toolbar to close
the Search pane.
Copying and Pasting Text, URL
and Graphics to Other Applications
• Text, URL and graphics can be copied
from Web pages and used in other
applications.
– Select the text, the URL or the image you
want to copy
– Copy the selected item by using one of the
following ways:
• Right click on the selected item and a menu will
appear, select Copy.
• Select Copy from the Edit menu on the menu bar
Copying and Pasting Text, URL
and Graphics to Other Applications
– Open the application into which you want to
paste the text, then do one of the following:
• Right click on the selected location and a menu will
appear, select Paste.
• Select Paste from the Edit menu on the menu bar.
Saving Web Pages
• You can save the text in a Web page to a
disk file. You can modify it with any Word
processing program.
• To save a Web page for future use, do the
following:
– Make sure that the page you want to save is
displaying on the browser.
– Select Save as from the File menu. The Save
Web Page dialog box will appear.
Saving Web Pages
• Select the location in which you want to save the
page from the Save in box.
• Select the type or format in which you want to save
the page from the Save As Type list:
– Web Page Complete: To save the whole page. Images are
stored in a different folder.
– Web Archive, Single File: to Save the whole page in one file
to be sent by e-mail
– Web Page, HTML only: to save the text only.
– Text file: to save the page as a plain text (with no formatting)
• Click on the Save button.
Saving a Picture
• You can save a picture in a Web page as
a file, do the following:
– Right click on the image you want to save.
Select Save Picture As to display the Save
Picture dialog box.
– Alternatively, place the mouse pointer on the
image. A bar will appear, showing some
icons. Click on the floppy icon on the bar to
display the Save Picture dialog box. The
default directory is My Pictures. Select the
folder you want.
Downloading files from the
Internet
• You can download text file, image file,
sound file, video file and software from a
Web page to a location on a drive as
follows:
– Click the hyperlink refers to the file you want
to download. The File Download dialog box
will appear.
– Click Save and then specify the location
where you want to save the file.
Print Preparations
• You can print any Web page displayed on
your browser, but you might like to view
the page before you print it.
• Select Print Preview on the File menu. If
your Web page includes more than a
page, select Next page to move to the
next page. Select Previous page to
preview the previous page of your Web.
Print Preparations
• You can change a Web page orientation,
paper size, margins and add header or
footer to your printed pages as follows:
– Select Page Setup on the File menu. The
Page Setup dialog box will appear.
– Specify the size of the paper you want to use
in the Size box.
– Type the text you want to appear at the top of
every printed page in the Header box.
Print Preparations
– Type the text you want to appear at the
bottom of every printed page in the Footer
box.
– Change the Web page orientation: Portrait or
Landscape.
– Change the margins of your Web page is the
Margin box.
Printing Web Pages
• To print a Web page, do the following:
– Select Print on the File menu. The Print dialog
box will appear.
– Specify the number of copies you want to
print in the Number of copies box.
– In the Page Range box, select any of the
following:
• All: to print all the pages in the entire Web site.
• Selection: To type a portion of the Web page.
• Pages: to Print specific pages.
Printing Web Pages
• If you do not have a printer connected to
your computer, you can print the Web
page to a file as follows:
– Click the Print to File check box in the Print
dialog box.
– Click Print. The Print to File dialog box will
appear.
– Type the name of the file and the location
where you want to save it.
– Click Ok.
Frames in a Web Page
• Web page designers often divide the main
page into several Frames; each frame
behaves as an independent page. This
provides more flexibility in the layout.
• For example, the page can be divided into
two vertical frames. The left contains links,
when a user click on any link, information
will be displayed in the second frame
Print with Frames
• To print a page with frames:
– Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box will appear.
Select the Option tab.
– Select the appropriate button in the Print Frames panel:
• As Laid Out on the Screen: to print the page as you see it.
• Only selected frame: Prints one frame only.
• All frames Individually: Prints each frame on a separate
page.
• To print all linked documents, click on the Print all linked
documents.
• To print a list of the page’s links, click on Print table of links.