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To launch the Internet, double-click on the
Internet icon on the desktop
When you launch the Internet you will see the opening Web Page known
as the ‘home page’. So if you for example made AllOfWeb your
homepage, the website page for this site is the one below and you
will return to this page whenever you click the Home button on the
standard toolbar.
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If you know the web
address you want to look at, enter it in
the Web Page Address. (If you do not
know the web address and need to search
using key words, please see tutorial
“Finding Information on the Web” - next
tutorial.
Every page on the Internet has a web
address e.g. www.allofweb.com.
www. denotes the wide world web;
allofweb is the company/website name;
com shows the type of domain extention.
The company/website name and type of
domain extention together are called the
domain name
| Back
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takes you back
to the web page you were looking
at.
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| Forward
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takes you
forward to the web page you came
from.
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| Stop |
Stops the page
from loading. Useful if you have
entered searched for the wrong
website. Clicking stop simply
prevents the site from loading.
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| Refresh
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this reloads the
current web page again. If the
page you are trying to view
appears to have frozen clicking
on refresh can sometimes fix it |
| Home
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takes you back
to your Home page. |
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Search |
this
takes you to a list of search
engines, which can help you find
what you are looking for on the
Web. See tutorial “Finding
Information on the Web”. |
| Favorites
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these are like
bookmarks and provide shortcuts
to your favourite sites |
| History
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shows you sites
you have visited |
| Mail
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allows you to
send an email containing the
current webpage
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| Print
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lets you print
out the webpage you are looking
at
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