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MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER

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LESSON 1: WEB PAGES 1

( The Internet Explorer Window 2

( Uniform Resource Locator - URL 3

LESSON 2: INTERNET EXPLORER FEATURES 4

( Linking Via Buttons and Menu Items 4

( Stopping Links 5

( Choosing the Screen Look 6

( Selecting a Home Page 6

( Viewing Images 8

( Favorite Lists 9

( Adding a Page to the Favorites List 9

( Using the Favorites List 10

( Organizing Favorites 10

( Deleting an Item from Favorites 10

( Printing 12

LESSON 3: COPYING DATA FROM INTERNET EXPLORER TO OTHER APPLICATIONS 14

( Copying and Pasting Information 14

( Downloading Graphics 14

LESSON 4: SEARCHING THE INTERNET 16

( Directories 16

( Search Engines 17

INFORMATION SERVICES POLICY BOARD INTERNET POLICY AND USE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES 20

This workbook may be reproduced in whole or in part by an employee of the Department of Human Services or the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. All other reproduction is prohibited unless written permission is obtained from the Training Institute.

June 14, 2001

LESSON 1: WEB PAGES

OVERVIEW

Web pages are electronic images of the printed page. As with printed pages, some web pages are ‘printed’ on different size paper. Since web pages are electronic, the different amount of information on each page does not present a problem as it would in the print world. You can scroll a web page vertically and horizontally to see the extra information.

Ideally, the act of finding pages becomes secondary to what you really care about, the page's content. Like pages of a magazine, you will want to flip from one screen page to another, sometimes to continue with the same article, and other times to begin a new article.

STEPS

1. Move the mouse to START, click the left mouse button, move the mouse to PROGRAM, INTERNET EXPLORER, INTERNET EXPLORER and click the left mouse button.

2. A default home page appeared when Internet Explorer started.

EXERCISE:

1) Look at the page.

2) Scroll to the bottom of the page and back to the top using the scroll bar on the right of the screen.

3) Move the mouse over the page and watch the status bar to see the different web addresses.

( The Internet Explorer Window

TERMINOLOGY OVERVIEW

( Title bar - at the top of the screens; shows the program name

( Menu bar - a list of functions to choose from.

( Navigation Toolbar - icons that will give you quick access to commonly used features.

➢ Location Address Toolbar - shows the URL for the current web page

( Personal Links Button - lets you create buttons to link to your favorite web sites, discussion groups, mail folders, and Address book entries.

( Status Bar - located at the bottom of the screen; shows progress of downloading the selected web page.

( Uniform Resource Locator - URL

OVERVIEW

The Uniform Resource Locator, URL, located in the status bar, is used to identify each electronic page on the Internet. Every page has a unique URL just like every person has a unique palm print. When you point to a highlighted word (colored or underlined) in a page, and the mouse turns to a hand, the URL for that link will appear at the bottom of the Internet Explorer screen.

It is comprised of the following parts:

URL to go to the Governor’s page on the State of Maine’s Website

Protocol

Server Name Path File name

Example: /governor/govhome.htm

• http:// - Hyper-Text Transmission Protocol – This is the method the internet will use to view pages residing on different servers.

• www – World Wide Web – Is a huge collection of documents stored on computers around the world.

• Server Name – The central computer where information is stored for that site.

• Path – the directory which contains the website on the server.

• Filename – the document.

STEPS

1. Point to a highlighted word (colored or underlined) on a page to see its URL at the bottom of the Internet Explorer screen.

EXERCISE:

1) Look at the URLs on your current page.

LESSON 2: INTERNET EXPLORER FEATURES

( Linking Via Buttons and Menu Items

OVERVIEW

You can access links using Internet Explorer buttons and menu items. The links controlled by the Address button are shortcuts to pages you have previously viewed. The Back and Forward buttons are particularly useful for going back and forth among recently viewed pages.

STEPS

1. Click BACK to display the previous page.

2. Click FORWARD [pic] to display the page visited prior to going . (Available only after using the BACK button.)

3. Click HOME [pic] to display the home page designated in your preferences.

4. If you know the URL, web address, you can enter the address in the Location Address entry field.

5. Click FILE, OPEN or CTRL + O to display a dialog box where you can enter any web address.

EXERCISE:

1) Go to another web page by clicking on the link on the current page.

2) Click Back to go back to the previous page.

3) Click Forward to go to the screen you just came from.

4) Type in the Location Address entry box.

5) Click Home to return to Maine’s home page.

( Stopping Links

OVERVIEW

You can stop a transfer in progress whenever the transfer takes longer than you like. This might happen if the content of the page is large or if the server computer is sluggish. Sometimes the page specified by a link is not available. You will usually get a message if a connection was not made or a page was not found. Examine the status field and progress bar to receive feedback about the progress of a transfer located at the bottom of your screen.

STEPS

1. Click once on the highlighted text, image, or icon to bring a linked page to your screen.

2. Stop a transfer in progress by pressing the STOP [pic] button or choose VIEW, and then STOP from the menu or press the ESC key.

EXERCISE:

1) Go to the site Governor's Office. QUICKLY click Stop. Return to Maine’s home page.

( Choosing the Screen Look

OVERVIEW

You can tailor the look of Internet Explorer by showing or hiding certain graphical elements on the screen. The default settings show the toolbar, location field, and directory buttons. These graphical elements provide simplified access to links, commands, and page location information. By hiding any or all of these graphical elements, you increase the amount of screen real estate available for page content.

STEPS

1. Click the menu VIEW, then TOOLBAR then click on the toolbar you want to display or hide. Check mark - show, no check mark – hide. You can also toggle the icon Text labels on and off.

2. To show or hide the Status Bar, click the VIEW menu then click on STATUS BAR. Check mark – show, no check mark – hide.

3. To show or hide the Search, Favorites, History, Channels, or None, click the VIEW menu, then select EXPLORER BAR, then click on the item of your choice. Dot next to the word – show, no dot – hide.

EXERCISE:

1) Hide all Toolbars. Show them.

2) Change the toolbar to display only pictures.

3) Change the toolbar back to Pictures and Text.

( Selecting a Home Page

OVERVIEW

You can designate which web site Internet Explorer loads each time it is opened by including a default URL in the Internet Options Address box.

STEPS

1. Click the TOOLS menu, then INTERNET OPTIONS, and the GENERAL TAB.

2. Type the URL of the new home page beside Address. If the page being displayed is the one you want for the start up home page, click on the USE CURRENT button.

3 Click the USE BLANK button if you want the home page to be

empty of content.

EXERCISE:

1) Look at the home page in the Internet Options section.

2) Change to .

3) Change the home page back to .

( Viewing Images

OVERVIEW

Ideally, pages on the screen should present images as simply and efficiently as text. However, images are relatively larger in byte size than text and can take considerable time to transport from servers to your computer. The length of time needed to bring a page with images depends on several factors. The most important is the speed of the modem or direct link connecting you with a server. To compensate for the potential delay of transmitting images, Internet Explorer offers features that let you manipulate how images are handled. Do the following to display all web pages faster.

STEPS

1. Click TOOLS on the menu bar, and then click INTERNET OPTIONS.

2. Click the ADVANCED tab.

3. In the Multimedia area, clear one or more of the SHOW PICTURES, PLAY ANIMATIONS, PLAY VIDEOS, or PLAY SOUNDS check boxes.

EXERCISE:

1) Go to the Office of Tourism. Notice the graphics loading. Return to Maine’s home page.

2) Change the Internet Options. Remove checks from Show Pictures, Play animation, Play videos, and Play sounds.

3) Click the Maine Facts & Info button and load a picture.

4) Change the Internet Options back to the original settings by

clicking.

( Favorite Lists

OVERVIEW

Favorite lists are web pages you have personally selected as noteworthy. The Favorites window gives you tools to manage bookmark lists. You will find bookmarks and folders (a folder represents a hierarchical menu header) arranged like files and folders on your hard disk. You can use bookmark menu items to create new bookmark items and manipulate bookmark lists.

( Adding a Page to the Favorites List

STEPS

Go to the web page you want to add to the favorites list.

To add a bookmark menu item for the page you are viewing, on the menu bar click FAVORITES, then click ADD TO FAVORITES.

Then select an option from the Add Favorites dialog box.

( Using the Favorites List

STEPS

1. Click FAVORITES on the Menu Bar, or click the FAVORITES button on the Navigation Bar, then click the web page you want to go to.

( Organizing Favorites

STEPS

1. Click FAVORITES on the Menu-Bar, then ORGANIZE FAVORITES to display the Organize Favorites window.

2. Click the NEW FOLDER icon. Enter a name for the folder in the dialog box and click OK or press the ENTER key.

3. Drag-and-drop the desired favorites icons to your new folder.

( Deleting an Item from Favorites

STEPS

1. Click FAVORITES on the menu bar, and then click on a folder or bookmark, then press the DELETE key or click the DELETE button to remove it.

2. Click YES or press the ENTER key to send the favorite to the recycle bin

EXERCISE:

1) Go to your bureau’s home page. Add this web page to your favorites list. Return to Maine’s home page. Use the Favorites menu to return to your bookmarked page.

2) View your favorites. Create a folder called class, move the bookmarked page to the class folder.

3) Delete the class folder and the page from favorites. Close the Favorites menu. Look at the Favorites menu.

4) Return to Maine’s home page.

( Printing

OVERVIEW

When you print a Web page, you can print the page as you see it on the screen, or you can print selected parts of it, such as a frame. In addition, you can specify that you want to print additional information in the headers and footers, such as the window title, page address, date, time, and page numbers.

STEPS

1. On the FILE menu, click PRINT, or use CTRL+P.

2. Set the printing options you want. Click OK to send it to the printer.

3. Another way to print the current page is to click the PRINT button. This will not prompt you with a dialog box. It will be sent directly to the printer.

4. To print the contents of a frame,

a) Right-click in the frame.

b) On the menu that appears, click PRINT TARGET.

c) Set the printing options you want and click OK.

5. To change how a page looks when it prints

a) On the FILE menu, click PAGE SETUP.

b) In the MARGINS boxes, type the margin measurements in inches.

c) In the Orientation area, select either Portrait or Landscape to specify whether you want the page printed vertically or horizontally.

d) Click HEADERS.

e) In each Headers and Footers box, specify the information to be printed by using the following variables. Variables can be combined with text (for example, Page &p of &P).

6. Click OK.

EXERCISE:

1) View the page setup window. Be sure to include the window title, page address, date, time, and page numbers and then print the screen.

2) Print a frame from the current website.

LESSON 3: COPYING DATA FROM INTERNET EXPLORER TO OTHER APPLICATIONS

( Copying and Pasting Information

OVERVIEW

You can copy information to the clipboard so it can be pasted to other applications.

STEPS

1. Select EDIT, SELECT ALL to select all text on the screen or highlight the area you would like to copy.

2. Select EDIT, COPY to copy the information to the clipboard.

3. Press EDIT, PASTE to paste the information into any Windows based application.

EXERCISE:

1) Copy the current web page from Internet Explorer to Microsoft

Word.

( Downloading Graphics

OVERVIEW

You can save graphic information so it can be used in other applications. Here is how you can copy a graphic from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Word.

STEPS

1. Right-click the graphic.

2. Click SAVE PICTURE AS.

3. Note where the picture will be saved, and click SAVE.

4. Open Word, and place your keyboard cursor where you want the graphic to appear.

5. Click INSERT, then PICTURE, FROM FILE.

6. Go to the folder where the graphic was saved, select it, and then click INSERT.

EXERCISE:

1) Download the Maine graphic on Maine’s home page, and place it in a Word document.

LESSON 4: SEARCHING THE INTERNET

OVERVIEW

There are many reasons why people search the Internet. Academics use it to research the most current data in their fields. Market researchers can search out the latest advertising and buying trends. People can access the latest weather reports for their local area. Travelers can buy tickets, access maps, and find hotel accommodations. Prospective buyers can search for consumer reports, product specs, and customer satisfaction reports.

( Directories

OVERVIEW

Search directories are created by people, and programs, who search the Internet, gather information, and store the information in a database that is organized like a table of contents in a book.

Developing a classification schematic for the entire base of human knowledge is a fairly daunting and subjective task. There is no standardization between different Web directories' categories. One may have a category for "Daily Living" that addresses health issues, whereas another may have a section dedicated solely to health care.

Here are some categories people have used:

• Arts and Humanities

• Business

• Education

• Entertainment

• Government

• News

STEPS

1. Open the search directory at the web page WWW.

EXERCISE:

1) Use Yahoo to search for information using the directories.

( Search Engines

OVERVIEW

Search Engines let you search the Internet by using key words and phrases. You can use search engines to look through directories and databases created by programs. The programs, commonly called spiders, worms, and wanderers, are computer applications that search the Web and retrieve document information. It starts at one site, and visits all of the sites that the site is linked to. It stores all of the information it has gathered in a database. The program does not evaluate the web site like people who create directories.

Search Engines have help web pages to give you specific information about features. Here are some generic features of search engines:

( Case Sensitivity

Case sensitivity allows you to specify whether your search terms need to be matched following exact capitalization patterns or if any variation of lower case and upper case letters is acceptable. Search terms entered in lower case letters are generally considered case insensitive. The use of capitalized words makes the word case sensitive.

( Required Terms

To require that a word is included in your search, place a plus symbol (+) in front of it. There should be no space between the + symbol and your word, e.g. +University.

( Prohibited Terms

To prevent a word from being included in your search results, preface it with a minus symbol (-). Just as with required terms, there can be no space between your word and the - symbol.

( Phrases

You can group words together to make certain that they're searched for as a phrase by placing them within quotation marks.

( Wildcards

A wildcard character can be placed at the end of a word to substitute for any combination of letters. The asterisk symbol (*) is typically used as a wildcard character.

( Boolean Operators

Simply put, Boolean operators are connecting words--words that you can use to specify relationships between the key words or phrases in your search query.

← And (&)

“And” guarantees that words, phrases, or word and phrase will be present in your query results. Searching for "continuing education" AND University will ensure that any document included in your results will contain both the word University and the phrase "continuing education."

( Or (|)

“Or” guarantees that at least one of your search terms or phrases will be present in your query results. Searching for "continuing education" OR University will deliver any document that contains the word University or the phrase “continuing education.”

( Not (!)

“Not” provides you with a way to exclude unwanted documents from your search. It allows you to search for one key word or phrase while excluding another related key word or phrase. Searching for "continuing education" NOT University will deliver any document that contains the phrase “continuing education” but not the word University.

STEPS

1. Open the search engine at the web page . Click the link HELP for more information.

EXERCISE:

1) Use Altavista to search for information. Search for a general topic and then narrow down to get fewer hits.

INFORMATION SERVICES POLICY BOARD INTERNET POLICY AND USE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES

E-mail systems, Internet and World Wide Web Browsers, bulletin board systems, etc. are intended to be used primarily for business purposes. Any personal use must be of an incidental nature, and not interfere with business activities, must not involve solicitation, must not be associated with any for-profit outside business activity, and must not potentially embarrass the State of Maine, its residents, its taxpayers, or its employees.

Because E-mail is being generated for state business on state owned property, the user should not have the expectation that their E-mail files are private. These files are subject to archival policies and any scrutiny normally afforded to paper files and documents covering the same subject matter.

Internet Policy and Usage

1. Purpose

The purpose of this document is to define the usage of the Internet facility by stating the policy for access and use.

2. Scope

This policy applies to all State employees who use or access the Internet.

2.1. Introduction

These are the areas of use of the Internet.

2.1.1. General read only access via a browser, (Mosaic, Internet Explorer, etc.) to search out information.

2.1.2. Internet e-mail, which provides a conversational mode for obtaining and providing information to other Internet e-mail users.

2.1.3. Home Page posting, which provides information for general consumption through the Internet system.

3. Responsibilities

3.1 Users are responsible for:

3.1.1. Adherence to this policy.

3.1.2. Obtaining agency permission for usage.

3.1.3. Not affecting system resources with large volumes of transferred information.

3.1.4. Using the Internet system for work related purposes only other than incidental personal use.

3.1.5. Agencies will grant permission for employees to access Internet services.

3.2. Agencies will grant permission for employees to access Internet Services.

3.2.1. Approval or denial should be based upon the employee’s need to use an Internet service in the work assigned.

4. Guidelines/Procedures

4.1. For browser access:

4.1.1. Agencies should have an auditable means of employees requesting and being granted permission to use Internet services.

4.1.2. The Agency should process the permission request in a timely manner.

4.1.3. The Agency should notify the user when needed services are available.

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Title Bar

Menu Bar

Navigation Toolbar

Location Toolbar

Personal Links

Button

Status/Site and Progress Bar

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TIPS: If the Show pictures or Play videos check box is cleared, you can still display an individual picture or animation on a Web page by right-clicking its icon and then clicking Show Picture.

If the pictures on the current page are still visible after you clear the Show pictures check box, you can hide them by clicking the View menu and then clicking Refresh.

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