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What is Internet Explorer?What is Internet Explorer?

a Web browser* produced by the

Microsoft Corporation

*a software application used to locate and display Web pages

The IE Window

The IE WindowToolbars

The IE WindowToolbars

Click a button to learn about its function!

Back returns you to a previously displayed page. The drop down arrow gives you a list of pages that are “behind” you. You can quickly jump to one of these pages by selecting a title and clicking once.

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Forward moves you to where you last left off. The drop down arrow gives you a list of pages that are “in front” of you. You can quickly jump to one of these pages by selecting a title and clicking once.

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Stop prevents Internet Explorer from loading a page. If a page is taking too long to download, then use this button to stop IE from loading the rest of the page.

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Refresh updates the data on the Internet Explorer screen. If images or text don’t load properly the first time, simply click this button to re-load the entire page.

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Home returns you to the first page you saw when you opened Internet Explorer. This page can be changed by clicking on the Tools menu > Internet Options…>General Tab.

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Search allows opens and closes a Search page on the left hand side of the window. The search page includes tools to help you look for web information.

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Favorites opens and closes a list of your favorite Web links. You can add links and organize them in this list that opens to the left of the window.

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History opens and closes a list of Web pages you have visited earlier. Use this button to quickly get you to something you visited 20 pages ago or even several days ago.

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Mail opens and closes the program you use for sending and receiving e-mail (Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook).

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Print sends the current page of text and images to your printer. If you want to print only a selection or page from the site, go to File > Print Preview or File > Print.

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Continue to Menus

Menus

Continue to Links

Working with the Links Toolbar

Click on the toolbar to learn how to edit links on the Links Toolbar