To make the text on Web pages larger or
smaller, click the View menu, and then click Text Size.
Press F5 to refresh the screen.
To quickly save a Web page to your
Favorites list, press CTRL+D.
You can send a Web page in e-mail by
clicking the File menu, pointing to Send, and then clicking
Page By Email.
Web pictures and backgrounds make great
desktop wallpaper. Just right-click the picture you want, and then click
Set as Wallpaper.
To scroll toward the beginning of a
document, press the UP ARROW.
To scroll toward the beginning of a
document in large increments, press PAGE UP.
To back up to previous pages quickly,
you can click the small down arrow to the right of the Back
button.
To adjust the amount of hard disk space
to use for temporary Internet files, click the Tools menu, click
Internet Options, and then click Settings.
You can make sure the Web page you are
viewing contains the latest information by pressing F5 to refresh
it.
Internet Explorer saves you time and
keystrokes by finishing frequently typed URLs for you.
To move forward between frames, press
CTRL+TAB.
To move back between frames, press
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB.
You can type a word in the Address bar
and press CTRL+ENTER to automatically add http://www. and .com on either
side of the word.
If your e-mail program is Microsoft
Outlook or Outlook Express, you can drag an Internet shortcut into an
e-mail message.
You can rearrange your Favorites list
or menu by dragging and dropping.
To print the current page or active
frame, press CTRL+P.
If you want to know which actions you
can perform on a favorite link, right-click the link on the Favorites
menu.
To print a document, you can drag an
Internet shortcut to a printer icon on your desktop.
You can keep your most frequently
visited Web pages only a single click away by dragging a shortcut to the
page onto the Links bar.
To scroll toward the end of a
document, press the DOWN ARROW.
To scroll toward the end of a document
in large increments, press PAGE DOWN.
You can type the friendly name of a
favorite page in the Address bar, then select the page name in the
AutoComplete list that appears.
To display the Links bar, a handy
place to keep your favorite Web sites, click the View menu, point
to Toolbars, and then click Links.
To quickly print just one frame of a
Web page, right-click inside the frame, and then click Print.
You can print a table of all the links
associated with a Web page. In the Print dialog box, click Print table
of links.
Clicking the Search button
displays a search service on the left side of your screen and a Web page
on the right.
To move backward or forward within the
Search bar, right-click within the Search bar, and then click Back or
Forward on the menu that appears.
To search from the Address bar, type
go, find, or ? followed by a word or phrase, and then
press ENTER.
You can mark favorites or Links bar
items for offline reading by right-clicking an item and then clicking
Make available offline.
You can specify whether to accept
"cookies" on your computer for each security zone. For more information,
look up "cookies" in the Help Index.
You can rearrange shortcuts on the
Links bar by dragging and dropping them.
To change the color of links on Web
pages, click the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and
then click the Colors button.
To open a new Internet Explorer
window, press CTRL+N.
You can print all documents that are
linked to a specific Web page. In the Print dialog box, click Print all
linked documents.
To rename an item on the Favorites
list or on the Links bar, right-click the item, and then click
Rename.
You can drag your toolbar, Links bar,
and Address bar anywhere you want them. You can even combine them to save
space.
For more information about Internet
Explorer features, click the Help menu and then click Contents
and Index.
To see the names of the buttons on the
toolbar, click the View menu, point to Toolbars, click
Customize, and then click Show Text.
To stop downloading a page, press
ESC.
To change your home page to the page
you have open, click the Tools menu, click Internet Options,
and then click Use Current.
To gain space on your hard disk by
deleting temporary files, click the Tools menu, click Internet
Options, and then click Delete Files.
You can add folders to your Favorites
list by clicking the Favorites menu and then clicking Organize
Favorites.
You can remove a shortcut from your
Favorites or Links list or menu by right-clicking it and then clicking
Delete.
To turn off the underlines in Web page
links, click the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and
then click the Advanced tab.
To change a favorite site's offline
properties, right-click the item on your Favorites list, and then click
Properties.
To screen which Web sites can appear
on your computer, click the Tools menu, click Internet
Options, click the Content tab, and then click
Enable.
You can use the Media Explorer Bar to
view and listen to media content on the web.
To go to the next page, press
ALT+RIGHT ARROW.
To go to the previous page, press
ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE.
You can see a list of Web sites you
have visited recently by clicking the History button on the
toolbar.
You can move your cursor into the
Address bar by pressing ALT+D.
You can tell if the Web site you're on
is secure; a lock icon appears on the status bar. For more information,
double-click the icon.
You can add and remove buttons on the
toolbar by right-clicking the toolbar and then clicking
Customize.
You can save a Web page for offline
reading by clicking the File menu and then clicking Save
As.
Instead of clicking the Back
button, you can press the BACKSPACE key to move back a page.
You can switch between a regular-sized
Internet Explorer window and full-screen mode by pressing F11.
To save a page or picture without
opening it, right-click the link for the item you want, and then click
Save Target As.
You can get e-mail when a Web site
changes. First make the site available for reading offline, then change
its Download tab properties.
To make Web pages load faster, click
the Tools menu, click Internet Options, click the
Advanced tab, then turn off sounds and pictures.
When you add a Web page to your
Favorites list, you can also make it available to read when you're not
connected to the Internet.
To move to the beginning of a
document, press the HOME key.
To move to the end of a document,
press END.
To see a list of all Internet
addresses you have typed during this session, click the small down arrow
at the right end of the Address bar.
You can set a different level of
security for each Web site. On the Tools menu, click Internet
Options, and then click the Security tab.
To search for a word or phrase on a
Web page, press CTRL+F to open the Find dialog box.
You can close the current window by
pressing CTRL+W.
To display a list of the Internet
addresses you have typed in the Address bar, press F4.
In the Address bar, you can quickly
move the cursor back between parts of the address by pressing CTRL+LEFT
ARROW.
In the Address bar, you can quickly
move the cursor forward between parts of the address by pressing
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW.
If you use Netscape, you can learn
about differences in Internet Explorer by clicking the Help menu
and then clicking For Netscape Users.
To go to a new location, press
CTRL+O.
You can install more Internet Explorer
components by clicking the Tools menu and then clicking Windows
Update.
If you want to learn more about using
the World Wide Web, click the Help menu and then click
Tour.
You can quickly put a shortcut to any
Web page on your desktop by right-clicking in the page and then clicking
Create Shortcut.
To see how any Web page was coded,
right-click in the page, and then click View
Source.