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| - Internet Explorer - Configuring Helper Applications | - Fast Favorite Fixes | |||||||||||||||||
| - Internet Explorer Searches | - Finding Favorites in an Overloaded Favorites Menu | |||||||||||||||||
| - Favorite Searches | - Gathering Evidence | |||||||||||||||||
| - Searching For Searches | - Clearing the Cache | |||||||||||||||||
| - Internet Explorer Pop-up Menus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Internet Explorer - Configuring helper applications | ||||||||||||||||||
| As you surf the Internet you're
very likely to come across various file types. In most cases, Microsoft's
Internet Explorer will either open each file type or launch a special
application for reading the specific file type. However, sometimes
you won't have the appropriate application configured for Internet
Explorer. But you can configure Internet Explorer to associate
file types with applications.
Internet Explorer uses a Windows dialog box to control the applications it accesses to open specific file types. To work with this dialog box, first open the My Computer icon on your desktop by double-clicking on it. In the My Computer window, go to the View menu and select Options. In the resulting dialog box, click on the File Types tab. Windows will display the Options dialog box. The process for assigning an application to a file type is simple. First scroll down in the Registered file types list file and highlight the file type you want to work with. Click the Edit button and Windows will display an Edit File Type dialog box. To configure the application, go to the Actions dialog box and double click on the open action. Windows will open an Editing action for type: dialog box where you can determine the application for a file type in the Applications used to perform action: text box. The next time you open the file type in Internet Explorer, it will use the application you choose. |
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| Internet Explorer Searches | ||||||||||||||||||
| You don't have to type http://
each time you enter a new URL in Internet Explorer's Address box
or Open function. For example, if a friend gives you the URL http://www.zdjournals.com,
you can simply type www.zdjournals.com in
the address box, and Explorer will fill in the http:// for you.
You can use the Internet Explorer's Address box to conduct quick, simple searches for companies. To conduct a search with the Address box just type in the company's name as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in your Internet Explorer's address box and press [Enter]. Most Web site developers try to use a domain name that fits their company name. For instance, when you type www.ibm.com in your address box and press [Enter], Internet Explorer will display the IBM Web site. Of course this search method doesn't always work because domain names are sometimes already registered when a company develops a Web site. You can even make effective searches for particular subjects like cars, cooking, news, startrek, harvard, and navy – Internet Explorer inserts a www and com for you and take you to the top-level domain name. When conducting this type of search you'll need to keep the domain name suffixes in mind. For example, if you're searching for Yale University, you'll want to type www.yale.edu, not www.yale.com. The most common domain name suffixes are: .com - commercial business |
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| Favorite Searches | ||||||||||||||||||
| Here's how to add repetitive
searches to your Favorites. If you have to conduct an identical
search on a regular basis (for example, a search on a particular
company), you know that typing lengthy search queries would be
very time consuming. You can automate periodic searches simply
by making them Favorites. Then, when you want to conduct the search
again, you just go to your Favorites list and open the search results,
just as you would any other Web page. The search engine will conduct
the search again and include any new links in the search results.
The major search engines and Metasearch engines listed below will
let you bookmark search results pages for later reference.
Google http://www.google.com/ As you conduct searches over long periods of time, you can recognize new results by looking for links you haven't accessed. On standard Web pages, new links will appear in blue and old links in red. You should note, however, that links you've clicked on (those old links in red) will revert to back blue after 20 days. So if you plan to conduct a series of searches for a longer period of time, you'll need to reset the History preference. To reset the expiration time limit on followed links, go to the View menu and select Internet Options. In the Internet Options dialog box, select the General tab. Then go to the History section and change the number in the Days to keep pages in history to reflect the amount of time you'll conduct your search. |
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| Searching For Searches | ||||||||||||||||||
| If you often find yourself interrupted while going through Internet search results, you'll be glad to know that Internet Explorer offers an easy way to pull up your search results again later on. Simply open your History folder and under the date you made the search, click on the entry for the appropriate search engine. This will reveal a list of the searches you've made using that particular engine. With some search engines, your search topics will automatically be listed here. For others, you'll need to place your pointer over the entry to display the search terms. Once you've located that interrupted search, just click to return to your search results. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Internet Explorer Pop-up Menus | ||||||||||||||||||
| One of the best shortcuts that
you can take advantage of when you're exploring the Internet is
Internet Explorer's pop-up menus. These pop-up menus give you quick
access to functions like Save As..., Open... and Copy....
To access a pop-up menu, place the mouse cursor on a hypertext link or graphic image and click the right mouse button. Explorer will display one of three pop-up menu that you can use to quickly perform various functions. Functions that you can perform from pop-up menus include:
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| Fast Favorite Fixes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organizing your Favorites is
an essential factor in how you access the sites you want. When
working with Favorites it's important to remember that Internet
Explorer creates a shortcut for each and every Favorite you make,
and that Internet Explorer integrates into the Windows operating
system more effectively than other Web browsers.
To get fast control of your Favorites, go to the toolbar and click on the Favorites folder. Internet Explorer will open a list box in the left-hand side of the browser window where you can access Favorites by double clicking on them. But remember, these are shortcuts and this list box is more like a directory than just an access bar for your favorites. You can quickly perform several important functions form this list box that you could never do in other browsers. For example, you can drag a Favorite or folder to different areas in the bar to organize. You can even drag a Favorite or folder off the list box and onto your desktop. And if you right click on a Favorite or a folder, Internet Explorer will display a pop-up menu that lets you perform functions like Edit (in FrontPage), Subscribe, Copy, and Delete. One of the most powerful options in this pop-up menu is the Send to... options. Click on the Send To... option and Internet Explorer will let you send the Favorite to a floppy disk, create a shortcut on the desktop, or attach the shortcut to an email messages. |
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| Finding Favorites in an Overloaded Favorites Menu | ||||||||||||||||||
| If you like collecting lots
of Favorites, but you're not good at organizing them, then you
might soon have a problem. Trying to find a specific Favorite by
scanning through a large Favorites menu can be like trying to find
the proverbial needle in a hay stack. But you can locate those
hard to find Favorites using the Windows Start Menu Find function.
To track down a Favorite, first go to the Windows Start menu and select Find/Files or Folders.... Windows will display a Find: All Files dialog box. In the Look in: dropdown box, type C:\WINDOWS\Favorites, or browse to this directory. Finally, type the Favorite name you want to search in the Named: dropdown box and click the Find Now button. Windows will display all the Favorites that match your query and list information about each Favorite's name, directory location, size, type, and date modified. If there are multiple results, you can click on the column information title and sort the results by name, date, and so on. |
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| Gathering Evidence | ||||||||||||||||||
| If you suspect that someone has been using your computer to access inappropriate Web sites, Internet Explorer offers some handy ways to track the culprit. The answers are right in your History folder. Just access this folder and you will see exactly what web sites have been visited. Once you've found the traces of a questionable site, you'll want more details. Simply right-click on the offending item and choose Properties from the pop-up menu, then you'll discover the exact time and date this site was visited. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Clearing the Cache (2 methods) | ||||||||||||||||||
| IBM compatibles / Internet
Explorer browser is Not Open:
1. Double left-click My Computer icon on Desktop 2. Double left-click Control Panel 3. Double left-click Internet Properties 4. Left-click General tab 5. In Temporary Internet Files area: Left-click Delete Files button 6. Below this, left-click Clear History button 7. Left-click OK
IBM compatibles / Internet Explorer browser is Open: 1. Left-click Tools in menu bar 2. Left-click Internet Options... 3. Left-click General tab 4. In Temporary Internet Files area: Left-click Delete Files button 5. Below this, left-click Clear History button 6. Left-click OK |
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