Visiting a Web site

Opening a Web site in a new window

Using links to jump to new pages

Visiting the home page

Seeing where you've been

Changing the font size of the current page

Changing the font of the current page

Exporting the history list

Downloading a file to your computer

Stopping a file from downloading to your computer

Viewing the list of downloaded files

Opening a file on your computer

Saving a link on a page to your computer

Saving the text of the current page to your computer

Copying text from a page to the Clipboard

Printing a Web page

Viewing the HTML source for the current page

Viewing the HTML source for a file in a frame

To visit a Web site

• Type the address in the Address bar, and then press Return.

  If the Auto-Complete Addresses check box (located in the Browser Display page of the Preferences dialog box) is selected, Internet Explorer will attempt to match what you are typing based on the names and addresses stored in your favorites and history lists.

• Add frequently used sites to the Favorites bar.

To open a Web site in a new window

1. On the File menu, choose Open Location.
2. Type the address.
3. To display the page in a new window, select the Open In New Window check box.
4. Click Open.

• Add frequently used sites to the Favorites bar.

To use links to jump to new pages

• Click a link. Links to other pages might be graphical images with colored borders or colored text (usually underlined). The mouse pointer changes to a hand when you move the mouse over a link.

• To open a link in a new browser window, press and hold down the mouse button, and then choose Open Link In New Window from the context menu.

Related Topics
Changing page and link colors
Button bar shortcuts (Forward and Back buttons)
Viewing and printing pages (troubleshooting)

To visit the home page

• On the Go menu, choose Home Page.

Related Topics
Changing the home page
Button bar shortcuts (Home button)
Using links to jump to new pages
Visiting a Web site

To see where you've been

1. Click and hold on the Go menu. The pages you viewed are at the bottom of the menu. You can go to a page by choosing it from the Go menu.
2. To see more options, choose Open History from the Go menu.
   • To visit a page in the history list, double-click it.
   • To add a page in the history list to your favorites list, drag it to the Favorites window.
   • To create an alias to a page in the history list, drag it to the desktop.
   • To get address, date, and comment information about a page in the history list, select it, and then choose Get Info from the File menu.
   • To add a page to the Favorites bar, drag and drop it from the history list to the Favorites bar.

Tips

• The icons to the left of each history item represent the type of protocol that item uses.

  	An HTML document on the Internet (HTTP protocol)
  	A document on your computer (FILE protocol)
  	An FTP site (FTP protocol)
  	A mail document (MAILTO protocol)
  	An Internet newsgroup (NEWS protocol)

• You cannot use the Delete key to delete a History item, but you can drag an item to the Trash.

Related Topics
Changing the number of previously viewed pages stored in the history list
Changing the size and location of the cache
Creating a collection of favorite pages
Glossary (protocol)
Exporting the history list

To change the font size of the current page

1. On the View menu, point to Text Size.
2. Choose the font size you want.

Related Topics
Changing the default font size for all pages
Changing the default fonts on all pages
Changing the font of the current page

To change the font of the current page

• On the View menu, point to Character Set, and then choose the font you want.

  The language kit for the specified character set must be installed on your computer.

Note

• Some pages will use their own fonts instead of the ones you specify. To prevent this, open the Preferences dialog box, and under Web Browser, click Web Content. Then, clear the Allow Page to Specify Fonts check box.

Related Topics
Changing the default fonts on all pages
Changing the font size of the current page

To export the history list

1. On the Go menu, choose Open History.
2. Make sure the History window is active by clicking it.
3. On the File menu, choose Export. The history list will be exported as an HTML document.

Related Topics
Glossary (HTML)
Seeing where you've been

To download a file to your computer

1. On the File menu, choose Download File.
2. Type the URL of the file you want to download.
3. The location where the file will be downloaded is displayed in the Save Location area. If you want to change the location, click Change.
4. Click Download.

   The Download Manager will open and provide you with information about the status, size, and amount of data transferred. You can continue to visit Web pages while this file is downloading in the background.

Tip

• The Download Manager maintains a history of the files you have downloaded. This is useful when you can't remember if you have downloaded a file or where you downloaded it to. To check the location of a downloaded file, choose Download Manager from the File menu, and then double-click the file name.

Related Topics
Changing Download Manager settings
Glossary (URL)
New features: Downloading files
Stopping a file from downloading to your computer
Viewing the list of downloaded files

To stop a file from downloading to your computer

• On the View menu, choose Stop Loading.

Note

• When you stop a file download, the file will still be listed in the Download Manager, but its status will be marked as "Cancelled."

Related Topics
Changing Download Manager settings
Downloading a file to your computer
Viewing the list of downloaded files

To view the list of downloaded files

• On the File menu, choose Download Manager.

  To check the location of a downloaded file, double-click the file name.

• A green check mark beside a file indicates that the file was downloaded successfully. You can also review the information under Status.
• You can sort the information in the Download Manager by file name, status, time download, or the amount of information transferred. To sort, click the column heading at the top of the dialog box that matches your sort criteria.
• You can change the size of the columns in the Download Manager. To do so, position the mouse pointer over the cross-hatched pattern (notice that the pointer becomes a hand), click, and then drag the column.

Related Topics
Changing Download Manager settings
Downloading a file to your computer

To open a file on your computer

• On the File menu, choose Open File, and then locate the file.

Related Topic
Downloading a file to your computer

To copy text to the Clipboard

1. In the page that contains the information you want to copy, select the information.
   • To copy the entire contents of a page, choose Select All from the Edit menu.
   • To copy part of a page only, select the text, and then choose Select All from the Edit menu.
   • To copy information contained in a frame, click inside the frame, and then choose Select All from the Edit menu.
2. On the Edit menu, choose Copy.
3. In the document where you want the information to appear, click where you want to place it.
4. On the Edit menu, choose Paste.

• You cannot copy information from one Internet page into another.

Related Topics
Copying a picture to the Clipboard
Saving the text on the current page to your computer
Saving a link on a page to your computer

To save a link on a page to your computer

1. Point to the link, press and hold down the mouse button, and then choose Download Link To Disk from the context menu.
2. Type a name for the item.
3. Select the location where you want the item saved.
4. Click Save. Internet Explorer saves a copy of the page, not an alias to it.

Note

• If you want to add a link to your favorites list, instead of saving the page to your computer, press and hold down the mouse button over the link, and then choose Add Link To Favorites from the context menu.

Related Topics
Creating a collection of your favorite pages
Creating an alias to a page on the desktop

To save the text on the current page on your computer

1. On the File menu, choose Save As.
2. Type a name for the page.
3. Specify the location where you want the page saved.
4. On the Format menu, choose HTML Source to save the text and HTML tags, or choose Plain Text to save the text only.
5. Click Save.

Related Topics
Creating a collection of your favorite pages
Copying a picture to the Clipboard
Glossary (HTML)
Saving a picture on the current page to your computer
Saving a link on a page to your computer

To print a Web page

1. If the file you want to print is contained in a frame, click inside the frame.
2. On the File menu, choose Print.
3. Adjust settings as needed.
4. Click Print.

Related Topic
Glossary (frame)

To view the HTML source for the current page

• On the View menu, choose Source.

  You cannot edit a page that is on the Web, but you can save a copy of the page on your hard disk and edit that copy.

Related Topics
Glossary (HTML)
Saving the text on the current page on your computer
Viewing the HTML source for a file in a frame

To view the HTML source for a file in a frame

1. Click inside the frame that contains the HTML source you want to view.
2. Press and hold down the mouse button, and then choose View Source from the context menu.

   You cannot edit a page that is on the Web, but you can save a copy of the page on your hard disk and edit that copy.

Related Topics
Glossary (frame)
Glossary (HTML)
Saving the text on the current page on your computer
Viewing the HTML source for the current page