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XPLearn about Web browser software and Web pages

• The Web is a collection of files that reside on computers, called Web servers. – Web servers are connected to each other through the Internet

• The software you use to connect your computer to the Web server is your Web browser. – Common Web browsers are Netscape Navigator and Internet

Explorer – These browsers use a standard Graphical User Interface design

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XPThe Microsoft Internet Explorer window

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XPComputers and the Internet

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XPLearn about Web addresses and URLs

• Each computer on the Internet has an unique identification number, called an IP (Internet Protocol) address.

• The IP addressing system currently in use on the Internet uses a four-part number.

• Each part of the address is a number ranging from 0 to 255, and each part is separated from the previous part by a period, for example: 106.29.242.17.

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XPWhere do these ip addresses point to?

• http://64.233.161.147/ ?• http://137.141.15.33/ ?

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• When you use a Web browser to access a Web page stored on a Web server, you need to provide the browser with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

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XPURL

• A URL is a Web Page’s address and identifies where the web page is stored on the Internet.

• It is a four-part addressing scheme.– See page BEB 8

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XPIdentify the parts of a URL

Server address could be ip address !

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• Although each computer connected to the Internet has a unique IP address, most Web browsers use domain name addressing to locate Web sites and pages.

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XPCommonly used domain names

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XPSeveral must-known terms

• ISP Internet Service Provider• WWW World Wide Web• URL Uniform Resource Locator, which can

uniquely identify a web resource on the Internet. – A URL consists of a protocol, domain name, and

sometimes the path to a specific web page or even a location in a web page.

• http:// hypertext transfer protocol.

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XPHtml and web page

• (Hypertext Markup Language) - The coded format language used for creating hypertext documents on the World Wide Web and controlling how Web pages appear.

• The language for web pages

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XPCreate two web pages

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XPAnchor tags are used to define hyperlinks

• Text files on Web servers are coded with HTML formatting tags that enable your browser to read text.

• The tag that gives HTML its power, however, is the anchor tag.

• Each anchor tag used in an HTML document, or Web page, creates a hypertext link or hypermedia link to other HTML documents or to other media.

• These links are a different color than other text on the page, and are sometimes underlined. When you click the link, you connect to another Web page.

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XPIdentify a hyperlink on a Web page

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XPHyperlinks and Web pages

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XPSave and organize Web addresses

• Use Internet Explorer's Favorites list to store and organize a list of Web pages that you have visited so you can return to them easily.

• The Favorites button on the Standard Buttons toolbar opens the Add Favorite dialog box.

• Use the Favorites list to open URLs you have stored as favorites.

• Create folders to organize your favorites in the way that best suits your needs and working style.

• Organize your folders in a hierarchical structure using the Organize button on the Favorites Explorer Bar.

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XPFavorite Web sites can be saved and organized

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XPPrinting a Web Page

• Make sure the page you want to print is displayed in the browser window.

• Select Print from the File menu to open the Print dialog box.

• Ready the printer and click the Print button.

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XPSaving a Web Page

• You can save a Web page by clicking the Save As option in the File menu.

• Options for saving a Web page:– Web Page, complete

– HTML code

– Web page text

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XPSaving a Web Page

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XPSaving a Web Page Graphic

• Open the Web page containing the graphic you wish to display.

• Right-click the graphic and select Save Picture As from the shortcut menu.

• Navigate to where you want to save the picture, save the filename if necessary, and click the Save button.

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XPSaving a Web Page Graphic

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XPLearn about e-mail and e-mail software

• E-mail, or electronic mail, is an efficient way to exchange messages with others on a network.

• This network may be small and self-contained, such as within an office, or as large as the Internet.

• E-mail messages can go to only one recipient or to dozens of recipients at once.

• When you send a message, it travels through the network to an e-mail server.

• The e-mail server stores messages until the recipient(s) request them.

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XPHow E-mail works

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XPE-mail address components

• You may have an e-mail account through a business network or you may create an e-mail account with a service that provides Internet access.

• An e-mail address consists of:– A user name or login ID

– The “at” symbol (@)

– The name of the e-mail server

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XPSend and receive e-mail using Microsoft Outlook Express

• To access your e-mail account you also need an e-mail program, which is also called e-mail client software.

• You use the e-mail program to open, print, delete, reply to, forward, and save mail from your e-mail server.

• One such program is Microsoft's Outlook Express, which installs as part of Internet Explorer.

• Outlook Express can be accessed through the Start menu on the All Programs submenu.

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XPMicrosoft Outlook Express

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XPSend and receive e-mail

• To send an e-mail message:– Press the New Mail button on the Outlook Express toolbar – Type in the e-mail addresses of the recipient– Type your subject matter– Type your message and then click the Send button

• To retrieve mail that has been sent to you:– Click the Send/Recv button on the toolbar– Outlook Express will contact your e-mail server and download your e-

mail messages• To reply to a message:

– Click the Reply button – The recipient address and the subject matter are automatically filled in– When you have completed typing your reply, click the Send button

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XPThe Outlook Express New Message dialog box

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XPReply to an e-mail message

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XPAdding contacts to the Address Book

• You can use the Address Book to keep track of all the people and organizations with which you correspond electronically.

• You not only can store the e-mail addresses for your contacts, but also all other related information.

• Click the Addresses button on the toolbar to open the Address Book, and then select New Contact from the New button on the toolbar.

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XPAdding contacts to the Address Book

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XPAttaching a file to a message

• To attach a file to a message, first create a new message and click the Attach button on the toolbar.

• Browse for and select the file you wish to attach to the message.

• After selecting the file, complete your message and click the Send button.

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XPMessage with file attached

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XPReceiving a message with an attachment