Visiting a Web site

Opening a Web site in a new window

Using links to jump to new pages

Visiting the home page

Adding to a collection of favorite pages

Visiting a favorite page

Placing a page in Page Holder

Placing only links in Page Holder

Seeing where you've been

Browsing the Web without being connected to the Internet

Exporting the history list

To visit a Web site

1. Type the address in the Address Bar.

   If you've visited the Web site before, and you can't remember the complete address, just type a word that is contained in the address, and Internet Explorer will search your favorites list and history list for a match. For example, if you've been visiting a lot of art galleries, type gall in the Address Bar, and then click the down arrow to display all sites that contain "gall."

   If the AutoComplete feature is turned on, as you type the address, Internet Explorer searches your favorites list and history list, and then displays matching addresses that you can scroll through.

2. After you finish typing the Web address, or when AutoComplete finds a match, press the Go button.

• If you click in an empty Address Bar and then press the CTRL and the RIGHT ARROW key, Internet Explorer automatically inserts http://www.

• Use the Forward and Back buttons on the toolbar to move through the sites you've visited during a session. Just click and hold the mouse button over a button, and then select an address from the menu.

• If AutoComplete is turned on, use the CTRL key and arrow keys to scroll through the possible matches.

  To	Do this
  Move to the next directory	Press CTRL - RIGHT ARROW key
  Cycle forward from current directory	Press CTRL - UP ARROW key
  Cycle backward from the current directory	Press CTRL - DOWN ARROW key

• Add frequently used sites to the favorites list or Favorites Bar.

To open a Web site in a new window

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

• To open a link in a new browser window, point to the link and hold down the mouse, and then select Open Link In New Window from the shortcut menu.

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 pointer changes to a hand when you move the mouse over a link.

• To open a link in a new browser window, point to the link and hold down the mouse button, and then select Open Link In New Window from the shortcut menu.

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

To visit the home page

• On the Go menu, click Home Page.

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

To add to a collection of favorite pages

1. Open the page you want to add to your collection of favorite pages.
2. On the Favorites menu, click Add Page To Favorites.

Tips

• To add the current page to the Favorites Bar, press the - SHIFT keys while clicking Add Page To Favorites from the Favorites menu.
• You can also click New Favorite from the Favorites menu to open the Info for Favorite dialog box in which you can type the address of the page you want to add to your favorites list.
• When you add a page with frames to your favorites list, selecting that favorite item will show you the page with its frames in the original state. You can add comments to the favorites item to help you remember how to navigate to a particular frame on the page.
• The icons in the favorites list describe each item.

  	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)
  	An active channel
  	A Web page that has been designated a Page Holder Favorite

Related Topics
Adding a favorite page to the Favorites Bar
Button Bar shortcuts (Favorites button)
Glossary (Explorer Bar)
Glossary (favorites list)

To visit a favorite page

1. On the Favorites menu, click Open Favorites.
2. Double-click the page you want to visit.

   If the page you want to visit is on the Favorites Bar, just click the name of the site on the bar.

• If the Explorer Bar is displayed, click the Favorites tab to view your favorite pages. Click the page you want to visit, and it will be displayed in the right pane.

Related Topics
Adding a favorite page to the Favorites Bar
Button Bar shortcuts (Favorites button)
Glossary (Explorer Bar)
Glossary (favorites list)

To place a page in Page Holder

1. Display the page you want to place in Page Holder.
2. Click the Page Holder tab, and then click the Page Holder button.

Tips

• Page Holder makes it easy to navigate from a page containing a list of links. Just put the page in the Page Holder pane, and click the links to display them in the main window.
• You can view just the links on a page in Page Holder by clicking the Links button. Click the button again to go back to a display of the full Web page.
• You can click New Favorite from the Favorites menu to open the Info for Favorite dialog box in which you can type the address of the page you want to add to your Page Holder favorites list.
• The icons in the Page Holder favorites list describe each item.

  	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)
  	An active channel
  	A Web page that has been designated a Page Holder Favorite

Viewing the current Page Holder page as links only

1. Display the page you want to place in Page Holder.
2. Click the Page Holder tab, and then click the Page Holder button.

Related Topics
What is Page Holder?
Adding a page to Page Holder Favorites

To revisit previously viewed pages

1. Click the Go menu. The pages you have viewed are at the bottom of the menu. You can go to a page by clicking it from the Go menu.
2. To see more options, click 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 the page to the Favorites window.
   • To create an alias to a page in the history list, drag the page to the desktop.
   • To get address, date, and comment information about a page in the history list, select it, and then click Get Info from the File menu.
   • To add a page to the Favorites Bar, drag it from the history list to the Favorites Bar.

Tips

• Use the Forward and Backward buttons on the toolbar to move through the sites you've visited in a session. Just drag the mouse over the buttons, and then select an address from the menu.

• If the Explorer Bar is displayed, click the History tab to view your history list. Click the page you want to visit, and it will be displayed in the right pane.

• The icons to the left of each history item describe the page.

  	An HTML document on the Internet (HTTP protocol)
  	A document on your computer (FILE protocol)
  	An FTP site (FTP protocol)
  	An active channel
  	A Web page that has been designated a Page Holder Favorite

• 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
Exporting the history list
Glossary (protocol)

To browse the Web without being connected to the Internet

You can make the most of offline browsing by using channels and subscriptions to get the latest content downloaded to you computer when you are connected and online. You can also view sites that you have archived.

• On the File menu, click Offline Browsing.

Tips

• If you type an address that is not stored on your hard disk, Internet Explorer will prompt you to connect to the Internet. You can use settings in the Preferences dialog box to automatically connect to the Internet when this occurs.

Related Topics
Changing the size and location of the cache
Connecting to the Internet automatically when a page is not cached.
Glossary (history list)
Glossary (offline browsing)
Setting up your subscribed sites for offline browsing

To export the history list

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

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