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A

Address Book
Address Book window
Address Book menu items

Alerts
Network Preferences|Protocols
Security|General

Appearance
General|Appearance
Mail and News|Appearance

Applications
General|Helpers

Auto Load images
Viewing inline images
Options

B

Back command
Quickly, how do I start?
Go
Pop-up Menu

Backgrounds
Content area, frames, and text fields
General|Colors

Bcc (Mail Bcc)
Message Composition window

Bookmarks
Linking via buttons and menu items
Using history and bookmark lists
Saving pages
Bookmarks list
Bookmarks window
Bookmarks menu items
Bookmarks
Pop-up Menu
How do you create cascading (hierarchical) bookmark menus?
How do you convert hotlists to bookmarks?

C

Cache
Network|Cache
What is a cache and how does it work?
What is the difference between memory cache and disk cache?
What is the recommended size for each cache?

Cc (Mail Cc)
Message Composition window

Certificates
Security Preferences|Personal Certificates
Security|Site Certificates
How does Netscape's security technology protect me?
To what degree can SSL security protect me?
What does the Document Information page tell me?
Are certificates required and where do you get one?

Client pull
What's the purpose of server push and client pull?

Colors
Finding, starting and stopping links
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
Window summary
General|Colors

Composition
Mail and News|Composition

Connections
Network|Connections

Content area
Content area, frames, and text fields

Cookie
Network Preferences|Protocols

Customer Showcase
Directory

D

Directory window
Directory

Directory commands
Window summary
Directory buttons
Directory

Disk cache (See: Cache)

Document information
Identifying secure information
Window summary
Security indicators
Document information
File
What does the Document Information page tell me?

E

Edit menu
Printing and finding
Edit

Email (See: Mail)

Encoding
Document information
General|Fonts

Encryption (See: Security)

Error messages
Content area, frames, and text fields

External images
Viewing external images
Where do I find helper applications?

F

File menu
Printing and finding
Using the Message Composition window
Message Composition window
File
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?

Find commands
Printing and finding
Edit

Firewalls
Network|Proxies
What should I know about firewalls?
Fixed font
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
General|Fonts

Fonts
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
General|Fonts

Forms
Filling in forms
Identifying secure information
Security indicators

Forward command
Go
Pop-up Menu

Frames
Understanding pages and frames
Printing and finding
Content area, frames, and text fields

Frequently Asked Questions
Help

FTP
Network Preferences|Protocols
How do I download and upload files using FTP?

G

General preferences
General|Appearance
General|Applications
General|Colors
General|Fonts
General|Helpers
General|Images
General|Language

GIF
Viewing external images
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?
What is dithering and how is it used?
What are the MIME types used by helper applications?

Gopher
Why might I use Gopher?

Go menu
Go

H

Handbook
What will I learn in this handbook?
Help

Help menu
Help

Helper applications (See: Helpers)

Helpers
General|Helpers
Where do I find helper applications?
What are the MIME types used by helper applications?
What are MIME, Types files, and Mailcap files?

History command
Linking via buttons and menu items
Using history and bookmark lists
Go

Home command
Go

Home page
Selecting a home page
Directory

Hotlists (See: Bookmarks)

HTML
Saving pages
View
General|Helpers
How do I learn to write HTML and publish pages?

HTTP
Knowing that every page has a unique URL
Identifying secure information
Network|Proxies
What's the purpose of server push and client pull?
What are the MIME types used by helper applications?

HTTPS
Identifying secure information
Security indicators
How can I tell when security is in effect?

I

Identity
Mail and News|Identity

Images
Viewing inline images
Viewing external images
Pop-up Menu
General|Images
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?
What is dithering and how is it used?

INI file
Are there any Windows-specific tips or tricks?
What are proxies and SOCKS?

Inline images
Viewing inline images
Pop-up Menu
General|Images
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?

Internet
Seeing the Internet
What's good on the Internet?
Directory
Help
What is the World Wide Web's place in the Internet?
How can I access the Internet?

Internet shortcuts
Pop-up Menu
How do Windows 95 shortcuts work?

J

Japanese encoding (See: Encoding)

Java
What do I need to know about plug-ins, JavaScript, and Java?
Network Preferences|Languages

JavaScript
What do I need to know about plug-ins, JavaScript, and Java?
Network Preferences|Languages

JPEG
Viewing external images
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?
What is dithering and how is it used?
What are the MIME types used by helper applications?

K

Keys
Understanding public key technology
To what degree can SSL security protect me?
What does the Document Information page tell me?

L

Language
General|Language

Languages
What do I need to know about plug-ins, JavaScript, and Java?
Network Preferences|Languages

Link styles
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
General|Appearance

Links
Finding, starting and stopping links
Linking via buttons and menu items
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
Window summary
Pop-up Menu
General|Appearance

Load Images
Viewing inline images
View
General|Images
Pop-up Menu

Location
Knowing that every page has a unique URL
Content area, frames, and text fields

M

Macintosh
How can Mac and UNIX users install basic Netscape?
Are there any Macintosh-specific tips or tricks?

Mail
Setting up email and news
Receiving and sending email
Using the Mail window
Using the Message Composition window
Message Composition window
Mail window
Mail toolbar buttons
Mail menu items
Mail and News|Appearance
Mail and News|Composition
Mail and News|Servers
Mail and News|Identity
Mail and News|Organization
Network Preferences|Protocols
What does each part of an Internet address mean?

Mail and News preferences
Mail and News|Appearance
Mail and News|Composition
Mail and News|Servers
Mail and News|Identity
Mail and News|Organization

Mailcap file (See: MIME)

Mail Document
Using the Message Composition window
Saving pages
Message Composition window
File

Mail icon
Receiving and sending email
Window summary
Mail window

Mailto
Finding, starting and stopping links
Mail window

Memory cache (See: Cache)

Menu items
Linking via buttons and menu items
How do you create cascading (hierarchical) bookmark menus?

Message Composition window
Sending email and news
Using the Message Composition window
Message Composition window
Mail window
News window

Movies (See: Helper applications)

MIME types
General|Helpers
Mail and News|Composition
What are the MIME types used by helper applications?
What are MIME, Types files, and Mailcap files?

N

Netscape Communications Corporation
Directory
Help
Where can I learn more about the company and its products?

Netscape
How can beginning Internet users install Netscape?
How can Windows users install basic Netscape?
How can Mac and UNIX users install basic Netscape?
Help

Network preferences
Network|Cache
Network|Connections
Network|Proxies
Network Preferences|Protocols
Network Preferences|Languages

News
Setting up email and news
Using the Message Composition window
Receiving and sending news
Using the News window
Exploring Usenet news
Message Composition window
News window
News toolbar buttons
News menu items
Directory
Mail and News|Appearance
Mail and News|Composition
Mail and News|Servers
Mail and News|Identity
Mail and News|Organization
How does the News area work?

News file
Exploring Usenet news
News toolbar buttons
Mail and News|Servers
How does the News area work?

Newsgroups (see: News)

NNTP
Setting up email and news
Mail and News|Servers

O

OLE
How does Netscape work as an OLE server and container?

Open file
Selecting a home page
Saving pages
File
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?
Are there any Macintosh-specific tips or tricks?
Are there any Windows-specific tips or tricks?

Open location
Knowing that every page has a unique URL
Linking via buttons and menu items
File

Options menu
Choosing the screen look
Selecting a home page
Options

Options preferences panels
Options

Organization
Mail and News|Organization <

P

Page
What's on each Netscape page?
Understanding pages and frames
Knowing that every page has a unique URL
What's the purpose of server push and client pull?

Passwords
Mail window
Security Preferences|Passwords

People
Directory

Personal Certificates
Security Preferences|Personal Certificates
Are certificates required and where do you get one?

Plug-ins
How can Mac and UNIX users install basic Netscape?
What do I need to know about plug-ins, JavaScript, and Java?
Help
What are plug-ins?

Pop-up menu
Saving pages
Pop-up Menu
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?
How do Windows 95 shortcuts work?

Ports
Network|Proxies

PPP
What are SLIP and PPP?

Preferences command
Options
General|Appearance
General|Applications
General|Colors
General|Fonts
General|Helpers
General|Images
General|Language
Mail and News|Appearance
Mail and News|Composition
Mail and News|Servers
Mail and News|Identity
Mail and News|Organization
Network|Cache
Network|Connections
Network|Proxies
Network Preferences|Protocols
Network Preferences|Languages
Security|General
Security Preferences|Passwords
Security Preferences|Personal Certificates
Security|Site Certificates

Print commands
Printing and finding
File

Progress bar
Window summary

Proportional font
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
General|Fonts

Protocols
Knowing that every page has a unique URL
General|Helpers
What are the MIME types used by helper applications?

Proxies
Network|Proxies
What should I know about firewalls?
What are proxies and SOCKS?

Public key (See: Keys)

Q

R

Refresh
View

Registry
Are there any Windows-specific tips or tricks?
What are proxies and SOCKS?

Release notes
Where should I start?
Are there any Windows-specific tips or tricks?
Are there any UNIX-specific tips or tricks?

Reload
Viewing inline images
Toolbar
View
Network|Cache
What is a cache and how does it work?

Reload Frame
View

S

Save commands
Saving pages
File
Pop-up Menu
How can I save files and images onto my hard disk?

Search engines
Directory buttons
Directory

Secure Sockets Layer (see: SSL)

Security
Identifying secure information
Understanding public key technology
Window summary
Security indicators
Document information
Help
Security|General
Security Preferences|Passwords
Security Preferences|Personal Certificates
Security|Site Certificates
Where can I learn about Internet security?
Can I safely transmit information such as credit card numbers?
How does Netscape's security technology protect me?
To what degree can SSL security protect me?
How can I tell when security is in effect?
What does the Document Information page tell me?
Are certificates required and where do you get one?

Security preferences
Security|General
Security Preferences|Passwords
Security Preferences|Personal Certificates
Security|Site Certificates

Server list
News window
How does the News area work?

Server push
What's the purpose of server push and client pull?

Servers
Knowing that every page has a unique URL
Document information
Mail and News|Servers
What should I know about firewalls?

Shortcuts
How do Windows 95 shortcuts work?

Show commands
Choosing the screen look
Options

Signature file
Using the Message Composition window
Message Composition window
Mail and News|Identity

Site Certificates
Security|Site Certificates
Are certificates required and where do you get one?

SLIP
What are SLIP and PPP?

SMTP
Setting up email and news
Mail and News|Servers

SNEWS
Identifying secure information
Security indicators
How can I tell when security is in effect?

SOCKS
Network|Proxies
What should I know about firewalls?
What are proxies and SOCKS?

Sounds (See: Helper applications)

Source
Saving pages
View
General|Helpers
How do I learn to write HTML and publish pages?

SSL
Security|General
Where can I learn about Internet security?
How does Netscape's security technology protect me?
To what degree can SSL security protect me?
How can I tell when security is in effect?

Status indicator
Window summary

Status message
Content area, frames, and text fields

Stop Loading command
Finding, starting and stopping links

Styles
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
General|Appearance
Mail and News|Appearance

T

TCP/IP
What are TCP/IP and Winsocks?

Telnet
General|Helpers

Toolbar
Linking via buttons and menu items
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
Toolbar

Types file (See: MIME)

U

Uniform Resource Locator
Knowing that every page has a unique URL

UNIX
How can Mac and UNIX users install basic Netscape?
Are there any UNIX-specific tips or tricks?

Upgrades
Help

URL
Knowing that every page has a unique URL
Message Composition window

URL link icon
Window summary

Usenet
Setting up email and news
Receiving and sending news
Exploring Usenet news
News window
News menu items
Mail and News|Servers
How does the News area work?

V

View Bookmarks
Bookmarks list
Bookmarks window
Bookmarks menu items
Bookmarks

View menu
Document information
View

W

Wallpaper
Pop-up Menu

Web (See: World Wide Web)

Window commands
Netscape window
Window summary
Window
General|Appearance
Mail and News|Appearance

Window menu
Window

Window styles
Changing styles, fonts, and colors
Selecting a home page
General|Appearance

Windows
How can Windows users install basic Netscape?
How does Netscape work as an OLE server and container?
Are there any Windows-specific tips or tricks?
How do Windows 95 shortcuts work?

Winsocks
What are TCP/IP and Winsocks?

World Wide Web
Seeing the Internet
Help
What is the World Wide Web's place in the Internet?

X

XBM
Viewing external images
What are the MIME types used by helper applications?

Y

Z


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