Welcome to the Internet Information Center. The purpose of this site is, to inform you about the Internet itself and how to use various different services, the internet has to offer. You will find everything necessary to make the Internet work for you. The purpose of this document is, to introduce you to the navigation provided for this site. To get the best out of this site, I recommend either Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or Netscape Navigator 3.0. or any other browser that is capable of
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THE MAIN LAYOUT
If your browser supports frames, then you will see three frames in your window. The top frame is the main toolbar, the frame to the left is the menu bar and the frame in which this document is displayed is called the content frame which displays the desired documents. If your browser can execute javascript, then a short explanation will be displayed in your browsers status line.
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DOCUMENT STRUCTURE
All the documents on this site have been designed with the ease of use in mind. They are separated in chapters and at the end of each chapter you will find a special symbol, which will take you to the top of the document (see symbols for details). Especially the documents in the how to section are structured the following way:
Furthermore topics in any document are formatted using this color.
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THE MAIN TOOLBAR
The main toolbar is located at the top of your browser window and provides buttons, that, if clicked, will take you to the
THE MENU BAR
The menu bar is located to the left and allows you to navigate the different chapters and documents the IIC has to offer. From the main menu you can access the
INFORMATIONAL FOOTER
The document footer is located in the lower right corner of each document. It contains the copyright information and a link to the IIC's supporting internet provider EUnet.
Throughout the Internet Information Center you will find special symbols. The table below will explain which symbol is used for which purpose:
This symbol
has this meaning
This link is of interest for Microsoft Windows 3.1 users.
This link is of interest for Microsoft Windows 95 users.
This link is of interest for all Microsoft Windows users.
This link is of interest for all Apple Mac users.
The following link will take you to the glossary explanation for the current term.
Takes you to the top of the current document.
Indicates a special note or something you should pay attention to. Displayed in light gray.