Communicator Help Topics

Navigator Help Topics

Messenger Help Topics

Collabra Help Topics

Composer Help Topics

Conference Help Topics

Netcaster Help Topics

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Communicator Overview

About Navigator
About Messenger
About Collabra
About Composer
About Conference
About Netcaster
About Calendar
About Host On-Demand
About AutoAdmin


Security

About Security
Certificates and Signatures
Encrypting and Decrypting
Passwords and Keys
Security Settings
Troubleshooting
Signing Java Applets

User Profiles

About User Profiles
Creating User Profiles

Using Help

Other Sources of Help

Navigator

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Introduction to Web Pages

Viewing the Internet
Using the Component Bar
Searching and Finding

Links and URLs

Using a URL
Opening a Page
Using Links to Pages
Using Toolbar or Menu Links

The Navigator Window

Viewing the Navigator Window
Viewing Page Displays
Viewing Images
Selecting a Home Page
About Plug-ins, Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, and Java

Toolbars

Viewing the Toolbars
Using the Navigation Toolbar
Using the Location Toolbar
Using the Personal Toolbar

Bookmarks and History

Viewing Bookmarks and History
Revisiting a Page Using Bookmarks
Editing in the Bookmarks Window
Finding a Bookmark
Using Bookmarks Window Menus
Setting Bookmark Properties
Revisiting a Page Using History
Searching in the History List

Menu Items

Viewing Menu Items
Working with Files
Editing Content and Preferences
Viewing Page Content
Navigating to Pages
Displaying Communicator Windows
Finding Help
Using Pop-up Menu Shortcuts

Internet Pages

Saving Internet Pages
Printing Internet Pages
Searching Within a Page
Using Page Information
Filling in Forms
Using Caches
About Plug-in Architecture
About Automated Pages
About Autoscroll

The Preference Panels

Viewing the Preference Panels
The Appearance Panel
The Fonts Panel
The Colors Panel
The Navigator Panel
The Languages Panel
The Applications Panel
The Offline Panel (Windows)
The Download Panel (Windows)
The Advanced Panel
The Cache Panel
The Proxies Panel
The Disk Space Panel

Platform-specific Tips and Built-in Software

Using Drag-and-Drop Shortcuts
Using Windows Tips
Using Mac OS Tips
Using Unix Tips
Operating with OLE
Installing and Using Media Player
Setting Media Player Properties

Internet Security

About Encryption
Identifying Security Indicators
About Public Key Technology
About Netscape's Security Technology

Internet Underpinnings

About FTP
About Helper Applications and MIME Types
Accessing the Internet
About SLIP and PPP
About TCP/IP and Winsocks
About Firewalls
About Proxies and SOCKS
About Gopher

Messenger

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Getting Started

Getting Started with Netscape Messenger
About Messenger Windows
About IMAP, POP3, and Mail Servers
Using the Mail & Discussion Groups Wizard
Preferences Set with Mail & Discussion Groups Wizard

Reading Messages

About Accessing Messages
Selecting Messages from the Message List
Using the Message Panel
Displaying Messages in Message Windows
Using a Message Window
Printing Selected Messages
Updating Your Message List
Determining If New Messages Have Arrived

Sending Messages

About Composing Messages
Using the New Message Window
Addressing a Message
Recipient Types and What They Mean
Quoting Original Text
Using the HTML Mail Question Dialog
Using the Recipients Panel
Looking up Addresses through a Directory Service
Using the Search Dialog Box to Lookup Addresses

Address Book

About the Address Book
Adding a Name to Your Personal Address Book
Using the Add User Tab Dialog
Using the Add User Contact Tab Dialog
Using the Add User Netscape Conference Panel
Adding a Mailing List to Your Personal Address Book
Using the Mailing List Dialog
Looking Up and Using Addresses from Address Books
Searching an Address Book
Using the Address Book Summaries List

Message Folders

About Message Folders
Filing Messages
Creating a Message Folder
Opening a Message Folder
Moving Messages >From One Folder to Another
Using the File Messages Dialog
Filing Selected Messages
Dragging and Dropping Messages
Searching Folders or Discussions for a Message
Using the Search Dialog to Find Messages
Renaming an Existing Folder
Using the Folder Properties Dialog

Filtering Messages

About Filtering Messages
Using the Mail Filters Dialog
Using the Filter Rules Dialog

Preferences

About Setting Mail & Groups Preferences
Using the Mail & Groups Preferences Dialog
Setting Mail & Groups Preferences for Your Identity
Using the Mail & Groups Preferences Identity Panel
Creating a Signature Card
Using the Edit Card dialog
Using the Edit Card Name tab
Using the Edit Card Contact Panel
Using the Edit Card Conferences Panel
Setting Mail & Groups Preferences for Composing Messages
Using the Messages Panel
Setting Mail Server Preferences
Using the Mail Server Panel
Setting Groups Server Preferences
Using the Groups Server Preferences Panel
Using the Mail & Groups Directory Preferences Panel
Using the Add Directory Server Dialog
Using the Directory Server Property Dialog

Collabra

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Getting Started

About Netscape Collabra
Opening Your Discussion Groups Server

Discussion Groups

About Subscribing to Discussion Groups
Listing All Available Discussion Groups
Searching for Discussion Groups
Listing New Discussion Groups
Removing a Discussion Group from Your Subscription List

Browsing Discussions

About Browsing Discussion Groups
Opening Your Subscription List and Updating Discussions
About Changing Discussion Group Properties
Setting General Discussion Group Properties
Setting Discussion Group Properties for Downloading
Setting Discussion Group Properties Concerning Disk Usage

Posting

About Posting Collabra Messages
Starting a New Thread
Contributing to a Thread or Posting a Response

Offline

Downloading Discussion Groups for Offline Browsing
Selecting Discussion Groups to Download

Connecting to Servers

About Servers, Preferences, and Properties
Changing Groups Server Preferences for Your Primary Server
Using the Groups Server Preferences Dialog
Adding a Groups Server to Your Selection of Servers
Using the New Groups Server Dialog Box
About Changing Group Server Properties
Setting Discussion Server Properties

Getting Started with Security

About Security
About Security Terms and Concepts

Security Status

Introduction to Security Info
General Status Information (No Active Status)
Your Current Outgoing Message
Your Current Incoming Message
The Encrypted Web Page You Are Loading

Passwords

About Passwords for Your Certificates
You do not have a password for your certificates
Choosing a Good Password
You already have a password
Warning Concerning Forwarding a Decrypted Message
Warning Concerning Possible Message Tampering
Warning Concerning A Document Consisting of Both Encrypted and Unencrypted Parts
Warning Concerning Failure to Encrypt Message
Warning about unencrypted files in your disk cache
About Navigator Security Settings
About Messenger Security Settings
About Settings for Java Applets
Using the Java Security Dialog Box to Set Java Applet Access Levels
Using the Java Security Target Details Dialog Box
About Certificates
Your Certificates
Certificates From Others
Certificates Collected from Web Pages
Certificates Collected from Java Applets
Certificate signers
Cryptographic Modules

Composer

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Netscape Composer

About Composer
Starting Composer
Creating a New Page
Editing the Page You're Browsing
Editing an Existing Page
Using the Toolbars and Pop-up Menus
Using Drag and Drop

Working with Web Pages

About Web Pages
Creating Your First Web Page
Browsing Your New Page
Basic Text Editing
Entering Text
Selecting Text
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Finding Text
Checking the Spelling
About the Check Spelling Dialog Box
About the Edit Dictionary Dialog Box
Composer Styles and Formats
Formatting Styles
Paragraph Formats
Headings 1 to 6
Address
List Item
Formatted
Description Title
Description Text
About the Paragraph Properties Dialog Box
Character Formats
Adding Color to Text
About the Character Properties Dialog Box
About Composer Fonts
Choosing a Font
Choosing Font Sizes
Inserting Horizontal Lines
HTML Basics
Inserting Raw HTML
About the HTML Tag Dialog Box
About the Extra HTML Tag Dialog Box
Working with Tables
Inserting a Table
About the New Table Properties Dialog
Selecting and Deleting Tables
Adding and Deleting Rows, Columns, and Cells
Setting Table Properties
About the Table Properties Dialog
Setting Row Properties
About the Row Properties Dialog
Setting Cell Properties
About the Cell Properties Dialog
Working with Images
Inserting an Image
About the Images Properties Dialog Box
About the Alternate Image Properties Dialog
About the Image Conversion Dialog Box
Setting Page Colors and Properties
About the General Page Colors and Properties Panel
About the Colors and Backgrounds Panel
About the Meta Tags Panel
Setting Composer Preferences
Composer Preferences - General
Composer Preferences - Publish
Working with Hyperlinks
About URLs
Creating Links
About the Link Properties dialog
Linking Images
Linking to Targets
Relative and Absolute Links

Advanced Topics

About Advanced Topics
Publishing Your Pages
Using One-Button Publishing
About the Publish Files Dialog
Using FTP

Page Design Basics

About Page Design
Using Different Browsers
Setting Page Length
Providing Good Content
Doing Graphics Justice
Taking Stock of Colors and Fonts
Finishing Touches
About Composer Plug-ins

Conference

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Netscape Conference

About Netscape Conference

Starting Netscape Conference

Starting Netscape Conference
Making a Call
Calling from the Address Book
Searching the Web Phonebook
Creating and Editing Speed-Dial Numbers
About the Edit Speed Dial dialog box
Sending Voicemail
About the Voice Mail Dialog Box
About the Voice Mail Preferences Dialog Box
Adjusting Audio Levels
Setting Call Options
Setting Up Your Business Card

The Chat Tool

About the Chat Tool
Posting a Message
Setting Chat Tool Options
Creating a Chat Tool Log
Including a Text File
Saving the Chat Tool Log
Printing the Chat Tool Log

The Whiteboard Tool

About the Whiteboard Tool
Importing an Image
Capturing an Image
Using the Whiteboard Tools
Setting Whiteboard Tool Options
Supported File Formats
Viewing the Whiteboard
Synchronizing the Whiteboard Display
Saving and Printing Whiteboard Content

The Collaborative Browsing Tool

About the Collaborative Browsing Tool
Starting and Ending a Session
About the Collaborative Browsing dialog

The File Exchange Tool

About the File Exchange Tool
Adding Files to the Send List
Saving and Deleting Files
Setting File Exchange Tool Options

Conference Preferences

Setting Preferences
About the Network Preferences Dialog Box
About the Audio Preferences Dialog Box
Compression dialog
Advanced Audio Properties - Network dialog
Advanced Audio Properties - Resampling dialog
Advanced Audio Properties - Latency dialog
About the Business Card Preferences Dialog

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting:About Firewalls
Troubleshooting: Audio Problems

Netcaster

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Getting Started

About Netcaster
Starting Netcaster
Finding Channels and Sites
Showing and Hiding Netcaster
Buttons and Controls in Netcaster
Exiting Netcaster

Channels

About Channels
About Channel Finder
Castanet Channels
Opening and Closing Channels
Updating Channels
Adding Channels to Netcaster
Deleting Channels from Netcaster
Setting the Default Channel

Webtops

About Webtops
Making a Channel into a Webtop
Opening and Closing Webtops
Changing Webtops
Hiding and Showing a Webtop
Updating a Webtop
Returning to the Desktop
Deleting a Webtop from Netcaster

Customizing Netcaster

Customizing the Netcaster Window
Moving the Netcaster Window
Moving a Webtop
Organizing Channels in Netcaster
Controlling Automatic Updates
Controlling Update Frequency
Controlling How Much of a Site is Updated
Controlling Cache Size

Working Offline

About Offline Browsing
Viewing a Site While You're Offline