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INTERNET EXPLORER TIPS
If you are using Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system or Internet Explorer 6 you may need to add Java support to view some websites properly. You can get the free download here!
If you visit a website you would like to go back to again, just add it to your "Favorites" list.
1. Click on the Favorites menu and "Add to Favorites"
2. Change the name of the site to something you will recognize if necessary
3. Click "O.K."
The next time you want to go to that web site, select the Favorite instead of typing in the URL.
If you would like to have a page you like open every time you start Explorer, make it your home page.
1. Surf to the page you would like to be your home page
2. Click on "Tools" and select "Internet Options"
3. In the "Home Page" box click "Use Current"
4. Click "Apply" and "O.K."
The next time you run Explorer your new home page should be the first site you see.
If Internet Explorer doesn't seem to be working properly, try clearing out the "Cache" of internet files and see if that helps
1. In Explorer click "Tools" and select "Internet Options"
2. Under "Temporary Internet Files" click "Delete"
3. When it ask for a confirmation click "O.K."
4. When it is finished click "Clear History"
5. When that is done click "O.K."
If you find that your dial-up internet connection often disconnects when you leave your PC, try changing the idle time.
Here's how:
1. In the
Start menu, open Settings > Control Panel.
2. Press Internet Options.
3. Click the Connection tab.
4. Press the Setting button.
5. Press Advanced.
6. Uncheck the box next to "disconnected if idle for (blank) minutes."
Your ISP shouldn't disconnect you again without your permission. The only way
this won't work is if your ISP is doing the disconnecting. Many ISPs will boot
you off for an idle connection whether you want them to or not
Clear out your IE 6 Temp File when IE is Closed
Did you know Internet Explorer downloads everything you see when you're browsing the Web? That's right! Every picture, every piece of text is just sitting there on your hard disk. It's not very difficult for someone to get a good idea of what you've been up to if you let that stuff sit on your computer. What you need to do is clear out those Internet temp files so that no one will be able to look at what you've been looking at! Here's one way to do it:
- Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu and then click the Internet Options command.
- Click on the Advanced tab. Scroll down and find the Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed entry and click the checkbox. Click Apply and then click OK.
- Close all browser windows and open Internet Explorer.
Now when you close all your browser windows, the temporary Internet files will go with them.
You can do most mouse operations while surfing with keyboard shortcuts. This generally speeds things up. Here's a list of handy keyboard shortcuts for Internet Explorer
- F11 -- Toggle between full screen and regular view of the browser window
- ALT+HOME -- Go to your homepage
- UP ARROW -- Scroll toward the beginning of a page
- DOWN ARROW -- Scroll toward the end of a page
- HOME -- Jump to beginning of page
- END -- Jump to end of page
- CTRL+F -- Bring up dialog box to search for a word or phrase in current page
- CTRL+R -- Refresh Page
- CTRL+N -- Open new browser window
- CTRL+W -- Close current window (good for cleaning up pop-ups).
- TAB -- Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar.
- CTRL + S -- Save the current page.
- CTRL + P -- Print the current page or active frame.
- ENTER -- Activate the selected link.
- CTRL + E -- Open the Search bar.
- CTRL + I -- Open the Favorites bar.
- CTRL + H -- Open the History bar.
- CTRL + F -- Find on this page.
- CTRL + F5 -- Refresh the current Web page,
- ESC -- Stop downloading a page
- ALT + RIGHT ARROW -- Go to the next page.
- ALT + LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE -- Go to the previous page.
- SHIFT + F10 -- Display shortcut menu for a link.
- CTRL + TAB or F6 -- Move forward between frames.
- SHIFT + CTRL + TAB -- Move back between frames.
- PAGE UP -- Scroll toward the beginning of a document in large increments.
- PAGE DOWN -- Scroll toward the end of a document in large increments