Note: some earlier versions of browsers do not support this feature. If nothing
happens when you move your mouse, it may be time to install a new browser.
If you find a useful site which you’d like to visit again later, there’s no need
to write the address down or try to remember it.
Explorer users:
Just select "Favorites" from the browser toolbar, then click "Add to
Favorites".
Netscape users:
Just select "Bookmarks" from the browser toolbar, then click "Add to
Bookmarks".
This will tell the browser to remember the page for future use…to go to the page
again, just select favorites or bookmarks again, look for the name of the site in the
list, then just click it and it will open up.
If you are going to have a lot of bookmarks/favorites it’s a good idea to divide
them up into separate folders, e.g. if you’re visiting a rugby site, move the
bookmark/favorite into a folder called "Sports".
To save a favorite into a folder, select "create in", then choose an existing
folder or create a new one.
To
save a bookmark into a folder, select "file bookmark" to save into an existing
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Did you know that your browser keeps a record of all the sites you have visited, both
during a session and after? (this is how the "back" and "forward"
buttons work).
Explorer users:
To see a list of the sites you have visited during an Internet session, click the down
arrow to the right of the "back" button.
Or you can click the "History" button on the toolbar, which will give you a
full list of all the sites you have visited today, and each day over the last week, in a
box on the left-hand side of the page. Click each site to get a list of the pages you have
visited, then click the name of the page to open it in the main browser window.
Netscape
users:
Click the "Go" button on the toolbar for a list of sites you have
visited during a session, or click the down arrow to the right of the location bar. |
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Plus with more recent browser versions, there’s no
need to type in the full name of a site you have visited recently. Just type in the first
few letters and the browser will fill in the rest for you! For example, if you type in
"www.telec" the browser will automatically fill in the rest –
www.telecom.co.nz.
During this tutorial we would like to take you to some interesting destinations on the
Internet, and give you more detailed information on some topics – but we want you to
be able to find your way back to us!
So any pages or sites we link to outside this tutorial will open up in a new
"browser window", over the top of the one you are currently viewing.
Many sites use this technique – but if you have too many windows open it can get
confusing. So remember that to close the new window and return to the page you came from,
simply click the "x" in the top right-hand corner of the browser window (or the
square symbol in the top left-hand corner if you are a Mac user) .
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