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Using the Toolbar What’s a browser? What’s a toolbar? Help! Don’t worry. The answer to both questions is looking right at you. The software you are using to look at this web site is called a browser. |
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bar with images on at the top of your screen is called the browser toolbar.
The toolbar on your browser looks something like this.
The browser toolbar is designed to make your browsing experience easier. Here is a brief explanation of the important buttons and what happens when you click on them:
Important points:
Remember, your browser toolbar will look and work the same no matter which website you are on. On the other hand, the site "navigation" (like the next and previous buttons in this tutorial) is specific to each site and will look different depending on which site you are in. Using the Address box Every page on the Internet has a unique address. This works the same way as your street address in specifying where the page is so your browser can find it.
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How can you use an address to get somewhere? That’s easy. If you know the address of a page you want to go to, type it into the address bar of your browser and press the Enter key. Jargon alert! The web site address or page address is also called a URL (pronounced like "earl") or Uniform Resource Locator. |
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Back
- goes back to the last page you were on. This is a very useful tool if
you get lost when you’re browsing. Keep clicking the "back"
button until you return to the page you want. 
Forward
- goes forward to the last page you were on before you used the back button.
However, if you didn’t use the back button, you won’t be able
to go forward.
Stop
- If you change your mind about viewing a page, or it’s just taking
too long to load, click on this button to stop the page loading.
