In this module you can learn how to effectively operate the web browser and communicate using emails and other tools availble to you on the computer system
USING A WEB BROWSER
installed browsers are listed in the Start menu, to start one needs to left-click on the
program icon
it is opened in the window with the following elements
1. Sizing buttons – minimize, maximize, close the window
2. Title bar – web page title and the name of the program (IE8)
3. Menus:
File
Edit
View
Favorites
Tools
Help
4. Address bar
5. Command bar
some commands are hidden, clicking an arrow next to it opens extra options
grayed out commands are currently unavailable
three-dot commands have a sequence of further commands
6. Scrollbar
7. Status bar - shows the loading percentage of web page
USING THE WEB
Completing web forms on the Internet
moving through text boxes – using Tab key or left-click on the Text Input field
press Submit button to confirm the text entry
Browsing the web using search engines
type in keywords, the search engine will show a list of matching results (hits)
the most popular search engines:
Google http://www.google.hr
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com
Bing http://www.bing.com
MSN http://www.msn.com
entering terms into the search engines
if the term has more than one word, it is important how you enter it:
White house – search by separate words
White House – search the exact phrase that is within the “” over the
internet
for more efficient use of search engines is to enter fewer words that precisely
describe what you need
• search a web based encyclopedia (e.g. Wikipedia) and/or dictionary (e.g. Thesaurus)
• use advanced search features to refine a search: by exact phrase, excluding words, by date,
by file type, etc.
