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Internet Explorer 6

The Basics

This page covers the basics of using Internet Explorer for browsing the Web. Topics covered include:

return to topOpening & Exiting Internet Explorer

Once you open Internet Explorer the UW-Eau Claire homepage will appear.

Opening Internet Explorer

To open Internet Explorer in a General Access lab (instructions in your office may vary but will be similar to the following):

  1. From the Start menu, select Internet Explorer
    OR
    From the Quick Launch toolbar, click LAUNCH INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSERInternet Explorer
    OR
    From the Start menu, select All Programs » Internet & E-Mail » Internet Explorer

Exiting Internet Explorer

  1. From the File menu, select Close

return to topNavigating the Web

Using Links to Access a Site

A link is a word or a graphic that will take you to another page when clicked. Links are often set off by underlining and/or by colored text. When the pointer moves over a link it will turn into a hand icon.

Navigating to an Unvisited Site

If you know the URL for the page you want to access, you can go directly to the page using the menus or the Address bar.

Using the Menus

  1. From the File menu, select Open...
    The Open dialog box appears.

  2. In the Open text box, type the URL

  3. Click OK

Using the Address Bar

The Address bar is at the top of the window and displays the current address or URL.

  1. If the Address bar is not displayed, from the View menu, select Toolbars » Address Bar

  2. Click within the Address bar
    The current URL will be highlighted.

  3. Type the new URL

  4. Press [Enter]
    OR
    Click GOGo

Navigating to a Previously Visited Site

Using the BACK and FORWARD Buttons

The BACK and FORWARD buttons maintain a list of URLs that have been visited in the current Internet Explorer session. Once you exit Internet Explorer, these URLs are lost.

  1. On the Standard Buttons toolbar, click BACKBack Buttonor FORWARDForward Button
    OR
    To go back or forward more than one site at a time:
    1. Click the small down arrow to the right of BACK or FORWARD
      A list of the visited sites appears.
    2. Select the site you wish to revisit

Using History

History keeps track of all of the sites that you have visited in a customized time period.

  1. On the Standard Buttons toolbar, click HISTORYHistory
    The History panel appears on the left side of the window.  

  2. From the list of sites, select the site you want to revisit
    HINT: If the site is not listed, you can locate the page again by typing in the URL or performing a search.

  3. To close the History panel, click HISTORY again
    OR
    Click CLOSEclose in the top right corner of the panel

return to topStopping a Page from Loading

Sometimes Internet Explorer may take a long time downloading information from a site and you may want to move on to something else. You can interrupt a document that is being loaded, and Internet Explorer will show you everything that has been downloaded to that point.

  1. From the Standard Buttons toolbar, click STOPstop
    OR  
    Press [Escape]

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