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Browser and E-mail Basics
Prepared by-
Alok Kumar
Dept. of Electronics,
A. N. College, Patna
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Learn about Web browser software
and Web pages
• The Web is a collection of files that reside on computers,
called Web servers.
– Web servers are connected to each other through the Internet
• The software you use to connect your computer to the Web
server is your Web browser.
– Common Web browsers are Netscape Navigator and Internet
Explorer
– These browsers use a standard Graphical User Interface design
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The Microsoft Internet ExplorerXP
window
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Computers and the Internet
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Learn about Web addresses and URLs
• Each computer on the Internet has an unique identification
number, called an IP (Internet Protocol) address.
• The IP addressing system currently in use on the Internet
uses a four-part number.
• Each part of the address is a number ranging from 0 to
255, and each part is separated from the previous part by a
period, for example: 106.29.242.17.
• Although each computer connected to the Internet has a
unique IP address, most Web browsers use domain name
addressing to locate Web sites and pages.
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Commonly used domain names
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Identify the parts of a URL
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Anchor tags are used
to define hyperlinks
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• Text files on Web servers are coded with HTML
formatting tags that enable your browser to read text.
• The tag that gives HTML its power, however, is the anchor
tag.
• Each anchor tag used in an HTML document, or Web
page, creates a hypertext link or hypermedia link to other
HTML documents or to other media.
• These links are a different color than other text on the
page, and are sometimes underlined. When you click the
link, you connect to another Web page.
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Identify a hyperlink on a Web page
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Hyperlinks and Web pages
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Save and organize Web addresses
• Use Internet Explorer's Favorites list to store and organize
a list of Web pages that you have visited so you can return
to them easily.
• The Favorites button on the Standard Buttons toolbar
opens the Add Favorite dialog box.
• Use the Favorites list to open URLs you have stored as
favorites.
• Create folders to organize your favorites in the way that
best suits your needs and working style.
• Organize your folders in a hierarchical structure using the
Organize button on the Favorites Explorer Bar.
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Favorite Web sites can be
saved and organized
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Printing a Web Page
• Make sure the page you want to print is displayed
in the browser window.
• Select Print from the File menu to open the Print
dialog box.
• Ready the printer and click the Print button.
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Saving a Web Page
• You can save a Web page by clicking the Save As
option in the File menu.
• Options for saving a Web page:
– Web Page, complete
– HTML code
– Web page text
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Saving a Web Page
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Saving a Web Page Graphic
• Open the Web page containing the graphic you
wish to display.
• Right-click the graphic and select Save Picture As
from the shortcut menu.
• Navigate to where you want to save the picture,
save the filename if necessary, and click the Save
button.
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Saving a Web Page Graphic
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Learn about e-mail
and e-mail software
• E-mail, or electronic mail, is an efficient way to exchange
messages with others on a network.
• This network may be small and self-contained, such as
within an office, or as large as the Internet.
• E-mail messages can go to only one recipient or to dozens
of recipients at once.
• When you send a message, it travels through the network
to an e-mail server.
• The e-mail server stores messages until the recipient(s)
request them.
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How E-mail works
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E-mail address components
• You may have an e-mail account through a
business network or you may create an e-mail
account with a service that provides Internet
access.
• An e-mail address consists of:
– A user name or login ID
– The “at” symbol (@)
– The name of the e-mail server
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Send and receive e-mail using
Microsoft Outlook Express
• To access your e-mail account you also need an e-mail
program, which is also called e-mail client software.
• You use the e-mail program to open, print, delete, reply to,
forward, and save mail from your e-mail server.
• One such program is Microsoft's Outlook Express, which
installs as part of Internet Explorer.
• Outlook Express can be accessed through the Start menu
on the All Programs submenu.
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Microsoft Outlook Express
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Send and receive e-mail
• To send an e-mail message:
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Press the New Mail button on the Outlook Express toolbar
Type in the e-mail addresses of the recipient
Type your subject matter
Type your message and then click the Send button
• To retrieve mail that has been sent to you:
– Click the Send/Recv button on the toolbar
– Outlook Express will contact your e-mail server and download your email messages
• To reply to a message:
– Click the Reply button
– The recipient address and the subject matter are automatically filled in
– When you have completed typing your reply, click the Send button
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The Outlook Express
New Message dialog box
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Reply to an e-mail message
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Adding contacts to the Address Book
• You can use the Address Book to keep track of all
the people and organizations with which you
correspond electronically.
• You not only can store the e-mail addresses for
your contacts, but also all other related
information.
• Click the Addresses button on the toolbar to open
the Address Book, and then select New Contact
from the New button on the toolbar.
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Adding contacts to the Address Book
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Attaching a file to a message
• To attach a file to a message, first create a new
message and click the Attach button on the
toolbar.
• Browse for and select the file you wish to attach to
the message.
• After selecting the file, complete your message
and click the Send button.
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Message with file attached
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Receiving a message with an
attachment
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