Transcript Explorer 8 - Bakersfield College

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Browsing the Internet Using
Internet Explorer 8.0
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Use Internet Explorer 8.0
Navigate Using Hyperlinks
Search for Specific Sites
Use a Metasearch Engine
Complete Advanced Searches
Download Images, Text, and Web Pages
CHECKPOINT
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Use Internet Explorer 8.0
 The Internet is a network of computers connected
around the world.
 To use the Internet, three things are generally
required: an Internet Service Provider (ISP), a program
to browse the Web (called a web browser), and a
search engine.
 Uniform Resource Locators, referred to as URLs, are
used to identify locations on the Internet.
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Use Internet Explorer 8.0…continued
Click here to
insert a new tab.
Favorites bar
search box
toolbar
Title bar
Navigation
bar
Address
bar
Change zoom
level
Status
bar
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Use Internet Explorer 8.0…continued
To view a website:
1. Launch Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
2. At the Internet Explorer
window, click in the
Address bar.
3. Type the website URL.
4. Press Enter.
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Address bar
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Use Internet Explorer 8.0…continued
 URLs are the method used to identify locations on the
Internet.
 The format of a URL is http://server-name.path.
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Navigate Using Hyperlinks
 Most web pages contain “hyperlinks” that you click to
connect to another page within the website or to
another site on the Internet.
 Hyperlinks may display in a web page as underlined
text in a specific color or as images or icons.
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Navigate Using Hyperlinks…continued
To return to the previous
web page viewed:
1. At the linked web
page, click the Back
button.
Back
button
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Search for Specific Sites
To search for information:
1. At the Internet Explorer
window, click in the
search text box.
2. Type a keyword or
phrase.
3. Press Enter.
search
text box
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Search for Specific Sites…continued
To use a search engine to
complete a search:
1. At the Internet Explorer
window, click in the
Address bar.
2. Type the URL for the
search engine.
3. Press Enter.
4. At the search engine
website, position the
insertion point in the
search box.
5. Type a keyword or phrase.
6. Press Enter.
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search engine
website
Use a Metasearch Engine
To search with a metasearch
engine:
1. At the Internet Explorer
window, click in the
Address bar.
2. Type the URL for the
metasearch engine.
3. Press Enter.
4. At the metasearch engine
website, position the
insertion point in the
search text box.
5. Type a keyword or phrase.
6. Press Enter.
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metasearch
engine website
Complete Advanced Searches
To use advanced search options
at the Yahoo! home page:
1. At the Yahoo! home page,
click the Web Search button.
2. Click the more hyperlink.
3. Click the Advanced Search
option at the drop-down
list.
Advanced Web
4. At the Advanced Web
search page
search page, click the
desired options and type
the search text.
5. Click the Yahoo! Search
button.
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Download Images, Text, and Web Pages
To download a web page:
1. Display the desired
web page.
2. Click the Page button
on the Internet
Explorer toolbar.
3. Click the Save As
option at the dropdown list.
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Page
button
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Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued
4. At the Save Webpage
dialog box, navigate to
the desired folder.
5. Type a file name.
6. Click the Save button.
Save Webpage
dialog box
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Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued
To download an image:
1. Display the desired
web page.
2. Right-click the desired
image.
3. Click the Save Picture
As option at the
shortcut menu.
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Save Picture As
option
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Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued
4. At the Save Picture dialog
box, navigate to the
desired folder.
5. Type a file name.
6. Click the Save button.
Save Picture
dialog box
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Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued
To insert a saved image in
Microsoft Word:
1. Open Microsoft Word.
2. Click the Insert tab.
3. Click the Picture
button in the
Illustrations group.
4. At the Insert Picture
dialog box, navigate to
the desired file and
then double-click the
file.
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Insert Picture
dialog box
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Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued
To open a saved web
page in Microsoft Word:
1. Open Microsoft Word.
2. Click the File tab.
3. Click the Open button.
4. At the Open dialog
box, navigate to the
desired file and then
double-click the file.
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Open
dialog box
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1) This is the method used to
identify locations on the Internet.
a. URCs
b. RULs
c. LUCs
d. URLs
Answer
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2) Click this button to return to the
previous web page viewed.
a. Return
b. Previous
c. Back
d. Forward
Answer
3) In addition to individual search
engines, you can use this type of
engine, such as Dogpile.
a. maxisearch
b. minisearch
c. multisearch
Answer
d. metasearch
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4) To narrow a search, use these
search options offered by the
search engine.
a. affiliate
b. optional
c. advanced
d. alternate
Answer
Next Question
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Summary of Presentation Concepts
 Navigate the Internet using URLs and hyperlinks
 Use search engines to locate information
 Download web pages and images
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