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Microsoft Internet Explorer 4
Foundation Level Training Course

Training Course Outline

1. MICROSOFT EXPLORER & THE INTERNET

• CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
• WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
• WHAT IS A WEB SERVER?
• WHAT IS THE MICROSOFT EXPLORER WEB BROWSER?
• THE EXPLORER PROGRAM WINDOW
• THE ON-LINE WEB TUTORIAL

2. ADDRESSES, LINKS & DOWNLOADING

• WEB SITES AND URLS
• USING HYPER LINKS
• RESPONDING TO AN EMAIL LINK ON A WEB PAGE
• WHAT IS FTP?
• BEWARE OF VIRUSES - ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS
• SAVING TO DISK
• PLUG-INS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON DOWNLOADING
• JAVA - WHAT IS IT?
• DOWNLOADING INFORMATION FROM A WEB PAGE
• VIEWING & SAVING THE CODE BEHIND AN INTERNET PAGE - HTML

3. SEARCHING THE INTERNET

• SEARCHING THE WEB VIA MICROSOFT EXPLORER
• SEARCHING THE INTERNET USING SEARCH ENGINES

4. EMAIL & NEWSGROUPS

• USING THE ADDRESS BOOK
• CREATING AND SENDING EMAILS
• ATTACHED FILES
• RECEIVING EMAILS
• WHAT ARE NEWSGROUPS?
• LOCATING AND SUBSCRIBING TO NEWSGROUPS
• POSTING A MESSAGE TO A NEWSGROUP

5. FAVORITES, SECURITY & CUSTOMIZING EXPLORER

• FAVORITES
• CUSTOMIZING YOUR OPTIONS - GENERAL
• CUSTOMIZING YOUR OPTIONS - SECURITY
• CUSTOMIZING YOUR OPTIONS - CONTENTS
• CUSTOMIZING YOUR OPTIONS - CONNECTION
• CUSTOMIZING YOUR OPTIONS - PROGRAMS
• CUSTOMIZING YOUR OPTIONS - ADVANCED

6. APPENDIX ONE - EXPLORER 4 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS