(Click on the arrow to learn the basics of using Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.)

You have already learned about using the Back button on your web browser when we were learning about links on web pages.  The graphic above shows the purposes of a number of the buttons on a Netscape 3 browser toolbar, as well as the URL and Status bars.  Other versions of Netscape browsers have similar features and functionality.

At the top of the browser there are a number of pulldown menus typical of Windows applications.  Some of the basic functions you may find helpful in these pulldown menus are summarized below:

"File" Menu

• You can save a web page to your hard disk (or a floppy disk) for later offline viewing by selecting the Save As... option. Graphic images, however, are often separate files imported into a web page, and will not be saved to the disk.

 
• You can open saved web pages for later offline viewing by choosing the Open File... option.

• The familiar Windows Cut, Copy and Paste options are here.

• Lists web pages you have recently visited during the current online session.  You can go back to any page in this document history by clicking on it.

(Note:  Bookmarks have their own button beside the Location Bar of Netscape 4 browsers.  In Netscape 4, click on this button and select the Edit Bookmarks option instead of the Go to Bookmarks option described below.)

• Select the Add Bookmark option to mark a web page you may wish to return to at a later date.
• Select Go to Bookmarks to view your bookmarks, and double-click on a listed item to go to that web page.