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Using
Netscape
Netscape
is a graphical "browser" program that let's you access
information from the World Wide Web ("WWW" or "Web") on the
Internet. You can use Netscape to view, download and print
(if a printer is available) information from Web
"sites"--hypertext documents on the Web.
There are various
ways to use Netscape to navigate Web
resources:
- Click on
"links" or buttons on the document you are currently
viewing (indicated when the cursor becomes a pointing
finger)
- Click on the
Back and Forward buttons on the
Toolbar
- Use the
Bookmarks pull-down menu to link to sites selected by our
library
- If you have
the URL (Internet address) of a specific
site you want to view:
a) click in the Location or Netsite box (on
the Netscape toolbar) or click the Open button on
the Toolbar,
b) type a URL (on library computers, URLs must begin with
either http:// or www) and
c) press Enter
- Use the Go
pull-down menu to return to a previous link you've viewed
recently
- In the
library, click on Home on the Toolbar to go to our
library home page where you can view our help
pages and use our recommended links.
- For help
finding information on the Web, click on the
Finding Info on the Web link near the top of
the left column of our library homepage
To move
through a document: use the scrollbar on the right side
of the document, or the Page Down key to move down and Page
Up key to move up.
To
access the Skyline College Library Homepage from outside the
library:
enter: skylinecollege.net in the Netsite or Location
box (on the Netscape toolbar) to go to the the College
homepage, then click on "Search & Index", then
click on "Library"
To print a web
document:
1. Before
printing, it's advisable to preview what will be printed and
to check the number of pages of the document. To do this,
select Print preview from the File pull-down
menu.
2. When you're
ready to print, click on the Print icon on the tool
bar.
3. To print the
full document, click OK (or press Enter.) To print
specific pages from the document, click Pages and
then enter desired page numbers after from: and
to:.
To save
(download) a web document to disk:
1. Insert a 3
1/2-inch floppy disk in the disk drive. The disk must be
formatted for IBM-compatible computers. It may be a double
density or high density disk.
2. Pull down the
File menu and select Save As
3. To save the
document as a text file (so it will be readable with a word
processing program): change the file name in the File name
box to a name you will recognize and end the file name with
.txt (example: article1.txt
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4. Click on
SAVE (or press Enter.)
*
Note: To open a text file in Microsoft Word or other word
processing programs, you must be sure to select "All
Files" in the Open dialog box. If it is set to "Word
Documents", any text files (or other types of files)
will not be displayed.
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