Surfing the Internet Online Course
Chapter 2
Menu

 

File Edit View Favorites Tools Help

Click on one of the Menu options above

As you look at the functions on the menu, you might notice that some of the menu items function the same as the Standard Toolbar Buttons. There are some redundancies -you choose which you want to use. Also note that although they seem the same, the Favorites on the Menu Bar functions differently than the Favorites on the Standard Toolbar (see menu favorites below).

File

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Edit

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View

To display text larger or smaller

On the View menu, point to Text Size, and then click the size you want.

 

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Favorites

Favorites on the Menu Bar

The Menu Favorites is different from the Standard Toolbar Favorites.  The menu bar favorites is for adding to and organizing your favorites.  The favorites in the Standard Toolbar is for links to your favorite websites. Below is a description of how to use the Menu Favorites....
Add To Favorites Organize Favorites
To add a page to your list of favorite pages:
  • Go to the page you want to add to your Favorites list.
  • On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites.
  • Type a new name for the page if you want to.
Organize Favorites creating folders to group links by category.  Some examples of categories of groups are:
  • Search Engines
  • Health
  • Money
  • Internet Resources
  • Entertainment
  • Shopping 

Good things to list in your favorites are specific search engine pages, pages of lists, Pages of Websites that include links to many related websites.

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Tools

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Help

Help is a place on your menu you can find online support, help for users of the different browser Netscape Navigator, take a tour online of Interned Explorer, and use a index and contents to answer a question you might want to look up.

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