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Getting around the Web - your browser's tool bar
The Internet Explorer tool bar looks like the one below. The tool bar is essential for navigation and frequently performed functions. IE Toolbar What are the functions for the following terms?
 * **Back** -
 * **Forward** –
 * **Stop** –
 * **Refresh** -
 * **Home** -
 * **Search** –
 * **[|Favourites]** -
 * **History** -

The Address Bar
The address or URL of the current page you are on appears in the "Address" Bar below the tool bar. You can click in here at any time and overwrite this address with another if you know the address off the top of your head. Leave the "http://" as it is required at the start of the URL, it indicates that the browser is to use hypertext transfer protocol to request the web page. [|URL] stands for "uniform resource locator". In non-technical terms you can think of it as simply the address of a web page. Address panel When a page is loading you may see some unusual things - the wavy window (top right) waves and a green status bar (bottom right) moves from left to right. The wavy window is simply saying that your browser is looking for the page you requested, while the status bar shows you how much of the web page has loaded. Bottom left, in the gray frame you will see words flashing backwards and forwards. These are the names of all the files that will make up the web page you have requested.

Caching
As you browse the web, your machine saves html files and images that you request. This process is called "caching". Internet Explorer calls cached files "Temporary Internet Files". Caching is designed to speed up your experience on the web. Caching occurs on your machine and sometimes on the servers of your Internet Service Provider. If you own a web site or make changes to a web site, you may have to refresh your browser to see your changes. The quick way to do this is to click the refresh button on your browser. This sometimes does not work if other servers above you have cached your page. To get past this, and back to the original server, press Ctrl + F5 (or hold Shift while pressing the Refresh button). You can control you caching option by going Tools > Internet Options. On the general tab, you will see an area called Temporary Internet Files.

SSL
Also, sometimes you will see a little padlock appear (bottom right on the status bar ). This means that the page you have requested is on a "secure server" - a server that allows sensitive information to be transferred between your computer and the server you have contacted - information like your credit card details, or details of an account login. More and more secure servers are appearing on-line as banks, shops and others move more of their businesses to the web. Security on the Internet is handled by a protocol called [|SSL] or Secure Socket Layer. This protocol is very robust and unlikely ever to be practically cracked. However, where human intervention or handling of credit card numbers is possible, security breaches may occur.

Extra Toolbars
An increasing number of people are installing their own tool bars into their preferred browser. Below is an example of the [|Google Tool Bar]. It installs into the browser and can be selected or deselected as with any other tool bar the browser uses. Other popular tool bars include the [|Yahoo Tool Bar], [|MSN Search Tool Bar] and Alexa Tool Bar. Tool bars put common functions like performing a search, auto filling a text box or pop up blocking at your finger tips.

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To add a Bookmark to your personal Bookmarks in Netscape Navigator:
Visit the web page you wish to bookmark. Select the Bookmarks button. You have three main options: organise your favourites into categories


 * 1) Add Bookmark (The bookmark is added at the bottom of your Bookmark list.)
 * 2) File Bookmark (A dialog appears asking you to select the folder to file the bookmark in)
 * 3) Organise Bookmarks (Allows you to drag and drop, or cut and paste bookmarks between folders)