Select the program you need instructions for:
Netscape Communicator
Outlook Express
Internet Explorer
Netscape Communicator
- To go to a website when you have the web address
- For example: www.yahoo.com
- At the top of the screen, find Location. It will be followed by a long white box.
- Delete everything in that box, and type www.yahoo.com (or whatever site you want to go to).
- Press Enter
- Search the Internet
- On the top of the screen you will find a button called search
- Click on that button to go to Netscape Net Center
- From there, choose which search engine you want to use.
- Type in what you are looking for. If you want to find web pages that deal with cats, type cats
- Next to the box where you just types cats, there will be a button named search. Click it.
- You will go to another page that has listings of web pages that have to do with cats. Click on the links to view the sites
- Email
- Open Netscape
- In the bottom right hand corner of the Netscape screen is a row of small icons. The first on is a sheep wheel, followed by an envelope, etc...
- When you put your mouse pointer on top of the envelope, it will say inbox. Click there to open your email.
- Check Email
- On the top of the screen is a row of buttons. Find Get Message and click on it
- Your messages will be put into your inbox. Click inbox to view all of your messages.
- Select the message you want to read and click on it. It will appear in the bottom right window for you to read.
- Send Email
- On the top is a row of buttons. Find the one called New Msg and click on it.
- A new window will pop up.
- You'll type in the white boxes.
- To: is the email address of the person you are sending it to. Ex: billing@hazleton.net
- Subject: is the general topic of the email. Ex: Hello!
- You type your message in the large white box at the bottom.
- When you are finished, click the button Send in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
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Outlook Express
- Check Email
- On the top is a row of buttons. Find Send/Recv to check for new email.
- Your emails will go into your inbox
- Go into your inbox to see your new email.
- Click on the email you want to read and it will open in the bottom right window for you to read.
- Send Email
- On the top is a row of buttons. Find New Mail and click on it.
- It will bring up another window. You can type in the white boxes.
- To: is the email address of the person you are sending it to. Ex: billing@hazleton.net
- Subject: is the general topic of the email. Ex: Hello!
- You type your message in the large white box at the bottom.
- When you are finished, click the button Send in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
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Internet Explorer
- To go to a web site when you have the address.
- For example: www.yahoo.com
- At the top of the screen, find Address. It will be followed by a long white box.
- Delete everything in that box, and type www.yahoo.com (or whatever site you want to go to).
- Press Enter
- Search the Internet
- On the top of the screen you will find a button called search.
- Click Search to bring up Microsoft's search page.
- Choose a catagory.
- Type in what you are looking for. If you want to find web pages that deal with cats, type cats.
- Next to the box where you just types cats, there will be a button named search. Click It.
- You will go to another page that has listings of web pages that have to do with cats. Click on the links to view the sites
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