Internet Explorer Buttons

To explore the Web, you need to be familiar with some basic buttons and commands.  The below list includes the toolbar buttons for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0. Other browsers have many of the same features.

Back
Click left pointing arrow to take you back to the last viewed pages.

Forward
Click the right pointing arrow to move you forward through pages you have viewed.

Stop
Click Stop to discontinue a loading a web page.  This is useful if it is taking too long for the page to appear.

Refresh
Click Refresh to reload the Web page. This is useful when viewing pages that are updated frequently: stock quotes, traffic, weather, and news reports. 

Home
Click Home to go to the preselected page set in your Options/Preferences. The B&ECPL web site is Home on library computers.  The Home Page is the opening page of a Web site.

Favorites
Click Favorites to view a personal list of permanently stored sites to revisit at a later time. To add favorite web pages to your favorites list, click Favorites from the menu bar and select Add to Favorites.  Favorites are not available on B&ECPL computers.

Print
Click the Print button to print the web page you are viewing.  Be careful when using this button because it does not provide control over the number of pages printed.

Print Preview
The Print icon also allows you to preview. By clicking the upside down triangle next to the icon, you have the option to choose Print Preview. Preview allows you to see how many pages the Web site contains and how it will look before you print it. This is especially important because many Web sites use frames and they will not print as shown on the monitor.

RSS
Rss (most commonly expanded as "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. While viewing a web page, the RSS icon will illuminate notifying the user that new content has been updated on that particular website.

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