INTERNET
LEARNING GUIDE –XP
COMPUTERS and WIN 7 LAPTOPS
Prepared
by Richard Nelson
10.10.14
OBJECTIVE
Learners may also want to use another available
handout titled “Sample Interesting Web Sites” contained on the web site: www.angelfire.com/planet/richnelson
It is easy to download and we will practice
downloading in this class. We will do this later in class.
If
the computer is not already on, follow these instructions:
1.
Turn on the monitor by firmly but briefly pressing the button on the front
right panel below the screen. (The monitor may already be on, if so look for an
amber light next to the power button on the right side of the panel below the
screen)
2.
Now turn on the console (the computer) by firmly but briefly pressing the power
button. It is located about half way down on the front panel of the console.
Wait while the computer starts up, it may take a
minute or two. When it has finished, you will see the Desktop screen with all
its icons.
If
it is not already on, follow these instructions:
Turn
on the LAPTOP by firmly but briefly pressing the button on the upper left side of
the body below the screen.
Wait while the computer starts up, it may take a
minute or two. When it has finished, you will see the Desktop screen with all
its icons
OVERVIEW
OF SURFING THE INTERNET USING INTERNET EXPLOER
There are three situations that internet surfers face
1. Opening selected Internet Explorer browser software
to get on the internet and connecting to the desired web site
2. Scrolling thru the selected web site and linking to
other pages associated with the web site.
3. Opening a different web site. (Also
called jumping to a different web site). This requires knowledge of the
address of the different web site and the procedure required to open the
different web site.
These three situations will be covered in detail below
OPEN THE INTERNET BROWSER SOFTWARE TITLED
INTERNET EXPLORER
NOTICE: In the instructions below when it says click
it means left click. Right clicking will be specifically identified.
FROM THE DESKTOP
USING THE RIGHT
CLICKING METHOD
1. On the Windows Desktop, using your mouse, Right click on one of the Internet Explorer Icons. That will
give you a menu
2. Now just left
click on Open. That will start the Internet Explorer software. You should now
see the Home Page of your selected Web Page on your monitor screen.
USING THE LEFT
CLICKING METHOD
1. On the Windows Desktop, using your mouse, point at one of the
Internet Explorer Icons and click once. That will highlight that icon.
2. Now just peck the Enter key. That will start the
Internet Explorer software. You should now see the Home Page of your a Web Page
on your monitor screen.
FROM THE
START MEMU
Click on the Start button in the lower left corner of
your screen > then click on All Programs > in the left panel scroll up or
down until you see Internet Explorer and click on it. > That will take you
to the default internet site for this computer.
FROM THE
TASK BAR
Find the icon on the Task bar that looks like a lower
case e
> single left click on it.
You should see a screen with a web site open.
FROM THE
SEARCH PROGRAMS AND FILES AREA
Click on the Start button in the lower left corner of
your screen > then in the Search programs and files area type > internet
explorer > Then click on Internet Explorer.
WEB SITE
ADDRESSES
Notice the Address in the long box in the upper part
of the screen. It says something like this: http://www.xxxxx.net
or www.xxxxx.com or www.xxxxx.gov or www.xxxxx.org. The www stands
for World Wide Web.
The xxxxx stands for the
domain name which is the web site identification of this web site. The domain
name for Shell Point is shellpoint.
A suffix of .net tells you it is a network site, and the .com a commercial site; a .gov
for government, org stands for organization, and .edu
for educational institutions. There are still other suffixes that are not used
much.
On most all web sites it is necessary to scroll the screen up and down to see the entire web page. There are several ways of doing it.
USING THE UP AND DOWN HORIZONTAL SCROLL BUTTONS
Notice the little up arrow on the upper right side of
the screen, and the little down arrow on the lower right side of the screen.
1. Click four times on the down arrow on the lower
right.
2. Now click four times on the up arrow on the upper
right.
Notice how the screen scrolls up and down.
That will make the screen will scroll up and down.
USING THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD
BUT BEFORE YOU CAN USE THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS YOU
MUST HAVE CLICKED ONCE ON THE SCREEN
Using
the arrow keys gives excellent control of the movement of the screen up and
down
USING
THE MOUSE WHEEL
There
is wheel in the middle of the mouse between the two buttons. Gently turning this
wheel with your index finder will also scroll the display on the screen up and
down. You might have to click once on a vacant place in the screen before this
will work.
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INTERNET LINKING
INTERNET
LINKING WITHIN A WEB SITE
Internet linking is one of the powerful ways to surf the internet.
On
most all web pages it is not possible to get all the information on one screen,
so the web designers have developed a way of linking to other pages using the
pointing finger method. When you move your mouse around a web page you will
notice that the mouse arrow turns into a pointing finger when passing over some
of the text or pictures. When this happens it is called a link. When your mouse
turns into a pointing finger and you click, it will automatically take you to
the link that you clicked on. This is one of the features that make the web so
powerfully useful.
INTERNET
LINKING OUTSIDE OF A WEB SITE
In
addition to the above where when you click on a link, web designers use the
linking technique to open web site outside of the one you are on. Accordingly
linking can be used to link within a web site and outside of a web site.
Run the mouse arrow over one of the lines of text
until you get a pointing finger, and then click. See how it transfers you to
another web page. Notice the new address. It is possible to continue linking
and linking and linking. Linking is one of the activities that provide
the tremendous power of the Internet.
Opening is
another activity that you will learn later that is also very, very powerful.
THE
BACK BUTTON
THE
FORWARD BUTTON
The
Forward button can be used after you have used the Back button. You can
use the Forward button to take you forward to where you were before you clicked
the Back button. The Forward button is usually just to the right of the Back
button.
REVIEW
OF LINKING
Linking
is one of the ways to surf the Internet. Linking is always done using the
pointing finger of the mouse to identify the link, and clicking with the left
mouse button. Linking can be done from either text or a picture on a web page. Linking
can be used to go to a web site within the basic web address or it can be used
to link outside of the basic web address. Opening is the other method of
surfing the Internet which is covered below
OPENING A
DIFFERENT WEB ADDRESS
Internet Linking is usually done to see other pages within a web
site address. But as covered above it can be used to go outside the primary web
address. Internet Opening is another powerful
way of surfing the internet > it is done to go to an entirely new web
address. So now we will learn how to OPEN a different web site. To Open, or to
“Jump to a different web
site, you must know its address. There are several ways of opening;
but for simplicity we cover only one way in the beginning, which I call the sure-fire way.
An alternative way is described towards the end of this instruction.
The alternative way requires more computer skills. Try it when you think you
are ready
In the next few paragraphs you will practice opening several
interesting web sites using the sure fire way. Go to it!
PRACITCE OPENING THE LOUVRE
Note because it is in
1. Click on File on the Menu bar
2. Click Open.
3. Type www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
4. Peck the Enter key, or click on the OK button.
For lots of good information about computers click on
the “Computers and Technology” link on the left side of the first page. Also
try opening directly to www.aarp.org/learninternet
Looking on the left side of the screen, click on
“Drugs and Supplements “ – then find a drug you are
taking and click on it
PRACTICE OPENING
chinaview’s news WEB PAGE
5. Peck the Enter key, or
click on the OK button.
When you get to the Chinaview news, in addition to
scrolling the screen up and down, look for the links on the top of the screen
5. Peck the Enter key, or
click on the OK button.
When you click on some of the links available on this
web site you will get detailed instructions for teaching yourself. It is
designed specifically for Shell Point residents
Other links will take you to
some of my other sites like > click on LINK TO MY BITSNBYTES WEB SITE
This method requires more computer skills, but it is faster when you
learn how to do it properly.
1. Click in the open space in the Address field.
That will highlight any address that is in that space.
2. Without doing anything, type in the web site address (URL) for the
web site you want to jump to ie: www.angelfire.com/planet/richnelson
3. Peck the Enter Key,
or click on
the OK button.
That
will transfer you to the new web site
There
is a link in my Virtual Computer College Classroom web site www.angelfire.com/planet/richnelson.
the link is titled “Sample of Interesting Web Sites”
which contains a large number of web site addresses I have found useful over
the years.
PRACTICE clicking on the web address above and then scroll down to the sample of interesting web site and click on it.
LINKING VS OPENING REVIEW
Linking
can be accomplished by simply clicking on a desirable link that appears on any
web page when the mouse appearance as a pointing hand. That will take you to
the linked page you clicked on.
Opening
is when you want to open a different web site address.
First you must know the web address of the site you
want to jump to.
Then click on “File” on the Menu
bar, then on “Open”.
In the space provided type in the
web address of the site that you want to transfer to.
Then peck the Enter key or click
the OK button.
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SAVING WEB
ADDRESSES
ADDING A WEB ADDRESS TO FAVORITES on THE MENU BAR
Sometimes you are looking at a
web page that you would like to return to. The address is in the address field.
To put this web site into your Favorites, click on Favorites on the Menu bar.
You will get a dialog box called Add Favorites. In the Name field give the web
site a name that you will remember by typing it in to the Name field, now just
click on OK. That will put this web site in your Favorites. When you want to go
back to this web site click on Favorites on the Menu bar and then click on this
web name you gave it.
ADDING
A FAVORITE WEBSITE TO YOUR DESKTOP
There are web sites that you return to often. These are candidates for
desktop shortcuts which are very easily accomplished. First you must get on to
that favorite web site. Find and open space on the web site display > right
click on the open space. You should get a menu and on the menu will be “Create
Shortcut” left click on Create Shortcut. It will ask you “Do you want to put a
shortcut of this web site on your desktop”. Left click on Yes. Now go to your
desktop and you should see a shortcut of that web site. *
An easy way to go to your desktop is to right click on an open space in
you Task bar area and then left click on “Show the Desktop”. You should now see
the shortcut usually at the end of the list of shortcuts.
*Note If you don’t get a menu with “Create
Shortcut” on it, try right clicking in a different open area.
PUTTING WEB ADDRESSES ON A WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENT
Sometimes it is desirable to
put a group of web addresses on a word processing document similar to adding
favorites to your computer as above. Then if you save the document to a flash
drive you can take this list anyplace. I call these Nelsons Favorites
This is simple, just open your
favorite word processing software (Microsoft Works or Word) and type the web
address with a space at the end. Putting a space at the end of the web
address is very important. That address is now ready to link to the web
site by just holding down the Ctrl key on the keyboard and clicking on the
address - Here are a few examples that you can put on a document and try them
out:
www.google.com > search engine, news and
Gmail along with tons of other stuff
www.angelfire.com/planet/richnelson
> my virtual learning web site
www.onlinenewspapers.com > find a news paper on the internet
anyplace in the world
www.chinaview.cn > interesting world news from an Asian perspective
http://mybitsnbytes.angelfire.com
> this is another of my learning web sites.
www.amazon.com > a famous shopping
site.
PRACTICE: after you have typed
these on a word processing document > hold down the Ctrl key and click on
one of the addresses to see what happens
PRINTING THE
SCREEN DISPLAY OF A WEB SITE
The quick and easy way to get a hard (printed) copy of something from the internet is to simply go up to the Tool Bar on the upper part (THE HEADER) of an internet display and click on the icon that looks like a printer.
PRACTICE: Open Google and do a search on andragogy
> then click on the Wikipedia link > then click on the printer icon. That
will send a copy of what is displayed to the printer giving you a hard copy.
The disadvantage of this method over the Copy and Paste method is that if there
is any advertising or other junk on the top, bottom, or sides of the display
this might also print. It is
also worth noting that it will print everything on that display that is
scrollable. There is a handout that covers how to select text and print just
the selected text. It is titled: “DISPLAY OF PRINTING SELECTED TEXT USING
THE PRINT ICON” >
email Richard Nelson at richnelson@hotmail.com
and he will send it to you as an attachment.
COPY AND PASTING
FROM THE INTERNET
I have a separate instruction that covers how to copy material from the Internet and paste it to a word processing document. The disadvantage of using the Print icon method you may get advertising that is on the screen that you don’t want.
filed in INTERNET PREP folders
