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 Not
to sound impatient, but oh, do I hate waiting!
If you already know where you're heading, you
want to get there as fast as you can, right? No
standing around, twiddling your thumbs - none of
that! Internet Explorer 5 lets you set up a
Shortcut that gets you to your favorite Web site
as fast as possible. The Shortcut is stored on
your desktop with the rest of your programs. All
you do is double-click it to open Internet
Explorer and you'll whip right into the site.
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You
can set yourself up to go to the same Web page every
time you open IE5. This opening Web page is called the
Home page. When you are surfing around the Web, you can
return to your Home page any time you like. Simply click
the Home button.
TIP:
Be sure to pick your very favorite Web page when you're
setting your Home button! If your school has a Web page,
that's a great choice. A page that you visit regularly
also makes a good Home page.
To
set a new page for the Home button:
1)
Go to the Web page you want as your opening page.
2) Click Tools on the Menu bar, then choose
Internet Options. The Internet Options dialog box
appears.
3) Click the General tab.
4) Click the Use Current button in the Home
Page section.
5)
Click OK in the Internet Options dialog box.
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A
Shortcut lets you open IE5 and jump to a pre-set page -
all in one swift motion. You
can save time by creating a Shortcut that is stored on
your Windows desktop - along with all the icons you
double-click to open other programs. When you
double-click the Shortcut icon, IE5 will pop open and
look for the pre-set page.
To
create a Desktop Shortcut:
1)
Go to the Web page you want your Shortcut to lead to.
2) Position your mouse somewhere on the Web
page - but make sure your mouse isn't over an image.
3) Click your right mouse button. A pop-up menu
appears.
4)
Select Create Shortcut in the pop-up menu. A
confirmation window appears.
5) Click OK to accept the setting. The shortcut
appears on your desktop.
TIP:
To remove a shortcut from your desktop: select it by
clicking on it once, then press the Delete key on your
keyboard.
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When
you go to Web pages, IE5 saves them in a temporary
folder called a "cache" - pronounced CASH.
Then, when you return to these pages, you don't have to
wait for them to load into your computer. Instead of the
usual wait, you'll see the pages and images load very
quickly. Why? Because the files are already in
your computer - in the cache. You don't have to pull
them one-by-one from the Internet. But
a cache can fill up. When this happens, pages do not
load as quickly. You can speed things up again by cleaning
the cache. When you "clean the cache," you
delete all the Web page files that is stored in the
cache.
To
clean the cache:
1)
Click Tools on the Menu bar and then choose Internet
Options. The Internet Options dialog box appears.
2) Click the General tab.
3) Click the Delete Temporary Files button in
the Temporary Internet Files section. The Delete Files
dialog box appears.
4)
Click OK in the Delete Files dialog box.
5) Click OK in the Internet Options dialog box.
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