Microsoft is probably built into your Windows operating system, so it’s
a good place to start. (Safari comes with Mac operating systems.)- Open Internet Explorer by clicking its iconon the Quick
Launch bar located on the Windows Vista taskbar (it looks
like a little blue “e”).
2.If you want to adjust text size for better readability, near
the top-right side of the browser choose Page➪Text Size
and select a larger size setting. You can also hold down the
Ctrlkey on your keyboard and move the scroll wheel on
your mouse up or down to enlarge or shrink text.
3.Enter a Web site address in the Address bar, as shown in
Figure 4-4, and then press Enter.If you don’t know any
URLs, type ilookbothways.cominto the address bar to
visit our Web site.
Figure 4-44.On the resulting Web site, you’ll notice different areas of
content on the page, including a horizontal navigation bar
with text or graphics you can click to visit various pages
on the site. The rest of the page includes content in the
form of text and graphics. Usually, the browser window
doesn’t display a whole page. To display the rest of the
page, click the arrow on the bottom right side of the win-
dow (on the scrollbar), or press the Page Down key on
your keyboard.
5.Hover your mouse over any of the text, graphics, photos,
and buttons on the page. If the mouse pointer changes
from an arrow to a hand with a finger poised to press a
button, you know that you can click that element for
more information. Click whatever interests you.
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