Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

6.The Backbutton on your browser takes you back, page by

page, through where you’ve been. If you go back one or

more pages, you can use the Forwardbutton to navigate

toward your most recently viewed page.

7. Click the down-pointing arrowat the far right of the
   Address bar to display a list of sites that you visited
   recently, as shown in Figure 4-5. Click a site in this list to
   go there.

Figure 4-5

The Refreshbutton (the up and down green arrows to

the right of the Address bar) and the Stop button (the

red X) are useful for navigating sites. Click Refreshto

redisplay the current page. This is especially useful if a

page updates information frequently, such as on a

stock market site, or if a page doesn’t load correctly; it

might load correctly when refreshed. If you make a

mistake entering the address or if the page is taking

longer than you’d like to load, click Stopto halt the

process.

A pop-up is a small window that might open from

time to time as you browse, and pop-ups usually con-

tain annoying advertisements. You can use the Pop-Up

Blocker to stop pop-up ads from appearing. Choose

Tools➪Pop-Up Blocker➪Turn On Pop-Up Blocker to

activate this feature. You can also use the Pop-Up

Click this button to see recently viewed sites

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Part II: Using the Internet While Dodging the Risk