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2.8 INTERNET EXPLORER

To get into Internet Explorer, press START, type the letters IN and ARROW DOWN to Internet Explorer and press ENTER.

EXPLORING A WEBSITE

There are several ways to explore a webpage:

To read the whole webpage, Press the PGDN key repeatedly.

To get to the headlines, if there are any, press Function 7 (F7).

You can read just the list of links by Pressing F10 and CURSOR DOWN amongst the list of links. Press ENTER on your choice.

You can move from one link to the next by pressing the TAB Key.

To get to the top of the page if you are lost, press CONTROL HOME

FINDING SOMETHING SPECIFIC ON A WEBPAGE

You may want to go to a particular word or place on the page quickly. Press Function Key 2 (F2), type the word you want and press ENTER. Your chosen word may appear more than once on a page. If you find yourself at the wrong place, press Function 3 (F3) until you reach the word in the right place. As the word may be in the middle of a paragraph, you may have to use the Arrow keys to get to it.

USING THE LINKS ON A WEBPAGE

To get to the link topic that may interest you, press ENTER on the line containing the word "link".

On the new page, pressing the PGDN key may give you the same list of links as on the previous page, but if you keep on pressing, you will get to the new information you want. A quicker way is to press F2 (search) and type the words you are looking for then ENTER. Pressing the TAB Key will also take you through all the links on a webpage.

To go back to the previous page, press ALT LEFT ARROW.

To go forward a page again, press ALT RIGHT ARROW.

ABOUT FORMS

To fill in a form with information about yourself, press the END Key to take you through the various sections of a form. A typical form might read: "Username", "Text", "Password", "Text", "Submit Go" etc. as you keep pressing the END Key. There are many variations and uses of forms. "Text" indicates that you must type in some information. You can go back through the form by pressing the HOME Key.

FAVOURITES

When you are on a website you wish to keep as a favourite: Press ALT A, ARROW DOWN and up to check you are on "Add to Favourites" and press ENTER. Type a memorable name, TAB to OK and press ENTER.

Next time you want to use that website, press ALT A to get to Favourites, and either ARROW DOWN the list, and press ENTER when you reach the one you want, or to save key presses, you can skip close to it by pressing the first letter of the name you gave it.

To come out of Internet Explorer and go back to the Desktop press ALT F, ARROW UP to hear "Exit" and press ENTER.

 

The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information.