Navigating the Web

To Navigate Using the Buttons

             

The buttons are Back, Forward, Home, Reload, Stop, Search, and Print.

  Back

Return to the page displayed in this window before the current page was displayed.

Whenever you go to a new page, that page is added to a list of pages that have been viewed in this browser window. The Back button takes you to the previous page in that list.

 

  Forward

Return to the page displayed after the current page was initially displayed.

Forward is available only after you have used the Back button. It moves you forward in the list of pages that have been displayed in this browser window.

 

  Home

Return to your "home" page, which is usually the page that &browser.name.prefix;TM &browser.name.suffix; displays when it starts up.

You can designate your own home page. See Display Preferences in the &browser.name; User's Guide.

 

  Reload

Reload a page after its HTML source has been edited, if the page has problems displaying, or if you encounter an error that advises you to reload.

 

  Stop

Stop loading a page.

If &browser.name; has already finished loading a JavaTM applet (a program running on the page), Stop does not stop the applet from running; it only stops the page from continuing to load.

 

  Search

Displays a Search engine, which you can use to find information about a particular topic.

 

  Print

Displays the Print dialog box, which you use to print the currently displayed page.



 
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