Search within a page   Keyboard Shortcuts(LEARN THESE!)

 Speed Up Your Internet Connection   Using Bookmarks

 

Search within a page with Control+F

If you hold down the control (Ctrl) key, and tap the“F” key, a small window will popup that allows you to search the page that you are on for selected text! 

Note that you can select “up” or “down.”  If you select “up,” it will begin searching from the current spot and continue searching until it gets back to the beginning of the document.  If you select “down,” it will search until it gets to the end of the document.

NOTE: This works in the current frame (window) only. 

 

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

I HIGHLY encourage you to memorize each of these shortcuts!  They will make your Web-Surfing much more pleasant and efficient!

• Backspace The best shortcut key for getting around the World Wide Web is the backspace!  You can go back to the last page that you were at by simply hitting “backspace!”
• TAB brings you to the Next link OR text box! (MUCH faster when entering information into text boxes such as your name, address, etc…TRY IT!)
• ALT + Left Arrow brings you to the last page also (same as the Left arrow button)
• ALT + Right Arrow brings you forward (after you have gone backwards at least one step)
• ESCAPE (Esc) stops the current page from loading (same as the Stop Sign)
• F5 Refreshes (Reloads) the current page
• ALT + F4 Closes current window (same as clicking the “X”)

 

 

 

Speeding Up Internet Explorer

Surfing the Internet can be painstakingly slow at times.  There are several ways that you can speed up your Internet access!

1. Purchase a faster Internet connection.

 

The following are ranked in order of SLOWEST to FASTEST:

28.8 Modem

33.6 Modem

56K Modem (Usually used for individual computer not connected to network)

ISDN 128 (Ideal for network of <5 computers)

ISDN 256 (Twice the speed of ISDN 128)

CABLE MODEM (usually used in residential setting)

DSL (ADSL)  (usually used in residential setting)

T1 (Ideal for network of >10 computers)

T3 (Very Expensive!)

 

2. Clear out your temporary Internet files.  Internet Explorer keeps temporary files so that when you re-visit some Web pages, it can use the pre-saved pictures instead of re-downloading pictures again.  Unfortunately, these files build up over time and may slow down your computer (especially older computers!) 

To delete temporary files: Go to the “Tools” menu and select “Internet Options.”  Look near the middle of the page and select “Delete Files.”  This may take awhile! 

 

3.  Get a faster computer.  While this will not speed up downloading of files, it will increase the speed by which your computer processes these files!  Jumping from a 486 computer to a Pentium may speed up page loading as much as 10 times the original speed!

 

Using Bookmarks (“Favorites”) in Internet Explorer

To tell Internet Explorer to remember a Website, you can add it to your favorites.  There are two ways to do so:

1.      Right click on a link and select “Add to Favorites”

2.      Alternatively, go to the “Favorites” menu and select “Add to Favorites.”

NOTE: you have to click “Create In” to get the window to expand to this size!  You can then organize your favorites into folders.  Click “New Folder” to make a new folder.  You can rename the folder at a later time by highlighting the folder and hitting F2.