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7.4 THE INTERNET
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7.4.4 CONCEPTS / TERMS 7
7.1.1.1 Understand and distinguish between the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) 7
7.1.1.2 Define and understand the terms HTTP, URL, hyperlink, ISP, FTP. 7
7.1.1.3 Understand the make-up and structure of a Web address. 9
7.1.1.4 Know what a Web Browser is and what it is used for. 9
7.1.1.5 Know what a search engine is and what itis used for. 9
7.1.1.6 Understand the terms cookie, cache. 10
7.1.2 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS. u
7.1.2.1 Know what a protected Web site is (use of user name and password). stn
7.1.2.2 Know what a digital certificate is. — in
7.1.2.3 Know what encryption is and why itis used. 12
7.1.2.4 Be aware of the danger of infecting the computer with a virus from a downloaded file... 12
7.1.2.5 Be aware of the possibilty of being subject to fraud when using a credit card on the
Internet. . soso IB
7.1.2.6 Understand the term firewall. 13
7.1.3 FiRsT STEPS WITH THE WEB BROWSER. —. ‘13
7.1.3.1 Open (and close) a Web browsing application. 2. 3B
7.1.3.2 Change the Web browser Home Page / Start page. : 15
7.1.3.3 Display a web page in a new window. 16
7.4.34 Stop a Web page fom downtoadg, 7
7.1.3.5 Refresh a Web page. re , o v7
7.1.3.6 Use available Help function... nuns = 18
7.4.4 Aowust SETTINGS. 19
7.1.4.4 Display or hide buit-in toolbars. 19
7.1.4.2 Display or hide images on a Web page. : 19
7.1.4.3 Display previously visited URLs using the browser address bar. 21
7.1.4.4 Delete browsing history. 2
7.2 WEB NAVIGATION
7.2.1 ACCESSING WeB PAGES 23
7.2.1.1 Go to a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). 2
7.2.1.2 Activate a hyperlink/image link... 2
7.2.1.3 Navigate backwards and forwards between previously visited Web pages. 25
7.2.1.4 Complete a web based form and enter information in order to carry out a transaction ... 27
7.2.2 USING BOOKMARKS ee... os os sence RT
7.2.2.1 Bookmark a Web page... 27
7.2.2.2 Display a bookmarked Web page. 28
7.2.3 ORGANISING BOOKMARKS 28
7.2.3.1 Create a bookmark folder. 29
7.2,3.2 Add Web pages to a bookmark folder. 29
7.2.3.3 Delete a bookmark. 30
7,3 WEB SEARCHING.
7.3.1 USINGA SEARCH ENGINE 31
7.3.1.1 Select a specific search engine. 31
7.3.1.2 Carty out a search for specific information using a keyword phrase. 31
7.3.1.3 Combine selection criteria in a search. 32
7.3.1.4 Duplicate text, image, URL from a Web page fo a document. 32
7.3.1.5 Save a Web page to a location on a drive as a txt file, htm! file. 34
7.3.1.6 Download text fle, image file, sound file, video file, software, from a Web page toa
location on a drive. 34
7.3.2 PREPARATION. 35
7.3.2.1 Preview a Web page. 35
7.3.2.2 Change Web page orientation — portrait or landscape, paper size. 36
7.3.2.3 Change Web page margins top, bottom, lefl, ight. 36
7.3.3 PRINTING 37
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7.3.3.1 Choose Web page print output options such as: entire web page, specified pages,
‘specified frame, selected text, number of copies and print. 37
7.4 ELECTRONIC MAlI
7.4.1 CONCEPTS / TERMS 39
7.4.1.1 Understand the make-up and structure of an E-mail address. 39
7.4.1.2 Understand the advantages of E-mail systems such as: speed of delivery, low cost,
fexibility of using a Web-based e-mail account in different locations. 39
7.4.1.3 Understand the importance of network etiquette (netiquette) such as: using accurate
descriptions in subject lines of e-mail messages, use of brevity in replying to E-mails, spell check
outgoing E-mails, 40
7.4.2 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS. 41
7.4.2.1 Be aware of the possibility of receiving unsolicited mail (spam) sient
7.4.2.2 Be aware of the danger of infecting the computer with a virus by opening an
unrecognised mail message with an attachment contained within an unrecognised mail message
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7.4.2.3 Know what a digital signature is. 4
7.4.3 FIRST STEPS WITH E-MAIL 4 - a
7.4.3.1 Open (and close) an e-mail application. 2
7.4.3.2 Open a mail inbox for a specified user. B
7.4.3.3 Open one, several mail messages. 6
7.4.3.4 Switch between open messages. a... a 6
7.4.3.5 Close a mail message. a
7.4.3.6 Use available Help functions. v7
7.4.4 ADJUST SETTINGS. 48
7.4.4.1 Add, remove message inbox headings such as sender, subject, date received. #8
7.4.4.2 Display, hide built-in toolbars. 50
7.5 MESSAGING. 1
7.5.1 READ A MESSAGE SI
7.5.1.1 Flag a mail message. Remove a flag mark from a mail message. 31
7.5.1.2 Mark a message as unread, road... 33
7.5.1.3 Open and save a file attachment to a location on a drive, 33
7.5.2 REPLY TO AMESSAGE 54
7.5.2.1 Uso the reply, reply t0 all function... 54
7.5.2.2 Reply with, without original message insertion. 54
7.5.3 SENDA MESSAGE >. 35
7.5.3.1 Create a new message. 35
7.5.3.2 Insert a mail address in the ‘To’ field. 56
7.5.3.3 Copy (Ce), blind copy (Bcc) a message to another address/addresses. 56
7.5.3.4 Insert a title in the ‘Subject’ field. 37
7.5.3.5 Use a spell-checking too! if available and make changes such as: correcting errors,
deleting repeated Words... 58
7.5.3.6 Attach a file to a message. 59
7.5.3.7 Send a message with high or low priority. 59
7.5.3.8 Send a message using a distribution list. 60
7.5.3.9 Forward a message. 60
7.5.4 DUPLICATE, Move, DELETE. : 61
EXTRA - Selection Techniques. 61
7.5.4.1 Duplicate, move text within a message or between other active messages. 61
7.5.4.2 Duplicate text from another source into a message. 63
7.5.4.3 Delete text in a message. 64
7.5.4.4 Delete a file attachment from an outgoing message. 6
7.6 MAIL MANAGEMENT. 8
7.6.1 TechNiaues 6s
7.6.1.1 Recognise some techniques to manage e-mail effectively such as creating and naming
folders, moving messages to appropriate folders, deleting un-required e-mail, using address lists.
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7.6.2 USING ADDRESS BOOKS. 65
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7.6.2.1 Create a new address list/distribution list.
7.6.2.2 Add a mail address to an address list.
7.6.2.3 Delete a mail address from an address list.
7.6.2.4 Update an address book from incoming mail.
7.6.3 ORGANISING MESSAGES.
7.6.3.1 Search for a message by sender, subject, mail content.
7.6.3.2 Create a new folder for mail.
7.6.3.3 Move messages to a new folder for mail.
7.6.3.4 Sort messages by name, by date.
7.6.3.5 Delete a message.
7.6.3.6 Restore a message from the mail bin/deleted items folder.
7.6.3.7 Empty the mail bin / deleted items folder.
7.8.4 PREPARE TO PRINT...
7.6.4.1 Preview a message.
7.6.4.2 Choose print output options such as: entire message, selected contents of a message,
number of copies and print.
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7.1.1 Concepts / Terms
7.1.1.1 Understand and distinguish between the Internet and World Wide
Web (WWW)
What is the difference between the World Wide Web (WWW) and the Internet?
+ The World Wide Web (WWW) is just a small part of the Internet as a whole.
The Internet, relates to all the hardware and software involved, and.as well
as including the WWW, also includes FTP (File Transfer Protocol - more about
this later), email and newsgroups.
‘The WWW is basically the text and pictures which you can view using your
web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Netscape Navigator.
7.1.1.2 Define and understand the terms HTTP, URL, hyperlink, ISP, FTP.
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
+ HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. This is the language your web
browser uses to request pages & graphics from the web server. You can see
that your web browser is using the HTTP protocol when it is shown at the
start of a web address such as http://www.yahoo.com
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
+ The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is just another name for a web address.
The URL consists of the name of the protocol (usually HTTP or FTP) followed
by the address of the computer you want to connect to, e.g. a URL of
“ftp://ftp.cdrom.com” would instruct your web browser to use the FTP
protocol to connect to the computer called ftp.cdrom.com.
Hyperlink
« Ahyperlink is a piece of text (or a graphic) on a Web page, which when
clicked on will automatically:
- Take you to a different part of the same page
- Take you to a different page within the Web site
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- Take you to a page in a different Web site
- Enable you to download a file
- Launch an application, video or sound
The illustration below displays a fragment of a Web page. The words which
are underlined indicate a hyperlink. By default these text links are normally
displayed in blue.
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ISP (Internet Service Provider)
+ If you want to connect to the Internet, you need to subscribe via an Internet
Service Provider. The ISP gives you a connection to the Internet either via
your telephone line or via a special digital high speed line. An example of a
popular ISP is AOL (America On-Line).
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
+ FIP is just a way of transferring data from one place to another over the
Internet. If is often used for downloading large files from a web site. You do
not really need to know anything about how it works, in most cases you will
click on a link within a web page, and your web browser (such as Microsoft
Internet Explorer) will take care of the FTP transfer for you, all you have to
decide is where to store the file which you wish to download.
In many cases people who write and maintain web sites will use an FTP
program to send the data which makes up a web site, from the hard disk on
which it was created, to a Web server computer.
There any many FTP programs available such as Cute FTP, an evaluation
copy of which can be downloaded from www.cuteftp.com
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7.1.1.3 Understand the make-up and structure of a Web address.
Web sites and URLs
+ AWeb site is simply data which is stored on a WWW server and which can be
freely accessed by people ‘surfing the Net’. For instance Microsoft have their
own Web site from which you can download information and software. The
trouble is that you need to know the address of the Web site; in much the
same way as if you want to phone someone you have to know his or her
phone number. The address of a Web site is given by something called its
URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The structure of the URL is very precise. For
instance, if you wish to use your Web browser to visit the Microsoft Web site
you would have to use the URL:
http://www.microsoft.com
Thus if you wish to visit the Web site of the company which produced this
training material you would use the URL: http://www.cctglobal.com
Due to the very large number of organisations who now have Web sites, you
can also use a search engine, in which you can enter a word or phrase
connected with what you wish to find and it will then display sites which
match the information which you have entered, The results can be
overwhelming however. A recent search using the search words "PC
courseware” displayed a list of 4.5 million sites containing these words!
7.1.1.4 Know what a Web Browser is and what it is used for.
What is a web browser?
‘+ Web browsing applications include ‘Internet Explorer’ (from Microsoft) and
‘Netscape Navigator/Communicator’, In both cases there are many different
versions, and you will find that the later versions offer much more versatility,
as well as a better range of built-in features. The web browser allows you to
view web pages
7.1.1.5 Know what a search engine is and what it is used for.
What is a search engine?
+ Asearch engine holds information about pages on web sites throughout the
Internet. It only has information about web sites which have been reported to
it, or ones which it has found out about automatically. It is important to
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realise that a search engine does not have complete information about all
web sites on the Internet! There are a number of different search engines,
run by different organisations. Within a search engine you can enter a search
phrase, such as ECDL courseware, and the search engine will then search
through its database and after a short pause, should display a list of sites
which fit your search parameters.
+ In this example we have used the Microsoft Search engine (MSN), and
entered the phrase ecdl courseware.
+ After clicking on the Search button the following pages of results was
displayed.
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+ Clicking on any of the items found, would take you to that organisation's web
site.
7.1.1.6 Understand the terms cookie, cache.
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What are cookies?
+ Some web sites can store hidden information about you on your hard disk
using cookies. This information is stored in small text file. Cookies can be
useful, for instance, a site may store your preferences about a web site, so
that when you re-visit the site your preferences can be accessed
automatically. Cookies are used by some web sites to identify you; this saves
you having to “log in” to the web site each time you visit.
More information at Cookie Central: http://www.cookiecentral.com,
What is an Internet cache?
+ Each time you display a web site within your web browser, a copy of the
information (both text and pictures) is saved on your hard disk. The reason
for this is that the next time you want to re-visit the site, the information is
quickly loaded from the copy on your hard disk, rather than slowly from the
actual Internet site.
+ As pictures are stored in the cache, if you are visiting a site which has many
separate web pages, with say a company logo on each page, then all
subsequent pages from that site will load a little faster as the logo graphics
will load from the cache, not via the Internet.
7.1.2 Security Considerations
7.1.2.1 Know what a protected Web site is (use of user name and
password).
Whatis a protected site?
* Aprotected site is a site which allows only restricted access. In many cases
sites are restricted via a password. If you do not supply the correct password
when you access the site, you are not allowed to view the sites contents.
Many companies may use the restrictions to allow information to be widely
distributed, but in a controlled manner to its employees. Other examples are
sites operated by commercial companies which are selling some type of
information such as stock market movements
7.1.2.2 Know what a digital certificate is.
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What is a digital certificate?
« Adigital certificate is used to encrypt information for secure transmission
across the Internet. A digital certificate can be used to create a digital
signature for an email, the signature guarantees the identity of sender, and it
also ensures that the message cannot be tampered with in transit. A digital
certificate can be purchased from a certificate authority such as
www.verisign.com who will verify your identity. Digital certificates are. used
by Internet based shopping web sites to encrypt your credit card details so
they cannot be intercepted as they travel the Internet. You can view the
digital certificate for a secure web site by double clicking on the padlock in
the web browser status bar, e.g. https://www.paypal.com
7.1.2.3 Know what encryption is and why it is used.
What is encryption?
+ Encryption is a means of ‘scrambling’ an email message. It is used to make a
message more secure, so that only the intended recipient of the message will
be able to read the message, There are many means of enabling this
encryption, both via hardware and software. A famous encryption program is
called PGP.
* Modern encryption programs are becoming so secure now that some
governments are insisting that the manufactures of the programs build a
‘back-door' into the programs which will enable the
government/police/intelligence communities to easily read the messages.
This is so that criminals who use the Internet do not have access to
unbreakable encryption.
+ There are different levels of encryption, which is often described by the
number of bits used within the encryption. Thus a system using 128 bit
encryption, would be much more secure than say one using 32 bit
encryption.
7.1.2.4 Be aware of the danger of infec!
from a downloaded file
g the computer with a virus
The dangers of surfing!
+ Viruses: Surfing the Internet can provide you with an incredible source of
information, There are however dangers! If you download anything from the
Web (even a document file), there is the possibility that the downloaded item
may have been infected with a computer virus. To give yourself some
protection against virus attack, you should have a virus checker installed
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(such as Norton Anti-Virus). In this way if the item which you download from
the Internet is infected the virus checker program will detect it immediately
The other important point to remember is to update your virus checker on a
regular basis
7.1.2.5 Be aware of the possibility of being subject to fraud when using a
credit card on the Internet.
Be very cautious about giving your credit card details over the Internet!
+ Spam: Be very careful about entering your email address into forms on web
sites which you are not familiar with. You may later get unsolicited emails
(called spam) from that web site. Even worse, your email address may be
passed on to companies which sell lists of email addresses to advertisers,
after which you will receive spam on a daily basis!
+ Fraud: Never give your credit card details to anyone or any company unless
you know that you are dealing with a reputable organisation. You may find
that the items you purchase are never delivered, or worse that your credit
card details are used fraudulently to make other purchases.
7.1.2.6 Understand the term firewall.
What is aifirewall?
«A fire wall consists of software and hardware protection against invasion via
the Internet. In most larger companies any connection to the Internet
automatically goes through a firewall which would have been installed and
customised by the companies technical IT team. In most cases you will be
unaware of the firewall existence.
7.1.3 First Steps with the Web Browser
7.1.3.1 Open (and close) a Web browsing application.
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To open the Microsoft Internet Explorer
+ Double click on the Internet Explorer icon displayed on your Desktop.
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The Microsoft Internet Explorer icons
+ The following icons may be displayed:
OQ wi rend ; .
Will re-display the previous page which you visited.
o> wit display the next page (assuming that you have first moved back a
page).
Will halt the downloading of information. This button is useful when you
visit a slow loading site and you wish to cancel the loading of that page.
& the refresh icon reloads the Ihiformation from the Web site which you are
visiting
© she home icon will take you to your default starting page. This page can
be set up to be any page on any Web site. If your organisation has it's own
Web site then you may wish the Home Page to be the starting page of your
own Web site.
Search,
Z ‘The search icon allows you to search the Internet for sites
containing information which is of interest to you. When you click on this icon
you will have access to a number of Internet Search programs, such as Lycos
and Google. When you enter a word or phrase into these programs they will
return a list of documents which match your search criteria.
YE Fete The favourites list is basically a series of bookmarks which allows
you to store pointers to your favourite Web sites, so that you can easily re-
visit a Web site of interest.
Media
GP sows you to access the WindowsMedia.com for music, radio and
Displays your URL history.
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"Allows you access to your email and newsgroup programs.
= The Print icon allows you to print a Web page which is displayed on your
screen
TIP: If the Web page displayed on your screen is formatted using frames
(i.e. it is divided into sections, often separated by scroll bars) then you
should first click on the section of the screen which you wish to print!
Allows you to edit the displayed web page within Microsoft Word.
LD atiows you to access Internet Discussion Groups.
To close the Microsoft Internet Explorer
* To close your web browser, click on the application close icon (the x at the
top-right of the application window).
7.1.3.2 Change the Web browser Home Page / Start page.
What is a web site "Home Pag
«Most Internet sites have a starting page, called the Home Page. Often when
you surf into a site, using a search engine, you initially go to a page which is
not.the home page. If you see a button (or text) on a site displaying the word
HOME, then clicking on this will take you to the starting page, i.e. the Home
Page.
+ It is confusing because Microsoft defines the "Home Page" for your browser
(i.e. Internet Explorer) as the page which by default is displayed when you
start the browser program
To set a home (i.e. opening) page
+ Click on the Tools drop down menu.
+ Click on the Internet Options command.
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* Click on the General tab of the Internet Options dialog box
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- If you wish to use the currently displayed page as your starting page,
click on the Use Current button.
- If you wish to use the default Microsoft starting page,
click on Use Default.
- If you wish to startithe program with a blank page,
click on Use Blank.
- If you wish to use another starting page,
enter the full URL into the Address box.
+ Click on the OK button to close'the Internet Options dialog box.
7.1.3.3 Display a web page in a new window
To display a specific web page
* (Open the Internet Explorer program.
«Inthe Address section of the program window enter the full URL of the web
page which you wish to display. Thus if you wanted to see the Microsoft
home page you would enter the URL:
http: //www.microsoft.com
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Right click on a hyperlink and from the popup menu displayed, select the
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hyperlink. This may not always work however, it depends on what version of
Internet Explorer you are using.
7.1.3.4 Stop a Web page from downloading.
To stop a page downloading (once iit has started downloading)
« Aweb page may start loading within your web browser and take so long to
display anything that you may wish to stop the download and look at
something else. Click on the Stop icon to stop the download.
7.1.3.5 Refresh a Web page.
What is web page refreshing?
+ Many web pages change their content rapidly. However your web browser
may download the page once and display the information and not then go
back to see if the page has changed. Refreshing the web page forces to web
browser to see if there is an updated version of the page.
Many web browsers will cache pages which you have visited. All this means is.
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that the web browser will store a copy of that web page on your hard disk.
The reason for this is that if you wish to revisit that page again then the page
can be quickly loaded from your hard disk rather than having to be slowly
downloaded to your computer via the net. Clicking on the Refresh icon,
forces the web browser to check for a later version of the page via the
Internet and to download it.
To refresh a page download
* Click on the Refresh icon.
TIP: If clicking on the Refresh icon does not seem to do what you want, try
pressing the Shift key while clicking on the Refresh icon.
7.1.3.6 Use available Help functions.
To access the built-in tutorial
+ Click on the Help drop down) menu and then click on Contents and Index.
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