To move within a Web Page:
- Use the scroll bar on the left hand side of the page or the arrows located at each end of the scroll bar.
- Rolling the wheel in the middle of the mouse.
- The arrows located on the keyboard to the right of the letters.
To move between Web Pages:
Using the Internet involes following links. You know when something is a link as the mouse will change into a hand. To use the link simply click once with the left mouse button.
To go between Web Pages use the Back and Forward arrow symbols in the Toolbar at the top of the screen.
To get a fresh copy of a Web Page (e.g. Getting the latest news) use the Refresh button in the Toolbar.
To stop a Web Page loading either because you no longer want the page or it is taking too long to load click the Stop button in the Toolbar which is a red cross in a white box. You can then do a new search or use the Refresh button to try again.
Examples of the size of files you may download (These are only approximates):
- Text email 2-3KB
- Email with colours and small pictures 50KB - 80KB
- Photo from a digital camera 800KB - 4MB
- Music file 3-4 MB
- Movie 700MB to more than 1GB (Big)
Searching the Internet
There are a number of Search Engines (A program that searches Web Pages around the World) the one we will be using is one of the most used Google.
Go onto the Internet enter www.google.com.au in the Address Bar.
The basic Google search page is returned. The main white box is where you put in the keywords of your search. For example "I am going to plan a holiday" the keyword is holiday. Just putting holiday in the search box and clicking Google Search returned 312 000 000 results. Note that if you were to do the same search again you may get a different number of results that is because the Web is constantly changing.
The first searches returned may be under a heading Sponsored Links, these results are relevant to your search but they have paid Google to display their links. The next section begins the general results that have been returned in your search. By looking at the title of the result and also the URL or Web Address you can decide if this search is what you want.
The fact that we got 312 000 000 results is because we were not specific in our search. The more keywords that are used the more refined the search will be.
A way to refine a search is to use Google Advanced Search and it is a link to the right of the Goggle Search box. By using Advanced Search and entering "driving holiday" in the phrase section and "France, July" in the all these words section the results are down to 1020.
The best way to learn to search is to play. Experiment with different keyword combinations and results.
Have fun surfing!!!!!
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