Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Foundation Level Training Courseware

TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS

• World Wide Web (WWW) vs. the Internet
• HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
• URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
• Hyperlinks
• ISP (Internet Service Provider)
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
• Web sites and URLs
• Web Browser
• Cookies
• Internet cache

USING MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER

• Opening the Microsoft Internet Explorer program
• Viewing a particular Web site
• Minimizing, maximizing, restoring and closing icons
• Zoom
• Hyperlinks
• Navigating through Web sites
• Back and Forward buttons
• Forcing a Web page to display within a new window
• Forcing a Web page to display within a new tab
• Switching Between Tabs
• Quick Tabs
• Tab List
• Closing a Tab
• Stop button
• Refreshing Web pages
• Internet Explorer icons
• Copying a picture from a Web site page
• Saving a picture on a Web page as a picture file
• Copying a Web address to a document
• Saving a Web page
• Downloading files from a Web page
• Adobe Acrobat files

SEARCH ENGINES

• Search Engines
• Searching using Instant Search
• Searching using the Address Bar
• Adding new search engines
• Temporarily changing the search engine
• Changing the default search engine
• Search Engine Web sites
• Using keywords and phrases
• Don't use a single search word!
• Using + and " symbols to narrow your search

GETTING HELP

• Displaying Help
• Help Demos
• Browsing for Help
• Asking for help
• Printing Help sheets

CUSTOMIZING INTERNET EXPLORER

• Setting your Home Page (i.e. opening page)
• Setting multiple Home Pages
• Revisiting Web pages via the address bar
• Displaying your viewing history
• Deleting a history item
• Deleting the entire browsing history and temporary files
• Customizing history options
• Adding a Web page to your favorites
• Opening a favorite (bookmark)
• Creating a new favorites folder
• Moving a favorite to a folder
• Renaming a bookmark
• Deleting a bookmark
• Adding a Web page to a specified bookmark folder
• Toolbars
• Disabling picture display
• Setting your Default Browser
• Installing Add-ons

FEEDS

• What are feeds?
• Viewing Web pages containing feeds
• Subscribing to feeds
• Viewing subscribed feeds
• Unsubscribing from Feeds

IE7 - SECURITY ISSUES

• Web based forms
• Protected sites
• Digital certificates
• Encryption
• The dangers of surfing!
• Protecting your credit cards
• Firewalls
• Pop-Up Blocking
• Information Bar
• Phishing Filter
• Parental Filtering
• Windows Update

IE7 - PRINTING ISSUES

• Previewing Web pages
• Page Setup
• Printing the entire Web page
• Printing a selected area on a Web page
• Printing selected frames within a framed Web site