Browsing the Bars of Internet Explorer

Title Bar – Tells the name of page being displayed and Name of program

Command Bar – Contains one word commands. These commands can help you make your machine run more efficiently. Notice they are not the same on both Browsers.

Browsing Buttons- These are Icons that allow the computers to navigate the internet with greater speed and accuracy. Notice buttons are not the same, but do the same thing.

Back – Takes you back one screen at a time. Click on the arrow next to this button to see the last 10 places you have been. Scroll down and click on that page to go right there.

Forward – After you go back, the Forward key will take you forward one screen at a time or click on the arrow next to this button to go to any of the pages you skipped.

Stop – Stops a page from loading. It is best to stop a page before trying to go on to another.

Home – Takes you back to the opening screen. This you can choose to anything you want.

Search – To look for something on the internet. These search sites are set up by your browser and are not always effective.

Favorite - These mark sites you would like to return to in the future

Address or Location Bar - This contains the URL. You can click here using the I-beam and the URL will turn dark blue or selected. Now type in a new URL.

Link Bar – This bar can contain the links you use most often and want to get to the quickest.

Viewing area – allows you to view web pages. Most likely you will need to use the scroll bar on the right hand side of the screen view the whole page.

Status Bar – This bar tells you the URL of where you are going next.

Task Bar – Notice the number of task buttons. Sometimes when you click to go to a new screen a new button will open on the task bar.