How to Use This Site

 

This site is made up of a set of frames (think of panes in a window) and can be tricky to print, bookmark, or refresh unless you know the secret. Here are some tips:

Trick for printing a page from a site made of frames

How to print

Trick for bookmarking a page from a site made of frames

How to bookmark: Internet Explorer

How to bookmark: Netscape Navigator

How to find your way around this site

How to refresh a page in this site

Browser version

Computer Basics Links

How to use the Internet

How to use a mouse (tutorial)

 

 


To print a page:
Highlight a small portion of text (click and drag with the mouse) in the section (think window pane) you want to print (this will make sure the correct section prints). Then go ahead and print.



How to print:
1. From the very top of the page, left hand corner, click on the File drop-down menu, then choose Print. A print dialog box will open where you can select how many copies, etc.
Or
2. You can just click on the small printer icon in the toolbar on the top of the browser window. This will print just one page, and it will skip the dialog box.

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To bookmark a page:

Same as for printing: Highlight a small portion of text (click and drag with the mouse) in the section (think window pane) you want to bookmark. After highlighting, go ahead and bookmark.


How to bookmark:

For Internet Explorer: To add a page to your list of favorites:

1. Go to the page that you want to add to your Favorites list.
2. Highlight a portion of text in the section you want to bookmark
3. On the Favorites drop-down menu (top of page), click Add to Favorites.
4. In the box that opens, type a new name for the page, if you want to.

To organize your pages into separate folders, after naming your page, in the same box:
1. Click on the Create In button. Choose the folder you want to put the page in.
OR
2. Click on the New Folder button to create a new folder, then name the new folder also. This is the folder your page will be stored in.

You can drag and drop pages and folders in your Favorites drop-down menu, to reposition and reorganize them (highlight name, then click and drag with the mouse).

To open one of your favorite pages, on the Favorites drop-down menu, click the folder and/or page you want to open.

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How to bookmark:

For Netscape Navigator:
To add a page to your list of bookmarks:
1.Go to the web page you want to bookmark
2. Highlight a portion of text in the section you want to bookmark
3.Click Bookmarks (upper left hand corner on lower toolbar)[On Mac OS, open the Bookmarks menu--the green bookmark icon to the right of the Go menu]
4. From the menu choose Add Bookmark
5. The name of the currently displayed page is added as the last item in the Bookmark menu. (Some preselected bookmarks came with your Netscape software)

To organize your pages into separate folders, after naming your page:

1. Click Bookmarks and choose Edit Bookmarks. [On Mac OS, open the Communicator menu and choose Bookmarks]. Then drag any bookmark, folder, or separator to reposition it. You can also drag and drop bookmarks into folders.
OR:
2a. To add a new folder click Bookmarks and choose Edit Bookmarks. [On Mac OS, open the Communicator menu and choose Bookmarks]
2b. Click the item just above where you want to put a new folder.
2c. Open the File menu (top row, upper left corner) and choose New Folder.
2d. Type a name for the folder and click OK.

To open one of your bookmarked pages, on the Bookmarks drop-down menu, click the folder and/or page you want to open [Same for Mac OS].

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To Find Your Way Around the Site:
Besides using the links to the left, you may also use the forwards and backwards arrows at the top left of the browser window. The arrows are green; the left pointing arrow takes you to the previous page you visited. The right pointing arrow takes you back to the page you visited after that.

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Refresh:
There are three ways to refresh a page in this site:
1. The easiest way to refresh is to just re-click on the link for the page you are on.
2. If you hit the refresh button (the little button on the toolbar with two curved green arrows) in this case [a site with Frames] it will take you back to the MAIN English or the MAIN Spanish page; you then can re-click the link to the page you want to refresh.
3. You might prefer to click the back button (green left pointing arrow) instead, and then click the link again to reload the page. (Hitting the forward button will not reload the page.)

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Browser Version:

This site was created using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6. If you are having trouble viewing this site, you can download the latest version of Internet Explorer for free.
1. Click on this link to do so: Download the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
2. In the upper right hand section of the page, select the language you prefer from the drop-down menu, and click the Go button.
3. Follow further instructions that come on screen.
Note: This link is designed to open in a new browser window, so when you are finished downloading, you can close the window (click on the X in the upper right hand corner of the window) and MCR Center will still be open underneath.

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Computer Basics Links

How to use the Internet Basics
(English/Spanish/French)

Choose language, then click on small picture/phrase imediately beneath to go to Main Tutorial page.
http://www.learnthenet.com/spanish/

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How to use a mouse

Mouse Tutorial for new computer users (English Version)
http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/tutorials/mouse/page1.html

Mouse Tutorial for new computer users (Spanish Version)
http://oceancountylibrary.org/In_House/Tutorials/Mousercise_Espanol/mouse1.html

 

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