Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Fundamentals

Audience

Anyone interested in understanding the basics of the Internet and using Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 to access Web sites. Participants should have a basic understanding of Microsoft Windows 95.

Objective

• Understand the basics of the Internet and the Internet security services.
• Access Web sites.
• Customize the Web environment using the features provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0.
• Communicate with other Internet users.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Internet

• Identify the basic features of the Internet and services of the Internet.
• Identify the features of the World Wide Web.
• Identify the security threats on the Internet.

Unit 2: Surfing on the Internet

• Identify the toolbars in the Internet Explorer window.
• Hide a toolbar in the Internet Explorer window.
• Customize the Web environment using Internet Explorer 3.0.
• Set the current page as your custom start page.
• Set the default Internet Explorer page as your custom start page.
• Search for Web pages.
• Save a Web page on your computer.
• Hide multimedia files to speed up the display of Web pages.
• Change the number of days to store a Web page in the history folder.
• Add a Web site to the Favorites folder.
• Move a bookmark to a different folder.
• Delete a bookmark.
• View the files contained in the Temporary Internet files folder.
• Delete all files from the Temporary Internet Files folder.
• Download files from the Internet.
• Save a Web page referenced by a link without opening it.
• Set print options for printing web pages.

Unit 3: Advanced Features

• Send an email message using Internet Mail.
• Reply to an email message using Internet Mail.
• Attach a file to an email message using Internet Mail.
• Establish a connection to a Newsgroup using Internet News.
• Open a message sent by a Newsgroup member using Internet News.
• Identify the etiquette of communicating over the Internet.
• Communicate with other Internet users using the NetMeeting program.
• Identify the method of protecting a document using a public key.
• Identify the function of virus protection programs.
• Identify the features of programs used to display Multimedia files.

Duration

6

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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