A. Point and Single-click

1. Minimize the broswer windows by clicking the Show Desktop () button on the taskbar or by pressing the Windows and D keys together on your keyboard ( - D) on your Microsoft Windows-based computer. The Windows () key is located between the CTRL and ALT keys on your keyboard.
   
           
2. Point and single-click the various icons on the screen. Note that each time you click an icon, it changes color. This is an indication that you have selected the icon.
   

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B. Double-clicking

Double-click the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop. Note that by double-clicking the icon, you have launched the application. Look at the taskbar. There should now be at least three Internet Explorer windows open (Essential Web Skills, In-class Exercises, and Stanford University).

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C. Clicking a Link

At the stanford.edu home page, single-click the link . Never double-click a link on a web page; only single-click.

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D. Click, Slide, and Release (and opening a new browser window)

From the menu bar, click File, slide down to New, slide to the right to Window, and then release the mouse button. A new browser window should appear.

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E. Right-clicking

1. In another Internet Explorer browser window, go to http://www.stanford.edu.
2. Place your mouse over the images of Stanford University at the top of the web page.
3. Click the right mouse button.
4. Slide down to Save Picture As, then click the left mouse button.
5. Click the pull-down menu in the Save In field at the top of the dialog box, slide to Desktop, then click.
6. Click Save.

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F. Visiting Web Pages

1. Open a new Internet Explorer browser window.
   
2. In the Address bar, enter http://csp.stanford.edu and click Go or press the Enter key. You will be at the Continuing Studies web site.
   
3. Under View, choose Source to view the source code.
   Close the Notepad window when you have finished looking at the source code.
   
4. Now, visit http://www.stanford.edu/, the main Stanford site.
   Under View, choose Source to view the source code.
   Close the Notepad window when you have finished looking at the source code.

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G. Switching Between Windows

In the taskbar, switch between the various open windows by clicking the icon (words) for the various web pages.

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H. Opening a Linked Page in a New Window

1. Switch to the open Stanford University web site.
   
2. Place your mouse over the link Today's events. Right-click the link. Slide down to Open in New Window and click. Today's events will open up in a new window -- so you can have both the Stanford home page AND Today's events open.

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I. Using the Search Tools

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://www.altavista.com.
• Enter Stanford University in the search box and click the Search button or press the Enter key.
2. Visit http://www.google.com.
• Enter Stanford University, then click Google Search (or press Enter).
• Note that these results are different from those obtained by the Altavista Search tool.

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J. Using a Shopping Cart

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://csp.stanford.edu
2. Click View Cart in the side bar on the right side of the page.
3. Click Course Code.
4. Pick a class you might want to take by clicking the Add to cart to the right of the class.
5. Right-click Course Code and choose Open in New Window.
6. Pick another class you might want to take. Click Add to cart.
7. Note that on this second window, you have two classes listed. Switch to the first Continuing Studies window. Note that on this window, only one class is currently listed, even though you have already signed up for two classes. This is because the browser doesn't know that you have selected two classes yet. Press Refresh on the first window. The first window will now correctly indicate the classes you signed up for.

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K. Setting and Organizing Favorites

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://www-gsb.stanford.edu. Under Favorites, select Add to Favorites. If you want to change the title of the Favorite, you may do so by typing in the new title in the Name field. Press OK to finalize adding a Favorite.
2. Go to the following web sites and add them to your Favorites as well:
   • http://pangea.stanford.edu
   • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/humsci
   • http://soe.stanford.edu
   • http://ed.stanford.edu
   • http://www.law.stanford.edu
   • http://med.stanford.edu
3. Under Favorites, select Organize Favorites.
4. Click Create Folder, enter Stanford Schools, and click Close.
5. Click each Favorite you created, then click Move to Folder. Select Stanford Schools, then click OK.

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L. Copying and Pasting Information from a Web Page

1. Visit http://news-service.stanford.edu/
2. Click and drag the mouse over the first paragraph of the first news story. After the text has been highlighted, under Edit, select Copy (or use right-click+Copy, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-C)
3. Open Microsoft Word.
4. Paste the paragraph into the Word document -- using Edit > Paste, right-click+Paste, or Ctrl-V.
   
   NOTE:
   All formatting will be preserved and any links in the paragaph you copied will be "hot" in the Word document, too!

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M. Saving a Web Page (complete)

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://news-service.stanford.edu/
2. Scroll to find an interesting news story and click the title of the news story.
3. After the news story opens, under File, choose Save As.
4. In the Save In field, click the pull-down menu to choose the Desktop.
5. In the Save As Type field, select Web Page, complete, then click Save.
6. Minimize all windows.
7. Double-click the icon with the title of the news story on your desktop to open the saved version of the web page. The saved version should look exactly the same as the Internet version -- by using Web Page, complete, you downloaded all parts of the web page (including any graphics).
8. Check the file size of the web page by right-clicking the icon and selecting Properties.

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N. Saving a Web Page (html only)

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://news-service.stanford.edu/
2. Scroll to a different news story and click the title of the news story.
3. After the news story opens, under File, choose Save As.
4. In the Save In field, click the pull-down menu to choose the Desktop.
5. In the Save As Type field, select Web Page, html only, then click Save.
6. Minimize all windows.
7. Double-click the icon with the title of the news story on your desktop to open the saved version of the web page. Note that no graphics were downloaded (saved) using Web Page, html only.
8. Check the file size of the web page by right-clicking the icon and selecting Properties.

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O. Saving a Web Page (text only)

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://news-service.stanford.edu/
2. Scroll to a yet another news story and click the title of the news story.
3. After the news story opens, under File, choose Save As.
4. In the Save In field, click the pull-down menu to choose the Desktop.
5. In the Save As Type field, select Web Page, text only, then click Save.
6. Minimize all windows.
7. Double-click the icon with the title of the news story on your desktop to open the saved version of the web page. Note that no formatting or graphics were downloaded (saved) using Web Page, text only.
8. Check the file size of the web page by right-clicking the icon and selecting Properties.

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P. Downloading a File to Your Computer

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://techtraining.stanford.edu/webskills/download/
2. Place your mouse cursor over the link Important Excel Spreadsheet.
3. Right-click the link. Choose Save Target As.
4. Save the spreadsheet to the desktop.
5. Open the spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel.

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Q. Downloading an Image to Your Computer

1. In Internet Explorer, visit http://techtraining.stanford.edu/webskills/download/
2. Place your mouse cursor over the image.
3. Right-click the image. Choose Save Picture As.
4. Save the image to the desktop.
   
   You can now insert this in a Word document, or open it in a graphics program, or add it to a web page.
   
   NOTE:
   All files on the Internet, including images, are copyrighted material. Only use material that you have been granted permission to use -- just because it is technically possible to download files off of the web to your computer, doesn't necessarily mean it is legal to do so. Check the terms of use agreement on the web site first to see if downloading the content is permissible.

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