Exercise
UNIT 9: Internet Explorer — Saving and Downloading Files from the Web Table of Contents
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1.0 Introduction 52
2.0 Objectives 52
3.1 Saving Files after Viewing them 52
3.2 Downloading Files from Links 53
3.3 Customizing Preferences 53
3.3.1 Changing the Background and Text Colors 53
3.4 Changing the Link Colors
54
3.5 Setting Your Default Start-Up Page 55
4.0 Conclusion 55
5.0 Summary 56
6.0 References and Suggestion for Further Reading 56
7.0 Tutor-Marked Assignment 56
1.0 Introduction
This Unit will show you how to effectively use, the many resources the web has to offer. Microsoft Internet Explorer can download any type of file that you wish from a web site for use on your own personal computer at your convenient time. You can also customize your background and text color for your convenience.
2.0 Objectives
At the end of this unit you will be able to:
Save f iles after viewing them;
D o w n lo ad f il e s f ro m lin k s;
Cu sto mi z e yo u r pr ef eren c es;
3.1 Saving Files after Viewing them
Frequently on a web page, you will find links that you can click on which will activate a selected file.
Other times, the appropriate plug-in will be engaged when you click an application file. Once you have heard the sound, watched the video, or read the text, you may want to save the file on your computer for use off-line in future. Using the file off-line reduces the cost of working on-line.
Most files available for viewing allow you to -Right-Click" on them which displays a menu box.
From this box select -Save As". "Save Picture As", or whatever happens to fit the type of file you have just seen or heard.
Choose where on your computer the file will be saved and give it a name.
Click "Save" to begin saving the file. In the example below, the Eastern Illinois University logo was viewed. A "Right-Click" on it brought up a menu box. Finally, it will be saved to the hard drive.
Exercise 1
Why do you think you would want to save a web page after viewing it?
Saving a web page after viewing it allows you to view it off-line in future.
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3.2 Downloading Files from Links
Many web pages have links to files that you can view such things as Images, Sounds, or Movies.
Suppose that you don't want to look at them now, you can always download them directly from the links and view them at a later time.
I. "Right-Click" on the file that you want to download.
2. In the menu box that pops up, select "Save Target As".
3. A "Save As" dialog box will appear. You can select what name the file will have, and the location to where it will be downloaded. A shortcut to get to the "Save As" box is to hold "Shift" and
"Left-Click" on the link you want to download. After you have selected the name and destination, click "Save". In the example below, suppose you would like to download the wave file called 'Door wave". First, a "Right-Click" on the file name will bring up the menu box. Next, choose
"Save Target As" and select your desired location from the "Save As" dialog box. Finally click
"save" and download the wave file.
Exercise 2
Download a file from the internet and see how much time it takes.
If the file does not contain images and it is not large, I am sure about 2-3 minutes will do.
3.3 Customizing Preferences
Explorer allows you to set the background color and text color for your browser for your convenience.
3.3.1 Changing the Background and Text Colors
=> From the Options dialog box, click on the "General" folder tab at the top of the box. You can set the background color from here. (The colors section is outlined in red for your convenience). If you want to set the background color at the windows default, click on the "Use windows Colors"
box.
=> To select a custom background color and/or a custom text color, click the "Use Windows Colors"
box so that it is NOT checked. Click on the colored box next to the box labelled "Text" or
"Background". Now you have opened the color dialog box. You can choose your custom color from this palette by clicking on the desired color. When you are satisfied with your choice, click the "OK" button at the bottom of the color box. If you are done choosing options, click "apply"
and then "OK" at the bottom of the Options box. See Fig. 9.2.
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3.3 Changing the Link Colors
ir> From the Options dialog box, click on the "General" folder tab at the top of the box. You can set the link colors from here. (The links section is outlined in red for your convenience).
To select a custom link colors click on the colored box next to the box labelled "Visited" or
"Unvisited". Now you have opened the color dialog box. You can choose your custom color from this palette by clicking on the desired color. When you are satisfied with your choice, click the
"OK" button at the bottom of the color box. If you are done choosing options, click "apply" and then "OK" at the bottom of the Options box.
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3.4 Setting Your Default Start-Up Page
The "Start-Up" page is the Web site or document that Internet Explorer will open automatically every time that you start the programme. These steps will show you how you can change this page to whatever location you prefer.
* From the Options dialog box, click on the "General" folder tab at the top of the box. You can change the start-up page from here. Click on the Page drop-down box arrow to open a small menu.
* Click on the Address box.
* Type the address of the page you would like Internet Explorer to open each time you start the programme. If you are satisfied with your choice and are done setting options, click on "Apply"
then "OK" at the bottom of the Options box.
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Exercise 3
What would you like as your Start-Up Home Page? Why?
Sometimes your Favorite site can be set as your start-up home page so that you can visit the site before visiting other sites.
4.0 Conclusion
Once you have heard the sound, watched the video, or read the text, you can save the file on your computer for future use. You can also download them directly from the links and view them at a later time. The colors setting is for you to make settings that are convenient for your use. You can set your web site as your "Start-Up" page so that Internet Explorer will open it automatically every time that you start the programme.
5.0 Summary
In this Unit, we looked at how you can save and download a web page of interest for future use of viewing off-line. It is more continuance in terms of cost to save and use web page off-line. Internet Explorer also provides you with facilities to customize your preference in terms of background and text color.
6.0 Reference and Suggestion for Further Reading
Widernet Project, http//www.widemet.org Microsoft Windows http//www. Microsoft.com
7.0 Tutor-Marked Assignment
Question
Explain why you would want to download a web page and state the procedure for doing it.