Introduction & Opening Program | Navigating Pages | Bookmarks & Downloading | Printing, Saving, Editing
Finding Text on a Page | Cache, History, Resolution | Outside Resources

Introduction:
Netscape Navigator (part of the Netscape Communicator package) is the second most popular web browser, far behind the leading Microsoft Internet Explorer. Netscape Navigator was, however, the first widely-used browser, and it maintains a loyal following. Netscape is very similar to IE in many ways, so a transition between the two should not prove to be difficult.

Opening Netscape Navigator:
Start >> Programs >> Netscape Communicator >> Netscape Navigator, or look for icon on desktop or quick launch.

Basic Layout of Program:

- The "File" menu contains selections such as saving, closing, and printing.
- The "Edit" menu contains selections such as copying, pasting, finding text, and Netscape's preferences.
- The "View" menu contains selections such as changing the toolbars available, changing the size of text onscreen and refreshing the current page.
- The "Go" menu contains selections such as going forward and backward a page, or to the home page.
- The "Communicator" menu contains hotlinks to all of Netscape Communicator's other internal programs, as well as the "Bookmarks" menu.
- The "Help" menu contains various selections for seeking help with the program.

The Toolbars:
- The "Navigation Toolbar" is the primary way to navigate back and forth between pages, as well as refreshing and stopping the loading of pages. It has the familiar buttons as most other web browsers.
- The "Location Toolbar" is the primary entry for URLs (uniform resource locators) to browse to pages.
- The "Personal Toolbar" allows you to drag links to commonly visited sites to quick launching.

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