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Setting up your home page
You can choose any Web page to be the first page you see when you open Internet Explorer. In most cases, the first time you use Internet Explorer, your home page has been chosen for you. One common home page is the http://www.bpbonline.com. In addition to providing free and easily available e-mail, the bpbonline.com home page gives you an organized, central location for gaining access to useful information To change to a different home page, go to the page you want, click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options. On the General tab, click Use Current. Many popular home pages (including the bpbonline.com home page) make it even easier by providing a button or link that automatically makes the page your home page.
WHAT’S
NEW? Security while shopping online
If you provide your credit-card number to a Web site, you'll want to make sure that the site is secure. Internet Explorer notifies you if a site is secure by displaying a lock icon on the status bar, in the lower-right corner of the window.
AutoComplete The new AutoComplete feature uses IntelliSense technology to help save you keystrokes and find sites, folders, and documents you've visited before. Just type a partial Web address in the Address bar, and if you've typed it before, a list of matches appears. Or type a path to one of your files. Scroll to find the page you want, click it, and you're on your way. Try this in Windows Explorer, too. AutoComplete also works when you are filling out forms on the Web. After the first time you type your name or other frequently used information into a form, AutoComplete remembers it. The next time you start to type your name, AutoComplete gives you a list of matches you can click. AutoComplete pulls information for Web forms from an encrypted storage area on your computer, so you can rest assured that your private data is not available to Web sites unless you specifically give it. If you prefer not to use AutoComplete, you can easily turn it off.
Multiple connections Do you connect to the Internet in more than one way? Now it's easy to do so. For example, if you connect to your office using one phone number and connect to your Internet service provider using another, you can now easily switch between the two numbers. Or if you have more than one Internet service provider, you can choose the one you want to use each time you connect. If you connect to your office from home, your network administrator can set up an auto proxy configuration for you. This means you don't have to change your proxy-server settings repeatedly. Internet Explorer 5.5 remembers the settings for each of your connections and automatically uses the correct settings when you switch connections.
Working when not connected
The ability to take the Web with you has come a long way. When adding any page to your Favourites list, just mark it to be made available offline. Setting schedules for updating offline pages is quick and easy. Just click Customize.
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