Use this link to the Adobe Reader pdf file with correct formatting.

 

Using the Internet

 

Reasons for using the internet

1.    FHF web site www.foxhillfarm.org

2.    News, weather, sports, finance, product and movie reviews, shopping, travel information, reservations, and tickets.

3.    Radio stations without advertising http://channels.netscape.com/ns/music/radio/default.jsp

4.    Email that can open Adobe Reader (pdf) files and follow web links.

5.    Sharing family and vacation photos.

 

 

Connection to the internet is needed

Telephone modem. About $22/month. Earthlink http://www.earthlink.net/ is a good Internet Service Provider. Others can be found using a list of dial-up (using a telephone modem) Internet Service Providers (ISP) in area code 610:

http://thelist.internet.com/areacode/610/d-h.html

 

Cable modem. About $50/month. About 10 to 30 times as fast as using the telephone.

http://www.comcast.com/

 

DSL service is not available in Fox Hill Farm because we are too far from the telephone exchange office.

 

 

A browser program is needed. Browsers are the software that allows you to access the World Wide Web (www).

Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp

Netscape Communicator http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp

Opera http://www.opera.com/

 

 

An antivirus program is needed

Symantec Norton AntiVirus http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_9xnt/

McAfee VirusScan http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/vs7/

 

 

Highly recommended items

Personal software firewall to monitor and control incoming and outgoing activity

Symantec Norton Personal Firewall http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/npf/

McAfee Firewall http://mcafee.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry17c?CID=0&PN=5&SP=10007&SID=39692&PID=371412&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0

Zone Labs ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp

 

Internet security suites are a combination of an antivirus program, firewall, and more

Symantec Norton Internet Security http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

This program also permits you to block ads on web pages.

McAfee Internet Security http://mcafee.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?V1=429104&PN=1&SP=10023&xid=39692&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0

 

Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing many documents on the internet http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html

 

Email program

Outlook Express (part of Microsoft Internet Explorer)

Eudora http://www.eudora.com/email/features/index.html

Netscape Mail http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/7/features/mail.jsp

 

Word processing program for composing email, if AOL or Juno is used as the ISP.

Notepad (part of Microsoft Windows operating systems)

Word, Works, or WordPerfect

 

Second email address for use in site registration.

Create an email address at Yahoo (preferred) http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=my&.done=http://my.yahoo.com/&partner=&.intl=

or hotmail http://lc2.law13.hotmail.passport.com/cgi-bin/login

Use this second email address for registering at web sites.

 

 

Recommended items

Personal hardware firewall such as Netgear Gateway Router http://www.netgear.com/routers_main.asp

 

Anti-spam program such as McAfee Spamkiller http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/msk/default.asp

 

 

 

Using the internet

 

See “Browsing”, on page 4.

 

Other resources for information

An internet guide for newcomers http://about-the-web.com/shtml/search.shtml 

 

Security/safety

Virus: see the FHF newsletter at:  http://www.foxhillfarm.org/Groups/Computer/CC_Newsletters/091800.pdf

 

Using the internet: see the FHF newsletter at: http://www.foxhillfarm.org/Groups/Computer/CC_Newsletters/internet_usage.PDF

 

Advice on creating passwords:  http://www.symantec.com/homecomputing/password.html

 

 

Notes on the FHF computer club web site:

Checking viruses and hoaxes
Discounts for ISPs
Printing web pages
Cookies

 

 

Downloading

Create a new folder on the “C” drive, named “My Downloads” if the folder does not currently exist.  Put all downloaded files into this folder. Often these files can be deleted after installing downloaded applications. Of course you will want to retain mp3 files and graphics files.

 

Downloading Adobe Acrobat pdf files:

Some people report problems with reading pdf files. This web page, from Adobe, has information concerning Acrobat Reader and older versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

http://www.adobe.com/support/techguides/acrobat/rdrwinbrwsr/main.html

 

"In its release of Netscape Navigator version 6, Netscape has altered the way the browser handles plug-ins. As a result of these changes, Navigator version 6 users should be aware that some of the Acrobat functionality is no longer available. (Note: this does not affect version 4.x of Navigator/Communicator.)

 

If you have problems while using Netscape Navigator, please try MS Internet Explorer. If you have problems while using MS Internet Explorer, please try Netscape Navigator. The idea is to try something different.

 

This is an Adobe web page with information on using and configuring Acrobat Reader with AOL:

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/98fe.htm for Internet Explorer

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/78c6.htm for Netscape Navigator

 

PDF Pages Don't Appear in Web Browser Window. Read this:

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/29776.htm

 

 

Other resources for information

An internet guide for newcomers http://about-the-web.com/shtml/search.shtml 

 

 

 

 

Stop loading the web page
 

Forward, after going back
 
Browsing

 

 

 


Personal links  bar
 

Google search tool  bar
 

Address line
 

Tool bar
 

Menu bar
 

 

 

Viewing the Links toolbar, that can be personalized

 

 

 


 

Personalizing the Links bar, from the Internet Explorer help menu.

To add a web page to the Links bar: The Links bar is located below the Address bar in Internet Explorer, and is a convenient place to add links to a few web pages that you use frequently. Just click the link to display the page.

You can add a web page to the Links bar in a variety of ways:

  1. Drag the icon for the page from your Address bar to your Links bar.
  2. Drag a link from a Web page to your Links bar.
  3. Drag a link to the Links folder in your Favorites list.

Notes

1.    If the Links bar does not appear on the toolbar, on the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Links.

2.    You also can organize your links by dragging them to a different location on the Links bar.

 

 

Adding a folder to the Links bar

 

To organize your favorite pages into folders, from the Internet Explorer help menu.

As your list of favorite pages grows, you can keep it organized by creating folders. You might want to organize your pages by topic. For example, you could create a folder named Art for storing information about art exhibits and reviews.

  1. On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.
  2. Click Create Folder, type a name for the folder, and then press ENTER.
  3. Drag the shortcuts (or folders) in the list to the appropriate folders.

If the number of shortcuts or folders makes dragging impractical, you can use the Move to Folder button instead.

 

See the next page for a second way to add a folder to the Link bar.

 

A second way to add a folder to the Link bar

  1. On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites.
  2. Click the “+” in front of the Links folder.
  3. Click on the Links folder, so “Links” is highlighted.
  4. Click on “New Folder” and type a name for the folder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Future FHF Computer Club meeting with internet topics

Monday, Oct 21, 7:00 PM

 Internet resources

 Monday, Nov 18, 7:00 PM

 Internet shopping and auctions

 Monday, Dec 16, 7:00 PM

 Questions and answers

 Monday, Jan 20, 7:00 PM

 Internet searches