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Tables of Contents for Official Netscape Beginner's Guide to the Internet
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
XIX
Part I Getting Connected
1
36
Chapter 1 Why Do I Want To Get Connected?
3
12
What Is The Internet?
3
3
Connecting With Others
5
1
Getting Information
5
1
What Makes Up The Internet?
6
6
WWW: The Internet With Pictures (And More)
6
1
Gopherspace: Text Only
7
1
File Transfer With FTP
7
1
Mail
8
2
Newsgroups And The Usenet
10
1
Mailing Lists
10
1
And More...
11
1
Who Owns The Internet? And Other Questions
12
2
Who Owns The Internet?
12
1
How Do Businesses Make Money On The Internet?
13
1
What Am I Charged For On The Internet?
13
1
What Can I Do With The Internet?
14
1
Moving On
14
1
Chapter 2 What Do I Need To Get Connected?
15
14
What Hardware Do I Need?
15
5
What Type Of Computer Do I Need?
17
1
What Kind Of Modem Do I Need?
18
2
Do I Need Another Phone Line?
20
1
What Software Do I Need?
20
4
Getting Navigator
21
3
What Are The Ways I can Get Connected?
24
4
Trying An Online Service Provider
24
1
Using An ISP
25
1
Comparing Online Vs. Independent ISPs
25
1
Finding An ISP
25
1
Comparing ISPs
26
2
Moving On
28
1
Chapter 3 How Do I Get Connected?
29
8
Setting Up The Hardware
29
3
Installing An Internal Modem
31
1
Installing An External Modem
31
1
Setting Up Your ISP Account
32
1
Installing The Software
33
1
Getting Connected
34
1
Installing Navigator
35
1
Moving On
35
2
Part II Getting Around
37
172
Chapter 4 Learning Navigator Basics
39
16
Starting Navigator
39
2
Understanding The Navigator Window
41
7
Getting Information From The Title Bar And Status Bar
42
1
Using The Menu Bar To Select Commands
43
1
Using The Navigation Toolbar
44
1
Using The Personal Toolbar To Check Out Sites
45
3
Understanding Pages
48
2
How Is A Page Set Up?
48
1
What Is A Page Address?
48
2
What Is A Frame?
50
1
Getting Help
50
3
Using NetHelp
51
2
Using Other Help Features
53
1
Exiting Navigator
53
1
Moving On
54
1
Chapter 5 Navigating The Internet
55
16
Jumping From Link To Link
55
9
Moving From Page To Page
57
2
Going Back And Forward
59
3
Going Home
62
1
Stopping A Link
63
1
Moving Within A Frame
63
1
Going Directly To A Location
64
3
Finding The Address
64
1
Entering The Address
65
1
Shortcuts For Entering The Address
66
1
Using Bookmarks
67
3
Trying Some Of Navigator's Bookmarks
67
1
Creating A Bookmark For A Page
67
1
Going To A Bookmark
68
2
Moving On
70
1
Chapter 6 Searching The Internet
71
22
Internet Search Basics
71
7
Displaying The Search Tools
71
3
Selecting A Search Tool
74
1
Comparing Search Engines
75
1
Entering The Search
75
1
Reviewing The Results
76
1
Browsing The Search Directories Or Channels
77
1
Visiting The Home Page Of The Search Tool
78
1
Browsing With Yahoo!
78
4
Browsing Yahoo!'s Categories
81
1
Setting Search Options
81
1
Reviewing Current News And Stock Information
82
1
Using Infoseek
82
4
Browsing Infoseek's Categories
85
1
Getting The Latest Stock And News Information
85
1
Looking Up Something
85
1
Searching With Lycos
86
2
Getting More Results
88
1
Looking For A Site With Excite
88
2
Refining Your Search
89
1
Browsing Excite's Channels
89
1
Trying Other Tools
90
2
Moving On
92
1
Chapter 7 Exploring Web Pages
93
22
Viewing Web Pages
93
4
Viewing Images
95
1
Reloading A Page
96
1
Searching Web Pages
97
2
Printing Web Pages
99
3
Setting Up The Page
99
1
Previewing The Page
100
1
Printing The Page
101
1
Saving Text, Graphics, And Links
102
5
Saving A Page
102
2
Opening A Saved Page
104
1
Saving An Image
105
1
Copying And Pasting Text And Links
105
2
Sending Web Pages
107
1
Viewing Page And Security Information
108
2
Viewing Page Information
108
1
Checking The Security Of A Page
108
1
Viewing The Page Source
109
1
Playing Sounds And Movies
110
2
Playing Sounds
110
1
Playing Back Movies
111
1
Completing Forms
112
2
Moving On
114
1
Chapter 8 Using Plug-ins
115
8
What Is A Plug-in?
115
2
Reviewing What Plug-ins You Have
117
1
Finding Plug-ins
117
1
Checking Out Navigator's About Plug-ins Page
117
1
Trying Some Other Plug-in Sites
118
1
Installing Plug-ins
118
3
Using SmartUpdate
120
1
Downloading From A Web Page
120
1
What Is Java?
121
1
Moving On
122
1
Chapter 9 Kids And The Internet
123
10
Safety Issues For Kids And The Internet
123
4
Setting Some Rules
123
2
Blocking Sites
125
2
What Can Kids Do?
127
1
Finding Kid Sites
128
4
Searching For A Site
128
1
Trying Some Other Sites
129
3
Moving On
132
1
Chapter 10 Downloading Files
133
14
Knowing Where To Get Files
133
2
Downloading Via A Link
135
2
Downloading From An FTP Site
137
6
Finding Sites
138
1
Going To An FTP Site
138
1
Reviewing The FTP Screen
139
1
Moving Among The Folders
139
1
Downloading The File
140
3
Using SmartUpdate To Update Navigator
143
1
Adding Your Own Files To An FTP Site
143
2
Moving On
145
2
Chapter 11 Customizing Navigator
147
18
Customizing The Toolbars
147
4
Hiding The Toolbars
147
2
Changing How The Buttons Appear
149
2
Adding Buttons To Your Personal Toolbar
151
1
Changing How Web Pages Appear
151
3
Changing The Link Style And Color
151
2
Changing The Fonts
153
1
Turning Off Images
154
1
Selecting A Different Home Page
154
2
Setting Your Startup Options
156
1
Organizing Your Bookmarks
156
7
Viewing Your Bookmarks Folder
156
2
Creating Folders
158
1
Moving Bookmarks
159
4
Creating Shortcuts (Windows Users Only)
163
1
Moving On
163
2
Chapter 12 Sending And Receiving Mail
165
24
Setting Up Mail
165
4
Setting Up The Mail Server
167
1
Setting Up Your Identity
168
1
Understanding Addresses
169
2
Decoding Your Address
169
1
Finding Addresses
169
2
Understanding The Mail Window
171
1
Sending Mail
172
6
Opening A New Message
173
1
Entering The Address
173
1
Typing The Message
174
1
Formatting The Message
175
1
Checking The Spelling
175
1
Adding Attachments
176
1
Setting Message Options
177
1
Sending The Message
177
1
Sending Mail To A Web Site
178
1
Receiving Mail
178
4
Reading Mail
178
1
Handling Attachments
179
1
Moving From Message To Message
179
1
Viewing And Marking Messages
180
1
Printing Messages
181
1
Finding Messages
181
1
Replying To Messages
182
3
Replying To The Sender
182
1
Forwarding Messages
183
1
Managing Messages
183
1
Creating Folders
184
1
Filing Messages
184
1
Copying Messages
184
1
Deleting Messages
185
1
Creating Your Address Book
185
2
Entering Addresses Manually
185
1
Adding Addresses From Messages
186
1
Using Your Address Book
187
1
Joining Mailing Lists
187
1
Moving On
188
1
Chapter 13 Participating In Newsgroups
189
20
What Is A Newsgroup?
189
3
Setting Up Your News Server
192
1
Subscribing To Newsgroups
192
3
Listing All Newsgroups
193
1
Listing New Groups
194
1
Searching For A Group
194
1
Subscribing And Unsubscribing
195
1
Starting Your News Reader
195
3
Displaying Messages
196
2
Sorting Messages
198
1
Using The Netscape Discussion Window Toolbar
198
1
Reading And Handling Messages
198
7
Opening Messages
199
1
Moving From Message To Message
200
1
Marking Messages
200
1
Flagging Messages
201
1
Searching For Messages
201
1
Searching For Text In A Message
202
1
Copying Message Text
203
1
Saving Messages
203
1
Deleting Messages
203
1
Printing Messages
204
1
Getting More Messages
204
1
Watching For New Messages
204
1
Posting Your Own Messages
205
3
Replying To Messages
205
1
Posting New Messages
206
1
Forwarding Messages
207
1
Browsing Offline
208
1
Moving On
208
1
Part III Getting Down To Business
209
130
Chapter 14 Shopping
211
16
Shopping On The Internet
211
4
What Can I Buy?
213
1
How Do I Order?
213
1
How Do I Pay?
214
1
How And When Do I Get My Order?
215
1
Finding Stores
215
6
Visiting An Online Mall
216
3
Searching For A Company
219
1
Finding Other Stores
220
1
Buying A Car, Making Travel Plans, And Other Shopping
221
5
Buying A Car
221
2
Buying Computer Products
223
1
Making Travel Plans
224
1
Buying Music
225
1
Buying Event Tickets
225
1
Buying Books
226
1
Moving On
226
1
Chapter 15 Reading The Latest News
227
12
Getting The Latest News
227
5
USA Today
229
1
Wall Street Journal
229
1
CNN
230
1
CNNfn
231
1
Other Places To Find News
231
1
Reading The Latest Magazines
232
4
Pathfinder: The Time Warner Publications
233
2
Other Magazines
235
1
A New Type Of Magazine
235
1
Trying A News Service
236
1
Weather News
236
1
News Newsgroups
236
1
Moving On
237
2
Chapter 16 Looking It Up
239
18
Looking Up Facts
239
6
Britannica Online
241
1
Census Data
242
1
The World Factbook
243
1
Fast Facts From Infoseek
244
1
Looking Up People
245
1
Looking Up Businesses
246
3
Big Yellow
247
1
AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory
247
2
Hoover's Online Corporate Directory
249
1
Looking Up Places
249
3
Search Sites
250
1
CityLink
250
2
Looking Up Government Information
252
2
The White House
252
1
The IRS
252
1
The FBI
252
1
FedWorld
253
1
The House Of Representatives And The Senate
253
1
The Consumer Information Center
254
1
The Library Of Congress
254
1
Why Is The Sky Blue? And Other Questions
254
2
Moving On
256
1
Chapter 17 Getting The Latest Sports News
257
14
The Big Three: Basketball, Football, And Baseball
257
6
The NBA
259
1
The NFL
260
1
Major League Baseball
261
2
Other Sports
263
4
Try Directories
263
1
Try Searching
264
1
Try These Sites
265
2
Sporting News
267
2
ESPN SportsZone
267
1
Fox Sports, NBC Sports, And Monday Night Football
268
1
CNN Sports Illustrated
268
1
USA Today
269
1
Moving On
269
2
Chapter 18 Researching Financial Information
271
12
Getting The Latest Financial News
271
6
CNNfn
273
1
Wall Street Journal
273
1
Money Magazine
274
1
Fortune Magazine
274
2
Kiplinger
276
1
Investigating Financial Services
277
2
Banking
277
1
Credit Cards
278
1
Credit Reports
278
1
Investing Online
279
3
Charles Schwab
279
1
Merrill Lynch
280
1
Nasdaq
280
1
Quote.com
281
1
Joining Some Finance Newsgroups
282
1
Moving On
282
1
Chapter 19 That's Entertainment
283
18
Entertainment News
283
3
Entertainment Weekly Online
285
1
People Online
285
1
Mr. Showbiz
286
1
Movie News
286
5
Hollywood Online
286
2
Hollywood Reporter
288
1
Paramount Pictures
288
1
Disney
289
1
Warner Bros.
289
2
Music News
291
4
MTV
291
1
Record Companies
292
1
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
293
1
Billboard Online
294
1
Your Favorite Group
294
1
TV News
295
2
TV Listings
295
1
TV Stations
296
1
Book Information
297
2
Entertainment Newsgroups
299
1
Moving On
299
2
Chapter 20 Getting Computer Information And Help
301
14
Computer Hardware
301
5
Computer Systems
303
2
Other Equipment
305
1
Computer Software
306
5
Productivity Software
306
3
Games
309
1
Freeware And Shareware
309
2
Computer Publications
311
2
Computer Magazines
311
2
The Coriolis Group
313
1
Computer Newsgroups
313
1
Moving On
313
2
Chapter 21 Finding A Job
315
10
Researching Companies
315
3
Using A Directory
317
1
Visiting The Company Web Site
317
1
Finding Job Openings
318
4
What Do Job Sites Offer?
318
2
What Are Some Of The Best Job Sites?
320
2
Relocating To Another City
322
2
Moving On
324
1
Chapter 22 Having Fun
325
14
Looking Up Your Horoscope
325
2
Cooking
327
1
Getting Into Nature
328
1
Being Fashionable
329
1
Dissecting A Frog
329
3
Getting Free Samples
332
1
Growing A Garden
332
1
Taking A Picture
333
1
Having A Drink
333
1
Finding Romance
334
1
Learning About Pets And Animals
335
2
Being Crafty
337
1
Visiting An Art Museum
337
1
And More...
337
1
Moving On
338
1
Part IV Appendices
339
14
Appendix A Troubleshooting Guide
341
6
Appendix B More About Netscape Communicator
347
6
Glossary
353
6
Index
359