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We're going to talk about some of the basics of using a web browser.
Every browser has an address bar which is where you type a web address.
So if we want to go to GCFLearnFree.org, we can just type it.
If you've been to a site before, your browser may suggest it, and it will show up in a list
under the address bar.
So if you see the address you're looking for, you can click on it, or you can just press
"Enter" when you're done typing.
Most of the time, you're going to go from one page to another by clicking on links.
When your mouse pointer is over a link, it will turn into this hand.
So we're visiting a blog, and we can click on a link to read an article.
If you want to go back to the page you were just on, you can use the back button.
Or, if you want to see the article again, you can press the "Forward" button.
Sometimes you might be reading an article online and you see a link that looks interesting,
but you'd rather finish reading the article first.
You can right-click on the link and click "Open in New Tab."
This opens the page behind the current page, so it doesn't take you away from the article.
So you can keep reading, and if you see more links that look interesting, you can open
them in new tabs.
When you're finished, you can click on either of the tabs to go to that page.
To close the tab, you can click on the "X".
If you've found a page you like, you'll want to bookmark it.
In Internet Explorer, Bookmarks are called "Favorites."
We can click on "Favorites" and select "Add to Favorites."
Now the site will be easy to find later on.
So those are a few of the most important things to know about using a web browser.
As you get more and more comfortable with browsers, these things will become second
nature for you.