Internet
Explorer 5 in the Classroom is produced by ACT360
Media Ltd.
in conjunction with Microsoft Corporation.
Copyright 1999.
All rights reserved
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Imagine
yourself surfing the Net. You're cruising along from one Web
site to another. Seeing this, seeing that. Catching one of
these, one of those. Suddenly, you stop, stare into the screen,
and wonder: "How did I get here?" Good thing Internet Explorer
5 is there to keep you on track! The History list in this
crafty browser remembers when and where you've surfed. So
if you want to go back to a terrific page you saw yesterday,
open your History list and do the old
click-a-roo!
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You can check out a lot of Web sites during a good Web surfing
session. That's really the essence of Web surfing - to go from one
Web site to another, not knowing where you'll end up next. It's
great to move along so quickly, but what happens when you want to
go back to look at something in particular? Fortunately, you can
use IE5's History list to go back to any one of the sites you've
seen - and it keeps track of all the sites you've viewed in the
last few days, hours, or minutes.
To
open the History list:
1) Click the History button on the toolbar. The History window
appears to the left of the main IE5 window, complete with all your
History links.

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A Web site is made up of Web pages. Some Web sites have only one
page, while others are composed of dozens of pages. The History
list keeps track of which Web pages you've visited and organizes
them in a variety of ways.
To
view links in the History list by date:
1) Click a week or day in the History bar. A list of Web
site folders appears.
2) Click a Web site folder to display individual pages, and
then click the page icon to display the Web page.
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You can tell IE5 how long to save information on pages you've visited.
This way, you can control the size of your list - which can grow
pretty big if you visit a lot of sites every day.
To
set the number of days pages are saved in the History list:
1) Click Tools on the Menu bar, and then choose Internet
Options. The Internet Options dialog box appears.
2) Click the General tab.
3) In the History area, click the spin-control to change
the number of days that the History list keeps track of your pages.
4) Click OK on the Internet Options dialog box.
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You
can clear the History list if you want to free up some disk space.
To
clear the History list:
1) Click Tools on the Menu bar, and then choose Internet
Options. The Internet Options dialog box appears.
2) Click the General tab.
3) In the History area, click the Clear History button. The
Internet Options pop-up box appears. Click OK in the Internet Options
pop-up box.
4) Click OK in the Internet Options dialog box.
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