Think of using the Scrapbook as taking a snapshot of a Web site at a specific point in time and you'll get the idea. With the Scrapbook, you can save a page you are visiting so that you can view it at any time in the future. Internet Explorer's Scrapbook feature enables you to do just that. Other pages will be so useful that you will want to be able to store them so that you can return to the information on them at any time. The Web is a dynamic place Web sites you visit are constantly changing, and sometimes the information you access (such as a receipt for an online purchase) is temporary and will disappear as soon as you leave the page. Storing Information Using Internet Explorer's Scrapbook In this section, you will learn about some of the tasks for which you use Internet Explorer that might not be quite so obvious. You can update your copy of Internet Explorer by visiting TIPĬlick the Internet Explorer icon in the right end of the Button bar to move to the Internet Explorer Web site.īecause you are reading this book, I assume that you are quite comfortable with the basics of using Internet Explorer, such as using its buttons, navigating the Web by entering URLs in the Address bar, setting and using favorites, and so on. Later versions might offer slightly different features and the interface might look a bit different from the figures in this chapter, but the basic tasks you do will be the same. This chapter covers Internet Explorer version 5.2.2, which was the version that was included in the standard Mac OS X installation. Internet Explorer has been carbonized for Mac OS X and continues to offer excellent features. Throughout this chapter, you will explore much of Internet Explorer's functionality. It offers excellent features and is easy to use and customize to suit the way you work (see Figure 13.1). Microsoft's Internet Explorer has long been the Web browser of choice for many Mac users. To learn about the other browsers, see 'Using Other Mac OS X Web Browsers,' p.

The other browsers work similarly, so after you use Internet Explorer, you can use one of the others without too much trouble. Because Internet Explorer is the default Web browser for Mac OS X and is a very powerful and feature-rich application, this chapter focuses on it. These include Internet Explorer, iCab, Netscape, and OmniWeb. Several Web browsers are available for Mac OS X.

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