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This article will present a general overview of Internet Explorer 8. The following links will help you navigate through the document.
New Features
Accelerators-quick access to web services. On a restaurant web site, for example,
you can click within the page to get maps, news, information about the restaurant or
blog about it.
Web Slice-keep up with changes to the sites you care about most.
Compatibility View-for web pages designed for older browsers.
Search Suggestions -get suggested content as you type.
New Tab features-allow you to open accidentally closed tabs and group related
tabs together using color codes.
Tab isolation-prevents a faulty web site from crashing the whole browser. Only the
tab with the faulty page will close.
InPrivate-browsing the web without saving any data (like passwords, cookies,
browsing history, etc.).
SmartScreen-protects you against installation of malware, or malicious software
which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity, and also damaging your
computer and valuable data.
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Address Bar
The Address bar in Internet Explorer 8 is located at the top center of the
browser window. From here, you can type a web address and press ‘Enter’
to find that website.
The right side of the address bar has a pull down menu for previously
visited web pages as well as Compatibility View, Refresh, and Stop icons.
*Compatibility View-for web pages
designed for older browsers
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Tabbed Browsing
By default, Tabbed Browsing is turned on. This enables you to have
multiple websites open through one browser window. Your home page is
displayed within the first tab.
You can open a new website by clicking on the smaller tab to the right of
their main tab.
Tabbed Browsing
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Navigation
To Navigate forward or backwards through browsed web pages, you can
click on the left and right arrows located to the left of the Address Bar.
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Safety Options
The Internet Explorer 8 Safety settings can be modified by the drop down
menu located near the right side of the browser window. You can modify
InPrivate Filtering from this menu.
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Page Options
The Page Options provide you with options to change how the browser
web page is viewed.
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Tools Menu
The Tools Menu allows you to change browser defaults and settings to
your own preference as well as providing an option to manage Add-ons
through the browser.
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InPrivate Settings
InPrivate Mode is an option within the Internet Explorer 8 browser to surf
the Internet without tracking history or cookies.
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Internet Options 1 of 2
You can modify the default browser options through Internet Options. In
addition to Home Page and tab browsing settings, you can change your
Security, Privacy, and Proxy Settings.
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Internet Options 2 of 2
More Detailed View of Connections and LAN Settings.
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Manage Add-ons
Internet Explorer 8 allows for the use of Add-ons. Add-ons incorporate new
ways to view web pages and provide additional information.
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Help Menu
The Help drop down menu allows you to access online help and the About
Internet Explorer option for information on the version and the cipher
strength.
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