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Exploring the World Wide Web
Once your Internet service is set up, you are ready to explore the Internet.
To do this, you need to use a Web browser. In our example below we use
Microsoft Internet Explorer to visit the Gateway Web site.
To browse the World Wide Web
Connect to the Internet service. Depending upon your Internet service
1.
provider, you may be prompted to provide your user ID and password.
Double-click the
2.
Internet Explorer opens.
Go to a Web site by typing its address in the browser's address bar (for
3.
example,
http://www.gateway.com
icon on the desktop. Microsoft
Internet Explorer
) then pressing E
.
NTER
Important!
Web site addresses are not
always permanent. If an
error screen appears that
states the file cannot be
found, verify that you have
typed the correct address. If
a screen stating the file
cannot be found appears
again, the Web site has
either changed location or
no longer exists.
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