Location Toolbar
Navigator is a program that lets you go places. The Location
toolbar provides tools to help you to get where you want to go.
Bookmarks
At the left of the Location toolbar, you will see the word "Bookmarks"
and a book icon If you click it, a drop down list will appear that
includes the items, Add Bookmark, File Bookmark and Edit Bookmarks.
Bookmarks will be discussed in more depth later, but for now all you
need to know is that they are shortcuts to pages. If you have found a
Web page that you would like to return too at a later time you may add
it to the Bookmarks list by selecting Add Bookmark. File Bookmark does
the same thing except that you may chose to put the bookmark in a
particular folder in the bookmarks quickfile. Edit Bookmarks allows
you to organize your Bookmarks.
The Netsite/Location box
This text box has a label that changes depending upon the
software that the Website at the other end is using. If the webserver
you have accessed is using a Netscape product, the box will be labeled
Netsite. If it is using another product, it will be labeled Location.
If you know the address of the site that you wish to visit, you may
type it directly into the textbox. When you press the enter key,
Navigator will jump to that page.
There are several different protocols used on the Internet. Some are
http//:, ftp//: and gopher//: to name a few. In most cases it is not
necessary to type in the protocol when entering the site address.
Navigator will do it's best to figure it out for you. It is also not
necessary to enter the www. that appears at the start of many
addresses.
The Personal Toolbar
The personal toolbar has three buttons already located on it. The
first one is the Netscape guide. This will take you to Netscape's own
guide to the Internet page. You may wish to browse around at some
time. If you use the Lookup button you will be presented with a drop
down list that will allow you to select either People or Yellow pages.
This is a very effective way to locate people or businesses. The New
and Cool button will give you the choice of What's New and What's
Cool. Take the time to have a look. Some very interesting Websites
show up here.
The real power of the Personal toolbar is in it's customizability.
You may at sometime locate a link that you may wish to access on a
regular basis. To add this link to your Personal toolbar, press and
hold the left mouse button on the link. Drag the link to the Personal
toolbar and release the mouse button. The link will be added to the
toolbar as an icon. |