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Home Page Setup
Search Tools
Desktop Settings
Page Caching
Opening Another Browser Window
Keyboard Shortcuts

Home Page Setup

You can set your browser to start at accessplace each session, and return to it when you click your browser's home button.

Internet Explorer 5.0:
Tools;
Internet Options;
General;
Home page;
Address;
http://www.accessplace.com


Internet Explorer 4.0:
View;
Internet Options;
General;
Home page;
Address;
http://www.accessplace.com


Netscape Navigator 4:
Edit;
Preferences;
Category;
Navigator;
Home page;
Location;
http://www.accessplace.com

Search Tools

To browse the site categories, click the Category Index icon Category Index located at the beginning of each section.

To browse the sites by name, click the Site Names icon Site Names located at the beginning of each section.

To access sites not included in accessplace, click the Search icon Web Search Tools located at the beginning of each section, or click The Web button on the Home Page, then click Search Engines & Portals. Choose a search tool and follow the directions provided on each site for best results.

To find text on the current page:

Edit;
Find

-or-

Ctrl-F (keyboard combination)

Desktop Settings

accessplace is optimized for a 800 x 600 pixel desktop with a True Color palette. Other desktop area sizes may work fine also. A maximized browser window or full screen mode is recommended. The highest color setting your equipment can handle will enhance your enjoyment of the Web.

Windows 95:
Right-click desktop background;
Active Desktop;
Customize my Desktop...;
Settings;
Color palette or Desktop Area

Page Caching

To insure that you are seeing the latest updates to accessplace, click the Refresh or Reload button on your browser. To minimize your time waiting for images to load, set your browser to check for newer versions of stored pages every time you start your browser. Closing and re-opening your browser with the following settings applied will refresh the entire site.

Internet Explorer 5.0:
Tools;
Internet Options;
General;
Temporary Internet Files;
Settings;
Check for newer versions of stored pages;
Every time you start Internet Explorer


Internet Explorer 4.0:
View;
Internet Options;
General;
Temporary Internet Files;
Settings;
Check for newer versions of stored pages;
Every time you start Internet Explorer


Netscape Navigator 4:
Edit;
Preferences;
Category;
Advanced;
Cache;
Document in cache is compared to document on network;
Once per session

Opening Another Browser Window

To save your place at a website and continue in another window:

Internet Explorer 4.0:
File;
New;
Window

-or-

Ctrl-N (keyboard combination)


Netscape Navigator 4.04:
File;
New;
Navigator Window

-or-

Ctrl-N (keyboard combination)

Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl-Enter - Enters a domain address with "http://www." prefix and ".com/" suffix

Ctrl-N - Opens the current page in a new browser window

Shift-Click - Opens a link in a new browser window

Ctrl-F - Find text on the current page

Spacebar - Scrolls your browser down a screenful at a time

Page Up - Scrolls your browser up a screenful at a time

Page Down - Scrolls your browser down a screenful at a time

Home - Scrolls to top of page

End - Scrolls to bottom of page

Tab - Moves cursor to next link

Alt-Left Arrow - Back through visited pages

Alt-Right Arrow - Forward through visited pages

Ctrl-H - Opens the History bar with visited links

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