Mozilla Firefox: Introductory Concepts and Techniques,9781418859947

Mozilla Firefox: Introductory Concepts and Techniques

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781418859947
ISBN10: 141885994X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-16
Publisher(s): Course Technology
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Summary

Brand new to the Shelly Cashman Series, this book provides content on the popular open source Firefox browser. Firefox: Introductory Concepts and Techniques focuses on the unique features of Firefox that people have come to enjoy, including tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, and integrated search, along with a more secure browser experience. This text may be bundled with any concepts or office textbook, adding excitement to your introductory course.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Introduction to Firefox
Objectives
2(1)
Introduction
2(1)
The Internet
2(2)
The World Wide Web
4(4)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
5(1)
Hypertext Markup Language
6(1)
Home Pages
7(1)
Internet Browsers
7(1)
What Is Firefox?
8(4)
Starting Firefox
8(1)
The Mozilla Firefox Window
9(3)
Browsing the World Wide Web
12(11)
Stopping the Transfer of a Page
16(1)
Reloading a Web Page
16(1)
Finding a Previously Displayed Web Page
17(1)
Finding a Recently Displayed Web Page Using the Back and Forward Buttons
18(2)
Displaying a Web Page Using the Back Button List
20(1)
Using the History Sidebar to Display Web Pages
21(2)
Keeping Track of Favorite Web Pages
23(5)
Using the Home Button to Display a Web Page
25(1)
Displaying a Web Page Using the Bookmarks Menu
26(1)
Removing Bookmarks
27(1)
Saving Information Obtained with Firefox
28(11)
Saving a Web Page
28(2)
Saving a Picture on a Web Page
30(2)
Copying and Pasting Using the Clipboard
32(1)
Starting WordPad
32(1)
Using a Taskbar Button to Display an Inactive Window
33(2)
Copying Text from a Web Page and Pasting It into a WordPad Document
35(1)
Copying a Picture from a Web Page and Pasting It into WordPad
36(2)
Saving the WordPad Document and Quitting WordPad
38(1)
Printing a Web Page in Firefox
39(3)
Firefox Help
42(2)
Quitting Firefox
44(1)
Project Summary
45(1)
What You Should Know
45(1)
Learn It Online
46(1)
In the Lab
47(18)
Cases and Places
65(3)
Web Research Techniques and Search Engines
Objectives
68(1)
Introduction
68(1)
Types of Web Resources
69(4)
Advocacy Web Sites
69(1)
Blog Web Sites
69(1)
Business/Marketing Web Sites
69(1)
Educational Web Sites
69(1)
Entertainment Web Sites
69(2)
Informational Web Sites
71(1)
News Web Sites
71(1)
Personal Web Sites
71(1)
Portal Web Sites
71(1)
Other Web Resources
72(1)
Summary of Types of Web Resources
73(1)
Evaluating a Web Resource
73(2)
Web Search Resources
75(2)
Starting Firefox
77(1)
Searching the Web Using a Directory
77(7)
Evaluating Web Resources
82(2)
Searching the Web
84(4)
Adding a Search Engine to the Search Bar
84(2)
Searching the Web Using the Ask Jeeves Search Engine
86(2)
Using Tabbed Browsing to Help Search the Web
88(4)
Simple Search Forms
88(1)
Opening a Link in a New Tab
89(1)
Switching Between Tabs
90(1)
Closing a Tab
91(1)
Refining a Web Search
92(5)
Successful Searching Techniques
97(1)
Creating a Working Bibliography
98(5)
Saving a WordPad Document
101(1)
Citing Web Sources
102(1)
Searching the Web for Other Information
103(7)
Searching the Web for an Address
103(1)
Searching the Web for a Map
104(2)
Searching the Web for the Definition of a Word
106(2)
Searching the Web for a Picture
108(2)
Other Ways to Search the Web
110(3)
Using the Location Bar and a URL to Display a Web Page
110(1)
Using the Location Bar and a Keyword to Display a Home Page
110(2)
Using the Location Bar to Search for a Folder on the Computer
112(1)
Project Summary
113(1)
What You Should Know
113(1)
Learn It Online
114(1)
In the Lab
115(11)
Cases and Places
126(2)
Communicating Over the Internet Using Mozilla Thunderbird
Objectives
128(1)
Introduction
128(1)
Electronic (E-Mail) Messages
128(24)
Starting Mozilla Thunderbird
129(3)
Opening and Reading E-Mail Messages
132(1)
Printing an E-Mail Message
133(1)
Closing an E-Mail Message
134(1)
Replying to an E-Mail Message
135(2)
Deleting an E-Mail Message
137(1)
Viewing a File Attachment
138(1)
Composing a New Mail Message
139(4)
Sending an E-Mail Message
143(1)
Address Book
143(1)
Adding a Card to the Address Book
144(3)
Composing an E-Mail Message Using the Address Book
147(3)
Sending an E-Mail Message
150(1)
Deleting a Card from the Address Book
150(2)
Closing the Address Book
152(1)
Internet Newsgroups
152(17)
Accessing Newsgroups Using Thunderbird
153(5)
Subscribing to a Newsgroup
158(3)
Reading Newsgroup Articles
161(1)
Expanding a Thread
162(1)
Collapsing a Thread
162(1)
Printing a Newsgroup Article
163(1)
Posting a Newsgroup Article
164(3)
Displaying the Articles in a Newsgroup after Subscribing to the Newsgroup
167(1)
Unsubscribing from a Newsgroup
168(1)
Quitting Thunderbird
169(1)
Yahoo! Messenger and Instant Messaging
169(10)
Adding a Contact to the Messenger List
172(2)
Communicating Using Yahoo! Messenger
174(2)
Deleting a Contact on the Messenger List
176(2)
Closing the Yahoo! Messenger Window
178(1)
Signing Out from the Yahoo! Messenger Service and Exiting Yahoo! Messenger
178(1)
Project Summary
179(1)
What You Should Know
179(1)
Learn It Online
180(1)
In the Lab
181(9)
Cases and Places
190(3)
Special Feature Open Source Concepts and Firefox Customization
Objectives
193(1)
Introduction
193(3)
The Open Source Definition
196(1)
Installing an Extension
197(6)
Uninstalling an Extension
202(1)
Installing a Theme
203(5)
Uninstalling a Theme
207(1)
Installing a Plugin
208(2)
Quitting Firefox
210(1)
Special Feature Summary
210(1)
What You Should Know
210(1)
In the Lab
211
Appendix A Installing Mozilla Firefox
Installing Firefox
1(4)
Appendix B Installing Mozilla Thunderbird
Installing Thunderbird
5(8)
Appendix C Mozilla Firefox Options
Options Dialog Box
13
The General Sheet
14(1)
The Privacy Sheet
15(4)
The Web Features Sheet
19(1)
The Downloads Sheet
20(1)
The Advanced Sheet
21
Quick Reference Summary
Mozilla Firefox Quick Reference Summary
Quick Reference Summary
1(1)
Index 1

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