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Now let's look at the File menu near at the top left of the browser. Apart from one or two
extra features, this menu is very similar to the file menu in many other programs such as
Microsoft Word.
Move your mouse up to the word "File" and click (with the left mouse button on a
PC) on the word "File". This will show you various "File" options such
as "New Window" - this lets you open an extra window. You can have more than one
Web page open at any one time, so that you can follow not just one but several trails
across the Web at the same time.
"Open"
Next down is the "Open" option. It lets you connect to other Web pages by typing
in their URL or Web address. For example, you are likely to use this option if you've
saved a copy of a Web page on your machine and want to look at it again when you're
offline. In other words, you don't have to be online to read a Web page, as long as you've
already saved it to your PC's hard drive (or even to a disk in the floppy drive).
"Save"
"Save" or "Save As" is a handy command to save the Web page that you
are currently viewing. When you try saving a file, the "Save" window that pops
up will give you the option to "Save as text file" instead of a Web page - try
both to see the difference.
"Print"
The "Print" option speaks for itself. It prints out the document you are
viewing, usually as you see it on the screen.
"Close"
The "Close" option sounds straightforward too. For most users it will be, but it
can be really confusing for newcomers using older browsers and machines. Strictly
speaking, closing a browser window is not the same thing as quitting the program
completely. You'd generally use the "Close" option when you have several browser
windows open (using the "Open" option) and you want to shut down one or more of
them.
But if you have only had one browser window open and you hit "Close", thinking
that you have quit Explorer or Netscape, when you click back on your browser later when
your computer is still switched on, there won't be any windows open. You are puzzled -
what happened? No, the program isn't broken. Because you didn't quit, the browser has been
running all the time, only it doesn't have any window open. To get one open, you'll have
to go back to the "New" option.
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