Searching high and low

There's so much on the web, it might be hard to find what you really need. But if you don't have the address (eg. www.apple.com), a search engine can help you find your chosen site.

There are like vast phone books where you type in one or more words describing what you want. The search engine will scan its directory and give you a list of related sites to choose from. Useful ones to know include Yahoo!

(www.yahoo.com), ask jeeves! (www.askjeeves.com), Google (www.google.com) and Excite (www.excite.com)

To find pages you've recently visited

There are several ways to find Web sites and pages you've viewed in the last few days, hours, or minutes.

To find a page you've seen in the last few days

1. On the toolbar, click the History button.

The History bar appears, containing links for Web sites and pages visited in previous days and weeks.

1. In the History bar, click a week or day, click a Web site folder to display individual pages, and then click the page icon to display the Web page.

To sort or search the History bar, click the arrow next to the View button at the top of the History bar.

To find a page that you just visited

• To return to the last page you viewed, click the Back button on the toolbar.
• To view one of the last nine pages you visited in this session, click the arrow to the side of the Back or Forward button, and then click the page you want from the list.

• You can hide the History bar by clicking the History button again.
• You can change the number of days that pages are saved in the History list. The more days you specify, the more disk space is used on your computer to save that information.

To enter Web information more easily

The AutoComplete feature saves previous entries you've made for Web addresses, forms, and passwords. Then, when you type information in one of these fields, AutoComplete suggests possible matches. These matches can include folder and program names you type in the Address bar, and search queries, stock quotes, or information for just about any other field you fill in on a Web page.

1. In the Address bar, a field on a Web page, or a box for a username or password, starts typing the information.

If you've typed a similar entry before, AutoComplete lists possible matches as you type.

1. If a suggestion in the list matches what you want to enter in that field, click the suggestion.

If not, continue typing.

• The information used for suggested matches is stored on your computer and is encrypted to protect your privacy.
• Web sites cannot gain access to this information. They can only receive what you explicitly enter in forms.
• When typing information in Web forms, and typing passwords, you can remove an item from the list of suggestions by clicking the item and then pressing the DELETE key.