Making pages available for offline viewing

When you make a Web page available offline, you can read its content when your computer is not connected to the Internet. For example, you can view Web pages on your laptop computer when you don't have a network or Internet connection. Or you might want to read Web pages at home but do not want to tie up a phone line.

You can specify how much content you want available, such as just a page or a page and all its links, and choose how you want to update that content on your computer.

If you just want to view a Web page offline, and you don't need to update the content, you can save the page on your computer. There are several ways you can save the Web page, from just saving the text, to saving all of the images and text needed to display that page as it appears on the Web.

What would you like to do?

• In previous versions of Internet Explorer, offline viewing was called "subscribing."
• If you used channels in a previous version of Internet Explorer, you can find them in the Channels folder in your Favorites list.

To view Web pages without being connected to the Internet

After you mark your favorite pages for viewing offline, you can view them offline by using the following procedure.

1. Before you disconnect from the Internet, click the Tools menu, and then click Synchronize.
2. When you're ready to work offline, click the File menu, and then click Work Offline.
3. In your Favorites list, click the item you want to view.

When you choose to work offline, Internet Explorer will always start in Offline mode until you click Work Offline again to clear the check mark.

To save a Web page on your computer

1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. Double-click the folder you want to save the page in.
3. In the File name box, type a name for the page.
4. In the Save as type box, select a file type.

To save all of the files needed to display this page, including graphics, frames, and style sheets, click Web Page, complete. This option saves each file in its original format.

To save all of the information needed to display this page in a single MIME-encoded file, click Web Archive. This option saves a snapshot of the current Web page. Note This option is available only if you have installed Outlook Express 5 or later.

To save just the current HTML page, click Web Page, HTML only. This option saves the information on the Web page, but it does not save the graphics, sounds, or other files.

To save just the text from the current Web page, click Text Only. This option saves the information on the Web page in straight text format.

With Web Page, complete and Web Archive, you can view all of the Web page offline, without adding the page to your Favorites list and marking it for offline viewing.

When you choose Web Page, complete, only the current page is saved. If you want to view Web pages and the pages they link to while offline, see Related Topics.