What You Need To Know
for the
Netscape Communicator Proficiency Test:
 
 Netscape Communicator (Browser)

Back
Forward
Home
Edit
Reload
Go to a web site using Open or Location
Print
Find (in the document you are browsing)
Know how to start a new Navigator Window (File)
Find something using any Web search engine (e.g., Yahoo and HotBot)

Please become intimate with the Library Holdings Link (under Useful Search Engines) and the Electronic Indexes
Link (also under Useful Search Engines)  Be able to find a book or journal in our library by author and title.  Also be able to use First Search, Medline, and Ideal (in Electronic Indexes) to search for relevant articles.  You will be asked to search each of these for Specific items.
 

 
 Netscape Communicator (Composer)
 

  •     New creates a new blank page for you to work with.
  •     Open opens a pre-saved html file.
  •     Save saves the current document you are working on.
  •     Publish this publishes your work on the Web
  •     Preview  will let you see what your page will look like after it is on the web.
  •     Cut lets you cut out a part of your webpage and place it somewhere else.
  •     Copy lets you move a piece of your page although it doesn't leave its original place.
  •     Paste is used in conjunction with Cut. When you cut something from somewhere, you must

    •        paste it in its new location
  •      Print ,of course, prints your work.
  •      Find helps find words or key phrases in your work.
  •      Link makes a certain item on your webpage a "shortcut" to another webpage.
  •      Target - This tool is used to add places in your pages where you can jump to other parts of

    •         your pages. For example, if I was at the bottom of your page, you could use this tool to send
            me back up to the top with one click. This is useful on pages with a large content.
  •       Image - This tool is used to place an image on your page. Make sure that the cursor is

    •         where you want the image to be placed.
  •       --- This tool is used to add a bar or line to your page.
  •       Table is used to add a chart to your page.
  •       Spelling Checks the spelling of words with in your work.
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  •       The First Square adjusts heading types.
  •       Second Square displays and gives you the option to change fonts.
  •       Square With #'s in it This block indicates the size of the fonts you have typed.
  •       Color Squares changes the colors of the letters you have typed.
  •       A Bold-faces the letters you have typed.
  •       A Italicizes the letters you have typed.
  •       *A* is used to remove links, fonts, and color styles that you may have added to your page.
  •       Bulleted List adds bullets to a column or list such as this one.
  •       Numbered List adds numbers instead of bullets
  •       Column With the arrow pointing left decreases your indentation.
  •       Column With the arrow pointing right it increases your indentation.
  •       Column With the arrow pointing down drops three pictures to allow you to adjust

    •          alignment.