Below the menu are graphic buttons. This is the standard toolbar. If any of the buttons appear “grayed out”, it means they are not
currently available for use.
The Back button moves your web browser to the previous web page you visited during this session of its use.
After you have used the Back button, the Forward
button becomes available. It will move your web browser forward. Try it now if you’d like - click on the Back Button, then the Forward button to return to this page.
The Refresh (Internet Explorer) or Reload
(Netscape) buttons give the command to load a new copy of the page you’re visiting again. You’ll use this if a page doesn’t load properly, or if your Web Browser has in its memory (cache) a page that has been updated. If you clicked on the Refresh or Reload button now, the Web Browser will simply reload this page.
The Home
button returns the Web Browswer to your preset Start Up page. The Start Up Pages section of this web site gives instructions how to customize your own.
The Stop button stops the current downloading of a web page.
The Search button use is covered in the Search the Internet section of this web site.
The Print button will send a command to your default printer to print one copy of the web page showing in that browser window.