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i Introduction
What's new in version 4?
 
  Part I: Netscape Communicator
1 Netscape Communicator
Using the Communicator menu
The Component bar
Creating user profiles
Choosing a user profile
 
  Part II: The World Wide Web
2 The Navigator Window
Opening or closing a Navigator window
The parts of the Navigator window
Choosing the startup page
Using the page proxy icon
Maximizing Web page viewing area
Controlling text in the Navigator window
Controlling colors and background images
3 Surfing the Web
What is a Web page?
Sites, home pages, and servers
Following links
Surfing with URLs
Going to your home page
Going back and forward
Going further back or further ahead
Seeing where you've been
Controlling what Navigator remembers
Reloading a page
Stopping page loading
Viewing images on the Web
Viewing information about a document
Viewing a page's HTML code
Choosing a program for viewing HTML
4 Frames
Frames and framesets
Following a link in a frame
Opening a frame in a new window
Resizing and scrolling around a frame
Going back or forward in a frame
Getting information about a frame
Viewing a frame's HTML code
5 Transferring Files
Accessing an FTP site
Accessing a Gopher site
Downloading files
Uploading a single file
Uploading multiple files
6 Saving and Printing
Saving a Web page
Saving a page without jumping to it
Saving an image
Saving a background image
Copying an image
Copying and pasting parts of a page
Reading a saved page offline
Printing a page
Setting up printing options
7 Finding Stuff on the Web
Searching vs. finding
Finding Web pages by subject
Searching for Web pages by keyword
Searching for people and organizations
Finding an article in a discussion group
Finding shareware through the Web
Finding information in an open page
Checking out Netscape's pages
Getting help with Navigator
Finding technical support
Finding info about your Netscape software
8 Bookmarks
What is a bookmark?
Using bookmarks to navigate the Web
Checking what's new
Creating bookmarks
Creating bookmarks manually
Setting the New Bookmarks folder
Setting the Bookmarks menu folder
Organizing your bookmarks
Creating a bookmark folder
Editing a bookmark or folder
Creating aliases of bookmarks
Adding a separator
Sorting your bookmarks file
Searching for a bookmark
Saving a bookmarks file
Opening a different bookmarks file
Opening a bookmarks file as a Web page
Importing bookmarks
9 Using Netcaster
Opening and using Netcaster
Opening a channel
Previewing Netscape's suggested channels
Updating channels
Setting a default channel
Setting drawer preferences
Adding channels to your list
Creating a webtop
Using webtops
Setting limits for the channel
Editing channels
Deleting channels
Using Netcaster to surf offline
 
  Part III: Mail, Discussion Groups, and Conference
10 Getting Messages
Getting ready to receive mail messages
Getting new mail messages
Checking for mail messages periodically
Downloading mail for offline reading
Setting your discussion groups server
Adding and deleting groups servers
Viewing a list of all discussion groups
Where discussion group names come from
Getting a list of new discussion groups
Finding a discussion group
Subscribing to a discussion group
Jumping to a group from Communicator
Getting new news messages
Getting news messages for reading offline
11 Reading Messages
Reading messages
Navigating through your messages
Viewing messages
Changing your messages' appearance
Viewing more or less header information
Viewing attachments
Wrapping long lines
Searching for a message
Threading messages
Flagging messages
Marking mail as read or unread
Watching and ignoring threads
Putting your messages in order
Changing the columns
12 Writing Messages
Composing a new message
Adding images, links, and formatting
Setting a message's priority
Setting special options
Replying to a message you've received
Editing drafts of messages
Sending the unsent messages
Quoting every message
Quoting individual messages
Custom quoting
Forwarding a message
Forwarding a message as a quote
Attaching files to a message
Attaching a Web page
Filling out your address card
Attaching your address card to messages
Creating a signature file
Using a signature file
13 The Address Book
Storing an address
Copying an address from incoming
messages
Creating a mailing list
Using an address or list
Changing or deleting an address or list
Searching for an address
Saving an address book
Importing an address book
14 Organizing Messages
The Message Center's five default folders
Creating new folders
Selecting messages
Filing and copying messages
Filtering messages
Deleting messages and folders
Conserving disk space
15 Checking Your Spelling
Checking a whole message
Checking a single word
Adding words to the custom dictionary
Editing the custom dictionary
16 Using Conference
Opening Conference
Getting ready to conference
Making a call
Answering calls
Keeping track of calls
Using speed dial
Opening the Whiteboard
Opening images in the Whiteboard
Creating screen shots in the Whiteboard
Drawing in the Whiteboard
Creating text in the Whiteboard
Pointing out things in the Whiteboard
Erasing the Whiteboard
Using Chat
Including files in the Chat window
Sending files
Receiving files
Surfing in tandem
 
  Part IV: Creating Web Pages
17 The Composer Window
The Composer window's toolbars
Repositioning the toolbars
Creating a page from scratch
Creating a new page from a template
Using your own templates
Opening a new page with the Page Wizard
Editing a page from the Web
Editing a saved file
Adding a title and keywords
Saving your Web page
Saving pages automatically
Viewing paragraph marks
18 Formatting a Web Page
Choosing a font for text
Changing the size of text
Adding basic character formatting
Changing the color of text
Applying many character styles at once
Clearing character styles
Using paragraph styles
Creating headings
Creating lists
Aligning text
Indenting a paragraph
Creating a block quote
Creating preformatted text
Creating an address line
Applying many paragraph features at once
Keeping text on the same line
19 Adding Images to a Page
Image formats
Inserting an image
Using alternate text
Using low resolution images
Image size, resolution, and colors
Wrapping text around images
Stopping text wrap
Adding space around an image
Changing an image's display size
Creating a border around an image
Aligning images
Adding a horizontal line
Changing a horizontal line
Choosing custom colors
Adding a background image
Editing images
20 Creating Links in a Page
Links and URLs
Copying a link from another source
Creating a link manually
Creating a target
Linking to a target on the same page
Linking to a target on a different page
Creating a link with an image
Changing or removing a link
21 Creating Tables
Creating a new table
Spanning a cell over columns or rows
Adding or deleting cells, rows, or columns
Entering text in a table
Formatting a table's headers
Defining a table's border
Adding a caption
Spacing and padding cells
Changing the table's width and height
Changing a cell's width and height
Making equal size columns
Aligning a table
Aligning the table's contents
Controlling line breaks in a cell
Changing the color of a table, row, or cell
Adding an image to the table
22 Advanced Page Design
Adding HTML tags manually
Adding extra HTML
Editing HTML tags externally
Specifying a program for editing HTML tags
23 Publishing a Page
Testing your page
Publishing your page
Setting up a default publishing location
Advertising your site
 
  Part V: Preferences
24 Appearance Preferences
Appearance
Fonts
Colors
25 Navigator Preferences
Navigator
Languages
Applications
26 Mail and Groups Prefs
Mail & Groups
Identity
Messages
Mail Server
Groups Server
Directory
27 Composer Preferences
Composer
Publish
28 Offline Preferences
Offline
Download
29 Advanced Preferences
Advanced
Cache
Proxies
Disk Space
 
  Appendices and Index
a Composer vs. HTML
Viewing and editing a page's HTML
How Composer translates into HTML

i Index

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