| i | Introduction What's new in version 4? | |
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| Part I: Netscape Communicator | ||
| 1 | Netscape Communicator Using the Communicator menu The Component bar Creating user profiles Choosing a user profile | |
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| 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 Following Links with the keyboard Surfing to a known page 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 and refreshing a page Stopping page loading and animations Viewing images on the Web Viewing information about a document Viewing a page's HTML code | |
| 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 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 The Personal toolbar 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 | |
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| 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 The Address Book window 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 Changing the Chat font Including files in the Chat window Sending files Receiving files Surfing in tandem | |
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| 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 an existing page 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 Moving images around 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Appendices and Index | ||
| a | Composer vs. HTML Viewing and editing a page's HTML How Composer translates into HTML
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| i | Index | |
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