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.Note, however, that you can move them to the left or right only.To toggle the Auto-Hide feature for the Standard Buttons toolbar, right-click the toolbar andchoose Auto-Hide.When Auto-Hide is on, the Standard Buttons toolbar is invisible until youpage 101 Windows XP Biblepoint your mouse to the top of the screen, where the toolbar magically reappears.WhenAuto-Hide is off, the Standard Buttons toolbar is always visible in full-screen view.To turn off the Auto-Hide feature, bring the toolbar back into view, right-click some empty area, andchoose Auto-Hide again.When viewing Internet Explorer full-screen, you can click the Restore button near its upper-right corner,or press the F11 key, to return to the normal windowed view.Browsing without Your BrowserPractically everything in Windows XP is capable of connecting you to the Internet, whether you ve firedup Internet Explorer or another browser first.When you open Windows Explorer, or the Address toolbaron the taskbar, for example, you can type a URL into the Address text box and press Enter, just as youdo in Internet Explorer.Instantly the window will have all the basic features of Internet Explorer, and youcan surf the Net as usual.If you don t see an Address bar in Windows Explorer, choose View Toolbars Address Bar from itsmenu bar.To view an Address bar on the taskbar, right-click some neutral area of the taskbar andchoose Toolbars Address.To move or size the Address bar in the taskbar, right-click the taskbar andclear the check mark next to Lock the Taskbar.The Address bar in the taskbar will gain the dottedvertical line.You can drag that line left or right to size the bar, or up onto the screen to reposition it.Figure 6-11 shows an example with the Address bar displayed in Windows Explorer (under the toolbarin the My Computer window).The free- floating Address bar on the desktop was dragged off of thetaskbar.Figure 6-11: The Address bar visible in Windows Explorer (under the My Computer toolbar) and free-floatingon the desktopYou also can choose options on the View or Favorites menus in My Computer or Windows Explorer touse the toolbars, Explorer bars, and Favorites lists you learned about in this chapter.And, anytime youclick a hyperlink anywhere on your desktop, in a document, or on a button the Internet featureswill kick in exactly as you d expect.This Internet-awareness in Windows XP is a huge bonus becauseyou never have to plan your Internet travels ahead of time.Just do what s convenient and Windows XPwill handle the rest.Adding Internet Links to the DesktopWindows XP offers tons of ways to integrate the Internet with your desktop.I ll dive deeper into thosefeatures in Chapter 7.To whet your appetite for what s to come, I want to explain a few quick ways tocreate links to the Internet right on your Windows desktop.To begin, go to the Web page you want toadd to your desktop or go to a Web page containing a hyperlink you want to add.Now, do any of thefollowing steps to add a hyperlink to your desktop:To add a link to the current page, choose File Send Shortcut to Desktop from the InternetExplorer menus.To drag-and-drop a link to the current page, be sure you can see the desktop.(Click theRefresh button in your browser if you need to.) Then drag the little icon shown next to the URLin the Address box to your desktop and release the mouse button (see Figure 6-12).page 102 Windows XP BibleFigure 6-12: Start dragging the mouse pointer to create a desktop hyperlinkto the current pageTo drag-and-drop a link that s somewhere on the current Web page, point to the link so that themouse pointer changes to a pointing hand.Then drag the link to your desktop and release themouse button (see Figure 6-13).Figure 6-13: Start dragging at the mouse pointer to create a desktop hyperlinkto a hyperlink contained onthe current page.A shortcut to the Internet hyperlink will appear on your desktop.Now you can open it as you would openany shortcut on your desktop (for example, by double-clicking or clicking it), and the Web page youlinked to will open in your browser.Of course, what goes on the desktop can easily be swept off it.If you no longer want the desktopshortcut, just drag it to the Recycle Bin.Tip You can drag-and-drop Internet shortcuts to the Start button, to the FavoritesExplorer bar, or to any toolbar on the taskbar.Downloading from the WebDownloading means to copy a file from the Internet to your own PC.Tons of things exist on the Web foryou to download mostly in the form of free programs, updates to existing programs, and shareware(try-before-you-buy) programs.Downloading from the Web is remarkably easy, almost effortless.Typically, you ll find a link to the program or file you want to download, as in the example shown inFigure 6-14.The links shown are available at www.microsoft.com/downloads.Figure 6-14: Links like these for downloading files are available on many Web sites.If you see instructions for using the downloaded file, you might want to print those so that you havethem handy when the download is complete.Just choose File Print from the Internet Explorer menubar to print whatever page you re viewing at the moment.Downloading when a link existsTo perform the download when a link exists, follow these steps:page 103 Windows XP Bible1.Click the link that offers to download the file
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