Dummies 101: The Internet for Windows 95 Book

Introduction

Foolish Assumptions about You, the Reader

What's AT&T WorldNet Service?

How the Book Works

How the Book is Organized

Part I: Getting Connected

Part II: The World of E-mail

Part III: Swinging on the World Wide Web

Part IV: Chatting on the Internet

Part V: Appendixes

Icons Used in This Book

About the Dummies 101 CD-ROM

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Unit 1: Getting onto the Net

Lesson 1-1: A Few Things You Should Know Before Going Online

Understanding what equipment you need

Understanding Internet costs

Understanding a few basic terms

Lesson 1-2: Installing the AT&T WorldNet Software

Preparing your PC to run the Installation Setup program

Running the AT&T WorldNet Installation Setup program

Lesson 1-3: Setting Up Your AT&T WorldNet Account

Starting the Account Setup program

Entering your name and address

Entering your billing information

Entering your modem information

Entering your dialing information

Going online to transmit your account setup information

Reading the service agreement and choosing a payment plan

Choosing your e-mail ID and local access number

Recess

Lesson 1-4: Getting on the Internet

Connecting to the Internet for the first time

Exploring and disconnecting from the Internet

Connecting to the Internet using the AT&T WorldNet folder

Connecting to the Internet using the Dialer exclusively

Lesson 1-5: Troubleshooting Problems and Uninstalling AT&T WorldNet Service

Using the Troubleshooting Guide

Uninstalling the AT&T WorldNet software

Recess

Part I Review

Unit 1 Summary

Part I Test

Part I Lab Assignment

Unit 2: Getting Started with E-mail

Lesson 2-1: Opening the Netscape Mail Window and Sending a Message

Opening the Netscape Mail window

Sending a message

Leaving Netscape after sending your e-mail

Recess

Lesson 2-2: Reading E-mail Messages

Going to the mailbox for your mail

Checking your e-mail

Recess

Lesson 2-3: Deleting and Replying to Messages

Deleting a message

Replying to a message

Lesson 2-4: Making Hard Copies of Messages

Printing a message

Recess

Lesson 2-5: E-mail E-tiquette

Unit 2 Quiz

Unit 2 Exercise

Unit 3: More Mail Maneuvers

Lesson 3-1: Creating a Signature

Creating your signature file

Telling Netscape to use your signature file

Recess

Lesson 3-2: Using Your Address Book

Adding names to your address book

Addressing messages using the address book

Recess

Lesson 3-3: Forwarding Messages

Lesson 3-4: Reading and Composing Messages Offline

Running Netscape offline

Going online to send and receive messages

Unit 3 Quiz

Unit 3 Exercise

Unit 4: Sending Files over the Net

Lesson 4-1: Sending Attachments to an E-mail Message

Lesson 4-2: Receiving an Attached File

Unit 4 Quiz

Unit 4 Exercise

Part II Review

Unit 2 Summary

Unit 3 Summary

Unit 4 Summary

Part II Test

Part II Lab Assignment

Unit 5: Climbing onto the Web

Lesson 5-1: Examining a Web Page

Moving up and down a Web page

Finding links on a Web page

Identifying a link's electronic address

Lesson 5-2: Cruising the Web Using Links

Moving back and forth on the Web

Recess

Lesson 5-3: Cruising the Web Using Bookmarks

Leafing through bookmarks

Using bookmarks to sample the best of the Web

Creating bookmarks

Deleting bookmarks

Recess

Unit 5 Quiz

Unit 5 Exercise

Unit 6: Finding Information on the Web

Lesson 6-1: Entering URLs

Typing a URL in the Location box

Lesson 6-2: Searching a Web Page for Information

Lesson 6-3: Searching the Entire Web for Information

Using a category-based Web searcher

Using an open-ended Web searcher

Using multiple Web searchers

Recess

Lesson 6-4: Printing and Saving Web Information

Printing the contents of a Web page

Saving the contents of a Web page to disk

Saving Web data as a text file

Saving your data as an HTML file

Checking your saved text and HTML files

Lesson 6-5: Copying Files from the Web

Searching for and downloading a file

Poking around Web sites for files

Recess

Unit 6 Quiz

Unit 6 Exercise

Unit 7: Customizing Netscape

Lesson 7-1: Enhancing Netscape's Performance

Cruising the Web without pictures

Lesson 7-2: Adjusting Netscape's Appearance

Eliminating Netscape window elements

Restoring Netscape window elements

Changing fonts, colors, and other Netscape settings

Recess

Unit 7 Quiz

Unit 7 Exercise

Part III Review

Unit 5 Summary

Unit 6 Summary

Unit 7 Summary

Part III Test

Part III Lab Assignment

Unit 8: Joining Discussions by E-mail

Lesson 8-1: Learning Mailing List Basics

LISTSERV mailing lists

Listproc mailing lists

Majordomo mailing lists

Mailing lists managed by human beings

Lesson 8-2: Joining and Participating in a Mailing List

Joining a list

Participating in a list discussion

Lesson 8-3: Finding Interesting Mailing Lists with Liszt

Searching the Liszt Web page

Getting more information about the list

Signing up

Lesson 8-4: Leaving a Mailing List

Unit 8 Quiz

Unit 8 Exercise

Unit 9: Joining Discussions via Newsgroups

Lesson 9-1: Exploring the News Window and Reading Articles

Lesson 9-2: Listing and Joining Newsgroups

Displaying and exploring the full newsgroup list

Subscribing and unsubscribing to newsgroups

Listing a newsgroup by entering its name

Recess

Lesson 9-3: Searching for Newsgroups and Newsgroup Articles

Searching for newsgroups using Liszt

Searching for newsgroup articles using Deja News and AltaVista

Lesson 9-4: Posting a Newsgroup Article

Posting a test article

Recess

Unit 9 Quiz

Unit 9 Exercise

Part IV Review

Unit 8 Summary

Unit 9 Summary

Part IV Test

Part IV Lab Assignment

Appendix A: Answers

Part I Test Answers

Part II Test Answers

Part III Test Answers

Part IV Test Answers

Appendix B: Using the Programs on the Dummies 101 CD-ROM

Unit 1: Using the AT&T WorldNet Software

Unit 2: Using Eudora Light

Installing Eudora Light

Configuring Eudora Light

Creating an e-mail signature

Sending an e-mail message

Reading an e-mail message

Deleting an e-mail message

Replying to an e-mail message

Getting more information about Eudora Light

Getting Eudora Pro

Unit 4: Using Paint Shop Pro

Installing Paint Shop Pro

Viewing picture files with Paint Shop Pro

Getting more information about Paint Shop Pro

Registering Paint Shop Pro

Unit 6: Using WinZip

Installing WinZip from the CD-ROM

Installing WinZip manually

Running WinZip

Viewing the contents of a ZIP file

Extracting the contents of a ZIP file

Making your own ZIP file

Getting more information about WinZip

Registering WinZip

Unit 6: Using WS_FTP

Installing WS_FTP

Configuring WS_FTP

Getting more information about WS_FTP

Registering your copy

Unit 9: Using Free Agent

Installing Free Agent

Running Free Agent for the first time

Reading newsgroups with Free Agent

First, subscribe

Second, headers

Third, actual articles

Saving dough: Reading news offline

Getting more information about Free Agent

Upgrading to Agent

Unit 9: Using mIRC

Installing mIRC

Connecting to IRC

Joining a channel

Finding the rest of the channels

IRC tips

Getting more information about mIRC

Registering mIRC