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Introduction | 1 | |
About This Book | 1 | |
Conventions Used in This Book | 2 | |
What You're Not to Read | 2 | |
Foolish Assumptions | 3 | |
How This Book Is Organized | 4 | |
Icons Used in This Book | 6 | |
Where to Go from Here | 6 | |
Part I | Driver's Ed for the Digital Traveler | 9 |
Chapter 1 | What You Got Yourself Into (And What You Need to Enjoy the Trip) | 11 |
What Online Really Means | 11 | |
All It Takes Is a Bunch of Stuff | 14 | |
Enjoying a High-Speed AOL Experience | 18 | |
Chapter 2 | I Didn't Know You Could Do That Online! | 23 |
Signing On | 24 | |
Checking the E-Mailbox | 26 | |
Reading the Latest News | 27 | |
Eyeing the Markets | 28 | |
Internet On Ramp, Next Right | 29 | |
Let the Fun and Games Begin! | 30 | |
Following the Ball, Puck, and Sinker | 30 | |
Nailing Down the Details | 31 | |
Enjoying a Little Chat | 32 | |
When Problems Come Up | 32 | |
Handling the Rude, the Crude, and the Socially Maladjusted | 33 | |
When It's Time to Say Goodbye | 34 | |
Chapter 3 | Peering through AOL's Windows | 37 |
Starting at the Top with the Menu, Toolbar, and Navigation Bar | 37 | |
Meeting Your Windows on the World | 43 | |
Chapter 4 | Dealing with Spams, Scams, Viruses, and Hoaxes | 49 |
Spam, Spam Everywhere and None of It to Eat | 50 | |
Canning Spam with AOL 9.0 | 51 | |
What If You Just Gave Your Password to Someone? | 56 | |
If Someone Asks for Your Password, Just Say "No" | 56 | |
Viruses Come in the Darnedest Packages | 59 | |
Recognizing Hoaxes: No, Bill Gates Won't Give You $5,000 | 60 | |
Part II | Settling Into Your Online Home | 63 |
Chapter 5 | Making Your Preferences Known | 65 |
What Preferences Do, Where They Live, and Why You Care | 65 | |
Managing Your Personal Info and Online Personality | 66 | |
Controlling How AOL Looks to You | 68 | |
Communicating and Exploring Online | 70 | |
Guarding Your Safety and Privacy | 73 | |
Chapter 6 | Doing the Screen Name Tango | 77 |
What's in a (Screen) Name? | 78 | |
Dealing with Screen Names | 79 | |
Turn a Bit and Let Me See Your Profile | 86 | |
Chapter 7 | Taking Away the Online Car Keys with Parental Controls | 89 |
Reviewing the Basics of Online Safety | 90 | |
Starting the Controls--and Backing Safely Down Your Digital Driveway | 91 | |
Tailoring Online Life with Custom Controls | 94 | |
Chapter 8 | Navigating the System and Marking Your Favorite Destinations | 111 |
Unlocking the Keys to Keywords | 112 | |
Getting There Fast with QuickView | 114 | |
Organizing the Places of Your Heart | 117 | |
Chapter 9 | Where's Your Buddy? Where's Your Pal? | 125 |
Who's Your Buddy? | 125 | |
Privacy Preferences: Please, I Vahnt to Be Alone | 133 | |
Tweaking Your Buddy List Settings | 135 | |
Building an Online Treehouse with Buddy Chat | 136 | |
Chapter 10 | AOL Companion: Look--on the Desktop! Something Small, Blue, and Useful | 139 |
Meeting the Companion | 140 | |
Covering the Basics | 142 | |
Flipping Through the Tools | 144 | |
Part III | Connecting and Communicating | 147 |
Chapter 11 | E-Mailing the World, One Mailbox at a Time | 149 |
Sending E-Mail to an America Online Subscriber | 150 | |
Writing to the @'s: Sending Internet E-Mail | 155 | |
E-Mailing with Panache | 156 | |
Linking with Ease | 158 | |
Incoming Missive, Sir! | 159 | |
Delving Into Your Mailbox | 161 | |
Organizing Your E-Mail Mess(ages) | 164 | |
Catching People with Your Address Book | 166 | |
Chapter 12 | Chatting the Day (And Night) Away | 173 |
They Don't Call It Community for Nothing | 174 | |
Ambling into a Chat Room | 174 | |
Finding Conversations among the Keystrokes | 176 | |
Seeking Out a Chat Room | 179 | |
Beware the Password Scammers | 180 | |
Enjoying a Little Private (Room) Time | 182 | |
Attending Classes--and Enjoying Them | 183 | |
Recording Your Conversations | 184 | |
Chapter 13 | Dropping a Quick "Hello" with Instant Messages | 187 |
Online Telepathy with Instant Messages | 188 | |
Intercepting Messages with the IM Catcher | 193 | |
Turning Off Instant Messages Because Sometimes You Just Want to Be Alone | 193 | |
Catching Password Scammers | 194 | |
Taking Instant Messaging Anywhere with AIM Express | 195 | |
Chapter 14 | Posting On the Message Boards and Joining the Groups | 197 |
Winding Your Way through the Message Folders | 197 | |
Reading, Replying to, and Generally Browsing the Messages | 201 | |
Free Online Toolkit with Every Groups@AOL! Act Now! | 204 | |
Chapter 15 | Reading, Keeping, and Sharing Thoughts with an AOL Journal | 209 |
Browsing the Virtual Journal Shelves | 210 | |
Sharing Comments with Others | 212 | |
Creating a Journal of Your Own | 213 | |
Adding Entries to Your Journal | 216 | |
Tossing In a Quick Entry with IMs | 217 | |
Adding a Picture (Instead of 1,000 Words) | 218 | |
Speaking Your Thoughts So Others Can Hear | 219 | |
Part IV | Diving Into the Fun Stuff | 221 |
Chapter 16 | Finding People, Places, Things, and Information | 223 |
Finding People: Sniffing Out Friends, Acquaintances, and Other Novel Folks | 223 | |
Finding Places: Tracking Interests and Meeting Informational Needs | 228 | |
Finding Cool Programs and Nifty Files | 233 | |
Chapter 17 | Cruising the Internet | 237 |
AOL.com Basics | 237 | |
So Just What Is This Internet Thing? | 238 | |
E-Mail the Internet Way | 239 | |
Topic Hopping on the Web | 241 | |
Newsgroups Talk about the Craziest Things | 245 | |
FTP Downloading for the Nerd at Heart | 252 | |
Chapter 18 | There's Music in the Wires | 255 |
Pushing Guitars Through the Internet Takes More Than Strong Biceps | 256 | |
Tuning the Online Radio | 257 | |
Jamming to the Music Videos | 259 | |
Turning Your Computer into a Jukebox with MP3s | 261 | |
Buying and Burning Your Favorite Songs | 263 | |
Chapter 19 | Tracking News, Weather, Markets, and More | 265 |
Getting the News | 265 | |
The Weather Outside--Is It Frightful? | 268 | |
Watching the Markets | 269 | |
Part V | Secret Tricks of the AOL Gurus | 273 |
Chapter 20 | Customizing Your Online Persona | 275 |
Designing the Profile of Your Dreams | 275 | |
Expressing Yourself in IMs, Desktops, and Toolbars | 282 | |
Chapter 21 | Dressing Up Your Software with Fresh Buttons and a New Menu | 285 |
Dancing the Toolbar Tango (Or Is That the New Button Bop?) | 286 | |
Building a Welcome That Matches Your Mood | 289 | |
A Menu to Call Your Own | 290 | |
Dressing Up Your Menus with Favorites | 292 | |
Chapter 22 | Spinning a Web (Site) of Your Own | 295 |
Why You Might (Or Might Not) Want Your Own Web Site | 296 | |
Stuff to Do Before You Build | 297 | |
Building a Place to Call Homepage | 299 | |
Doing It Yourself in the Great Out There | 302 | |
Chapter 23 | Sampling AOL's Advanced Tools | 305 |
Taming Your E-Mail with Communicator | 306 | |
Putting AOL in Your Palm (And Your Pocket PC) | 308 | |
Connecting through the Web | 312 | |
Reach Out and Touch Your E-Mail | 313 | |
Part VI | The Part of Tens | 315 |
Chapter 24 | Ten Fun Things to Do Online | 317 |
Decoding Digital Terminology | 318 | |
Strolling through the Children's Art Archive | 318 | |
Ferreting Out Long-Lost Friends and Businesses, Wherever They May Be | 319 | |
Tripping through the Coolest Online Areas | 319 | |
Sending Online Cards, Flowers, and Other Things That Smell | 319 | |
Playing with Your Mind (In a Good Way) | 320 | |
Downloading the Best Software | 321 | |
Tracking Packages All Over the World | 321 | |
Practicing a Foreign Language | 322 | |
Collecting Free Stuff from the Government | 323 | |
Chapter 25 | Ten Things That Can Go Wrong (And How to Fix Them) | 325 |
Yodeling to AOL Tech Support | 326 | |
The IM Catcher Doesn't Catch Anything | 327 | |
The Computer Almost Signs On | 328 | |
The Host Isn't Responding to You | 328 | |
The System Rudely Kicks You Off | 329 | |
America Online Doesn't Say a Word | 329 | |
File Downloads Take Too Long | 331 | |
A MIME File Starts Motioning from the Mailbox | 331 | |
Your Internet Mail Comes Back Undeliverable | 332 | |
An Extra Window Appears Every Time You Sign On | 333 | |
The New Item on Your Go To Menu Goes to the Wrong Place | 334 | |
Index | 335 |
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