Gateway DX4300 User Manual

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CHAPTER 2: Setting Up and Getting Started12Web pages can contain text, animations,music, and other multimedia features. A groupof related Web pages is called aWeb site. Youcan access Web sites to shop, trackinvestments, read the news, downloadprograms, and much more.You can explore a Web site or visit other Websites by clicking areas on a Web page calledlinks orhyperlinks. A link may be colored orunderlined text, a picture, or an animatedimage. You can identify a link by moving themouse pointer over it. If the pointer changesto a hand, the item is a link.To learn more about using the Web browserfeatures, click Help in the menu bar.Connecting to a Web siteAfter you set up an account with an Internetservice provider (ISP), you can access the manyinformation sources on the World Wide Web.To connect to a Web site:1 Connect to your Internet account.2 Depending on the method you use to connect toyour Internet account, you may need to startyour Web browser. Click (Start), then clickInternet. Your default Web browser opensshowing an opening page or welcome screen.3 To go to a different Web site, type theaddress(called aURL for “Universal Resource Locator”)in the browser address bar (for examplewww.gateway.com), then click GO on thebrowser address bar.- OR -On the current Web page, click a link toa Web site.