The best basic Internet Explorer Tips and Tricks

Internet Explorer Tips

How To Change your Homepage.
When you are viewing a page and you want it as your permanent homepage follow these instructions:
1.Open Internet Explorer.
2.Choose Tools from the menu. Then choose internet options.
3.Click on the button use current.
4.Then press apply and then ok.

How to create a link on the desktop to a webpage.
Instead of opening Internet Explorer, going to your favorites, and then clicking on the page you want..you can just have a shortcut to the page on your desktop.
1.Go to your favorites list in internet explorer.
2.Choose which page you want. Don't click on it just select it. (make it blue)
3.Then click your right button on your mouse.
4.A menu will appear and then choose create a shortcut.
5.This will put it on your desktop.

Change the text size you are viewing in Internet Explorer
When viewing web pages in your browser the text size may not be suitable for you. This is easily changed.
1.Select View on the menu bar found at the top of the browser.
2.From the drop-down menu select Text Size and another menu opens.
3.This menu has five options: largest, larger, medium, smaller and smallest. Simply choose which option you would like.

Save a webpage you are viewing to your favorites list.
1.Go to the menu at the top of Internet Explorer. Choose Favorites.
2.Then choose Add to favorites. That's it.

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