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Outcome:
To examine and utilise the
browser history list and recognise the need to use this facility
for business. You
will examine its functions and explore its customisable options.
Objectives:
- To activate and use this
facility
- Alter the History options
to allow additional date storage
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Knowledge Area
If
you absorbed the last section, you will be able to identify the
significance of a "hyperlink history" when surfing and be able
to use techniques to utilise your browser link history. However, you
will also be aware that this history is only available during a session,
and once the browser has been switched off the history is wiped
clean. Fortunately,
Explorer contains a facility which can stored a longer history of
the web sites you have visited. As your browser logs your
session history, "History" logs the session for the whole
of the day and not just for a particular session, and so you can
view this history for a longest time period.
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Final Assessment
Once you have completed
and fully understood this section, you need to decide: Has it been too easy? Do I
need more info? Where do I want to go from here?
So choose:
If you fail you can return for more
tuition; if you pass you can feel confident that you are saving your
company time and money! |
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The history list is only a feature
in later version of Internet Explorer. Therefore if you cannot
see this HISTORY button within your browser menu bar, this feature
is probably unavailable.
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Skills Area
To view your history list, click on the history button found
in your browser location bar.
 A
panel will then appear to the left of your screen. This is the
browser's history list. This
panel has a number of features that allow you to track and pin-point the
web pages and sites you have visited. Features
of a History List Panel 
To
return to any of the web page or web site you have visited, simply
click on the link and your browser will take you to the web page
associated with that link. Displaying
Additional Dates in your History Panel Explorer
not only will keep a record of a days history, but you can also save list
history for a number of specified days. To do this: Click
on TOOLS found in your browser's menu bar and then choose INTERNET
OPTIONS. A Panel similar to the one below appears.
The
third lower portion of this box is entitled HISTORY and in this
portion you will find a option box with a number in it. It normally
defaults to 1, and indicates that the history will only be recorder for 1
day. You can change this number to any figure you like depending on
how much history you would like your browser to record. Once you
have completed this, click OK |
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