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Lesson 4: The Internet and Outlook
Lesson 4: The Internet and Outlook
Learning Objectives After studying this lesson, you will be able to:
Use the Search box with Internet Explorer Add new search providers to the Search box Narrow a web search Save a file from a web page Send and receive messages using Outlook 2010 Attach a file to an email message Save an attachment to an email message Identify security precautions for attachments
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Web browser features
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Search boxHomepage buttonAddress bar
Favorites bar(bookmarks)
Web page tab
Back/Forward buttons
The Search Box The Search box lets you search from any webpage You can add search providers to the Search box
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Search providers you can quickly choose for your next search
Access to add new search providers to the list
Web Addresses (URLs) Every webpage has a specific URL
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Top-level Domain Names These tell you about the origin of many web pages
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Tabbed Browsing Tabbed browsing lets you open several web pages in
the same browser window
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Tip! Tabs are a convenient way to open several search results while keeping your search results page open.
Downloading Files Downloading: Saving an item from a remote site
(e.g. a Web page) to your local computer
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Download
Picture on a web pageFile on Owen’s Computer
Important! A file downloaded from a website you can’t trust could contain malware or spyware.
Introducing Outlook 2010 Outlook 2010 is a powerful personal information
management program Email Calendar Contacts/Address book Tasks Notes
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The Outlook Program Window
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Ribbon
Shortcuts
Navigation bar
Folders
Quick Access toolbar
The Ribbon The Ribbon changes as you change activities
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Home tab when working with email
Home tab when working with the calendar
Finding Ribbon Commands Use this sequence
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Mantra: Tab > Command Group > Command.
Outlook and Email Outlook Email compared to Webmail:
Similar email capabilitiesAttachmentsContacts
Hard drive based (no Web access) Additional features for calendar and task management
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Addressing Email All email addresses have the same three components
Separate multiple addresses with semicolons
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Example: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Sending Email Attachments You can attach most types of files to Outlook email
messages You can attach multiple files to a single message Outlook warns if a file that could possibly contain
malware (a virus)
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Receiving Email Attachments A paper clip alerts you that a
message has one or more attachments Attachments are embedded
in the message until you save them
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Important! Never open an attachment in a message from someone you do not know. It could contain malware.
Lesson 4: The Internet and Outlook
