Changing the Web browser Home Page.

Displaying or hiding images on a Web

page.

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To give the student some of the concepts of

Internet Options .

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Change the Explorer home page.

Display or hide images on a Web page.

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To change your Explorer home page

Your Explorer home page is the page that
appears every time you open Internet
Explorer.
If there is one page to visit most, you can
make it your home page so that it appears
every time you start Internet Explorer or
click the Home button on the toolbar.

1 - Go to the page you want to appear

when you start Internet Explorer such
as the www.moe.gov.eg
2- On the Tools menu, click Internet
Options.

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3- Click the General tab.

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4- Under Home page, click Use Current

button.

Click on the OK button to close the dialog box

.

Discuss with your group the following:

1- Reopen the browser.
- The URL of the Home page of the
internet Explorer is

2-Click on the Home button

in the tool bar

- The URL of Home page of the Internet

Explorer is .

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To turn off graphics to display all Web

pages faster
By default Microsoft Internet Explorer will
automatically display any images within a
Web page. You may choose to turn this
feature off to speed the loading of Web
pages.

On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer,

1. click Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.

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3- Scroll down until you see Multimedia, clear

the Show pictures check box

Clear the Show

pictures check box

4. Removing the tick next to this option will

mean that the browser will load pages, but
not display any pictures that might be
included within the pages.
Click on the OK button to close the dialog box.
You may have to close and then re-start your
browser to see the effect of this change.
What do you see on the browser?
.
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When you use this option a rectangular box

will be displayed in place of pictures when
viewing Web sites.

a rectangular
box will be
displayed in
place of
pictures.

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Discuss with your group how do you display

images again in the browser?

To display images again in the browser

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Make the home page browser the web page of

http://www.sis.gov.eg

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1- To restore your original home page, click Use

Default button.

2- If you wish to start the program with a blank page,

click on Use Blank button.

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4- If you wish to use another starting page,

enter the full URL into the Address box.
Click on the OK button to close the Internet Options
dialog box.
5-If the pictures on the current page are still visible after
you clear the Show pictures check box, you can clear
Play animations, Play videos, or Play sounds check
boxes.

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