Tips for Internet Explorer (and some other browsers)

Try them right now if you'd like

Ctrl-F (hold the CTRL key and press F) brings up a search box which will find text on the current page.

For longer pages that require scrolling:

• the spacebar jumps down screen at a time
• the Home key sends you to the top of the page; the End key takes you to the bottom
  

Are you viewing a site with lots of data or large images, or maybe you'd just like a less-cluttered view? Hit the F11 key for "kiosk" (full-screen) mode, which not only give you maximum viewing area, but removes the XP taskbar and most of the IE menus and controls. Push F11 again to toggle things back to the way they were.

You may double-click the title bar of an IE window to toggle between maximized and regular size windows. If you'd like to permanently change the position and size of your non-maximized IE window, hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and Alt keys while you move your IE window (by dragging the title bar) and resize it (by dragging any corner of the window), and, while still holding down those three keys, close the window by clicking the X in the upper right corner. From now on IE will open in that same place and size.

Do you want to visit a link or links on a page, but want to leave the page open so you don't have to use the Back button so much? Hold down the Shift key while you click on links, and the links will open in a new window. If you are using IE7 or higher, Ctrl-click will open the links in a new tab in the same window.

If you need to print just part of a web page, select the material you wish to print with your mouse (by highlighting it), then go to File/Print; and in the Page Range area, choose "Selection"