Make a Web page available offline in Windows XP!
With Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP, you can make
a Web page available offline and view it when your
computer is not connected to the Internet—for
example on your laptop during a flight.
This feature is also handy for viewing Web pages at
home without tying up a phone line if you have a
dial-up Internet connection.
To make the current Web page available offline
1. On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites.
2. Select the Make available offline check box.
3.To specify a schedule for updating that page, and
how much content to download, click Customize.
4.Follow the instructions on your screen.
To make an existing favorite item available offline
1. On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.
2. Click the page you want to make available
offline.
3. Select the Make available offline check box.
4. To specify a schedule for updating that page, and
how much content to download, click Properties.
To view Web pages without being connected to the
Internet
After you mark your favorite pages for viewing
offline, you can view them offline by following
these steps
1. Before you disconnect from the Internet, on the
Tools menu, click Synchronize.
2. When you're ready to work offline, on the File
menu, click Work Offline. Internet Explorer will
always start in Offline mode until you click Work
Offline again to clear the check mark.
3. In your Favorites list, click the item you want
to view.
You can also make Web pages available offline
without adding them to your Favorites list, by
saving the pages on your computer.
Follow these steps
1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. Double-click the folder you want to save the page
in.
3. In the File name box, type a name for the page.
4. In the Save as type box, select a file type.
5. Do one of the following:
To save all of the files needed to display this
page, including graphics, frames, and style sheets,
click Web Page, complete. This option saves each
file in its original format.
To save all of the information needed to display
this page in a single MIME-encoded file, click Web
Archive. This option saves a snapshot of the current
Web page. With Web Page, complete and Web Archive,
you can view all of the Web page offline, without
adding the page to your Favorites list and marking
it for offline viewing.
To save just the current HTML page, click Web Page,
HTML only. This option saves the information on the
Web page, but it does not save the graphics, sounds,
or other files.
To save just the text from the current Web page,
click Text Only. This option saves the information
on the Web page in straight text format.
When Internet Explorer opens as a small window!
I think everyone has had this happen at one time or
another.
1. Open a link.
2. Don't use the maximize button.
3. Stretch the corners so that the window fills the
screen.
4. Close all other IE windows.
5. Close the stretched window last.
Configure Internet Explorer to only display those
favorites that you have recently used!
If you have a long list of favorites, you can
configure Internet Explorer to only display those
favorites that you have recently used instead of
displaying all of them. This is also a good way of
organizing your favorites list so it is more
manageable. Those favorites that you use
infrequently are still available by clicking a link.
In other words, they are just hidden from view until
you decide to make then unhidden.
To configure this feature in Internet Explorer:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. From the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3. Select the Advanced tab.
4. Scroll through the available options and place a
check beside the option to Enable Personalized
Favorites Menu.
5. Click OK.
Now when you open Internet Explorer and click on
your Favorites menu, only those Web sites that you
have recently accessed will be displayed. The
remaining favorites are accessible by clicking the
down arrow.
