Finding, Saving, and Returning to Web Sites

To increase the efficiency with which you can move among sites you are currently viewing or have viewed in the past, and to make it easier to find sites that contain the information you need, Internet Explorer offers the following navigation tools, which put Web site information at your fingertips:

• Live Search. With this feature, you can perform plain-text searches on the Web, or search the files and folders on your computer.

• Favorites Center. This window contains links you have saved to Web sites, folders, and files; links to RSS feeds you have subscribed to; and a record of your Internet browsing history. You can display the Favorites Center as a multi-page window or pin it as a pane in the browser window.

• Quick Tabs. This feature displays screenshots of all Web pages currently open.

• Tab List. Clicking this button displays a submenu of the open Web pages.

In this exercise, you will conduct a simple search, expand the available search resources, save a page to your Favorites Center, and return to a page from your History list. There are no practice files for this exercise.

1.	In the Live Search box at the right end of the Navigation bar, type a plain-text query, such as What types of plants grow on volcanoes?, and then click the Search button. Search Live Search searches the Web for pages containing content and keywords related to your question, and displays the results in the browser window. You can display any listed site by clicking its title, which is underlined to indicate that it is formatted as a hyperlink.
2.	At the right end of the Live Search box, click the Search Options arrow. Search Options Note that Live Search is the only search provider listed. [View full size image]
3.	In the Search Options list, click Find More Providers. The Internet Explorer Web site appears, displaying links to two dozen search providers you can make available to the search utility. Adding a provider from this list makes it available in the Search Options list. To conduct a search through that provider, enter your search term, click the Search Options arrow, and then in the list, click the provider you want to use.
4.	On the toolbar, click the Add to Favorites button, and then in the list, click Add to Favorites. Add to Favorites You can create additional folders within your Favorites Center by clicking New Folder.
5.	In the Add a Favorite dialog box, click Add to make the current page available from your Favorites Center.
6.	On the toolbar, click the Favorites Center button. Favorites Center The Favorites pane expands, displaying the page (Favorites, Feeds, or History) you most recently viewed.
7.	If the Favorites page is not displayed, click Favorites to verify that the Add Search Providers page is there. Then click the History arrow, and in the list, click By Site. The History page displays an alphabetical list of the sites you have visited in the last 20 days. You can click any site in the History list to open it in Internet Explorer. Tip On the General tab of the Internet Options dialog box, you can clear the History list or change the number of days (0 to 999) Internet Explorer retains your browsing history.
8.	In the upper-right corner of the Favorites Center, click the Pin the Favorites Center button to convert the temporary window to a pane. Pin the Favorites Center
9.	In the History list, click By Date, click Today, click search.live (search.live.com), and then click Live Search: What plants grow on volcanoes? to return to your original search results.
10.	Experiment with other aspects of the Favorites Center. When you finish, click the Close button in its upper-right corner.

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