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Scrolling

Scroll bars are located on the right side or bottom of the screen, or both. These help you see the information not currently present on your screen by moving screen contents up and down (vertical scroll bar) or back and forth (horizontal scroll bar).

Scroll bars also appear on the sub-sections of the screen created by frames. Frames allow you to move individual sections of the screen vertically or horizontally.

Going to other pages

Underlined words and phrases take you to another place in the same screen or sometimes will jump to a different screen. To come back to the page where you started, use the back arrow as described below.

Buttons, icons, or underlined text

Clicking on these usually takes you to another screen, but can have any destination the web designer wants

   
Getting around a site

Sites are built with a Home Page linked to secondary pages. You can move among the pages by using the available navigation aids such as the options at the left of this screen, or internal buttons, words in this color which will move you to another page or open an email message, underlined text, etc.

To return to a previous page, click the Back arrow at the top left of each screen.

   
Want more information?

"Reference Desk" is a website that has a list of other sites containing information about the web and how to use it. Click on the address below to see and use them.

refdesk.com/help.html

 


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