TUTORIAL FOR NEWCOMERS TO THE INTERNET
 
12 - THE "HOME" PAGE 
Basics  
More Basics  
1 - Scope  
2 - Connecting  
3 - How ISPs Differ  
4 - Definitions   
5 - The Browser  
WORLD WIDE WEB  
6 - "Web Page"  
7 - Addresses (URLs)  
8 - Bookmarks 
9 - Known Address  
10 - Navigating   
11 -  Frames  
12 - The "Home" Page  
13 - Cruising  
14 - Searching  
15 - Saving Text  
16 - Saving Pictures  
17 - Security  
18 - Plugins  
E-Mail  
19 - Programs/Settings  
20 - E-mail Addresses  
21 - Using E-mail  
22 - Attachments  
23 - Listservs  
Other  
24 -Newsgroups  
25 -Netiquette
When you first fire up Netscape or Internet Explorer, it connects to a Web page somewhere.  The first page connected to is its Home.  When you click on the browser's Home button (near the top of the window), you will return to that page. 

Every browser gives you the means to set where home is. 

In Netscape version 3... 

    Click on Options on the menu bar at the top of the window, then General Preferences, then on the Appearances tab.  Then next to Browser starts with:, enter the page you want as your home.  For example, to make Yahoo your home page, enter http://www.yahoo.com.  Click on OK. 
In Netscape Communicator... 
    Click on Edit on the menu bar, then on Preferences....  If you don't see Navigator highlighted in the left pane, click on it.  Make sure the radio button next to Home Page is checked.  Then enter the address of the page you want to be home in the Location field.  Click on OK. 
In Internet Explorer:  
    Go to the page you want to be your home.  Then click on View on the menu bar, then click on Options....  In version 3, click on the Navigation tab.  Select Start Page from the Page drop-down menu.  In version 4, click on the General tab. Click on the Use Current button.  Then click OK.   
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