Santa Cruz Public Libraries, California
The Stop Sign:
Look at the row of boxes near the top of the screen. The last
box is the stop sign. If the sign is red, it means that the
computer is still transferring and displaying the text and/or the
images. When the stop sign is no longer red, all of the data has
been displayed.
Moving Up and Down the Screen:
Usually there is more to a document than what you first see on
the screen. Look at the right-hand side of the screen; see the
arrow at the top and the arrow at the bottom of the column. By
clicking onto the bottom arrow you move down the document.
And--surprise, surprise--by clicking onto the top arrow you can
move up the document. Keep clicking on the bottom arrow until you
move down past our friend.
To see how far into the document you are:
Notice the box in the middle of the column at the right-hand of
the screen. That box is called the elevator or scroll
bar. It moves up or down as you move up or down the document.
You can always tell how close to the top or bottom of the
document you are by looking at the position of the scroll bar. If
the scroll bar is a little below the middle of the column, you
are a little more than half way through the document. You can
also use the scroll bar to move up or down a screen. Here's
how: position the arrow on the scroll bar. Then hold down the
left clicker and drag the scroll bar up or down.
Getting out of a document:
Back button: Look at the top of the screen. At the far left is a box with the word back on it. That is the back button. If you click onto the back button you will move back to the previous document that you were looking at.
Home button: In line with the back button and to the right, is a box with a house on it. That is the home button. If you click onto it, you will return to the page that the computer always starts with when it is turned on. That page is called the home page. In this case, you would go the Libraries' home page.
Navigation Icons: On most documents there is a way to jump to other documents on that computer. Often a small graphic like an arrow or other image is used along with words telling you where you are going. Sometimes just words are used. Notice the arrow towards the bottom of this page. That arrow is a navigation icon. By clicking onto it or onto the words, you can move back to Jumping Around the World Wide Web.
Next:
Click on the arrow or the words and go back to Jumping
Around the World Wide Web . When you get there, begin reading
at the star.
Return to Jumping Around the World Wide
Web
Text by Rechs Ann Pedersen; text copyright 1995 Santa Cruz
Public Libraries;
image of tree frog used with the permission of Zoonet.