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Now fully updated, The Internet For Dummies includes expanded coverage of high-speed Internet connections and how to use them, online shopping, the latest e-mail clients, wireless Internet usage, sharing an Internet connection among several computers, and a great deal more. There's even a tear-out technology map filled with instructions on essential technologies as well as listings of the Internet's best offerings. A leading Internet guide for beginners; previous editions have sold more than three million copies Offers basic, easy-to-understand guidance to help Internet newcomers get up to speed quickly on the biggest communication and technology innovation of the past 100 years Provides beginning Internet users with essential information about choosing an Internet service pro-vider, finding information and making purchases on the Web, setting up a basic home page, working with e-mail, trading files online, and more about online communication

John Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young are veteran Internet experts who have written many other books to help new computer users.

Introduction	p. 1
About This Book	p. 1
How to Use This Book	p. 2
Who Are You?	p. 3
How This Book Is Organized	p. 3
Icons Used in This Book	p. 4
What Now?	p. 4
Feedback, Please	p. 5
Welcome to the Internet	p. 7
What Is the Internet? What Is the Web?	p. 9
Okay, So What Is the Internet?	p. 10
So What's All the Hoopla?	p. 11
A Few Real-Life Stories	p. 12
Why Is This Medium Different from Any Other Medium?	p. 14
Some Thoughts about Safety and Privacy	p. 18
The Internet at Home, at Work, at School, and at Play	p. 21
At Home with the Internet	p. 21
The Internet at Work	p. 22
The Internet at School	p. 26
The Internet at Play	p. 27
Kids and the Net	p. 29
Can We Talk?	p. 29
Internet Resources for Kids	p. 39
The Internet in Schools	p. 41
Internet, Here I Come!	p. 43
Picking Your Internet Service	p. 45
Do You Have a Computer?	p. 46
Modems, Ho!	p. 49
Who Ya Gonna Call?	p. 50
How Much Does This All Cost?	p. 55
Faster Connections: The Beauty of Bandwidth	p. 57
Picking an ISP	p. 61
Back to Software	p. 64
Online and On Your Way	p. 65
Your Computer Needs Software to Get Connected	p. 65
The Big Picture	p. 68
Connecting to Dialup Accounts	p. 71
Connecting to DSL and Cable Accounts	p. 79
Connecting to America Online	p. 82
Sharing Your Internet Connection	p. 86
What's Next?	p. 86
Web Mania	p. 87
Welcome to the Wild, Wonderful, Wacky Web	p. 89
Name That Page	p. 92
Browsing Off	p. 92
Surfing with Your Browser	p. 95
Getting and Installing a Browser	p. 100
Windows on the World	p. 102
My Favorite Things	p. 105
Speeding Things Up	p. 108
Getting the Big Picture	p. 113
Filling in Forms	p. 113
Lower the Cone of Silence	p. 115
Save Me!	p. 115
The Dead-Tree Thing: Printing	p. 116
Keep Your Cookie Crumbs Off My Computer	p. 117
Getting Plugged In: Singing, Dancing, and Chatting with Your Browser	p. 120
Needles and Haystacks: Finding Stuff on the Net	p. 123
Your Basic Search Strategy	p. 124
Search-a-Roo	p. 125
We're from Your Browser, and We're Here to Help You	p. 135
The Usual Suspects	p. 138
Finding Companies	p. 139
Finding People	p. 141
Getting the Goods	p. 144
More Shopping, Less Dropping	p. 145
Shopping Online: Pros and Cons	p. 145
The Credit Card Question	p. 147
Going to the Store	p. 148
Up, Up, and Away	p. 151
Pure Money	p. 153
Even More Places to Shop	p. 156
The Shopping Update	p. 161
My First Home Page	p. 163
Creating a Web Page	p. 163
Pictures to Go	p. 168
Linking to Other Pages	p. 170
Good Page Design	p. 171
Putting Your Page on the Web	p. 173
Be Master of Your Domain	p. 176
Open a Farm Stand on the Information Superhighway	p. 177
Shout It Out!	p. 178
E-mail, Chat, and Other Ways to Hang Out Online	p. 179
It's in the Mail	p. 181
What's My Address?	p. 181
My Mail Is Where?	p. 185
Too Many E-Mail Programs	p. 186
Popular E-Mail Programs	p. 187
Setting up Your E-mail Program	p. 188
Sending Mail Is Easy	p. 194
Mail Coming Your Way	p. 200
A Few Words from the Etiquette Ladies	p. 202
How Private Is E-Mail?	p. 204
To Whom Do I Write?	p. 205
Putting Your Mail in Its Place	p. 209
Deleting Mail	p. 209
Back to You, Sam: Replying to Mail	p. 210
Keeping Track of Your Friends	p. 211
Hot Potatoes: Forwarding Mail	p. 214
Cold Potatoes: Saving Mail	p. 216
Exotic Mail and Mail Attachments	p. 218
Hey, Mr. Robot	p. 222
Your Own Personal Mail Manager	p. 222
Spam, Bacon, Spam, Eggs, and Spam	p. 224
I Think I've Got a Virus	p. 225
Broadband Mania	p. 227
Sharing Your Connection	p. 227
Music Is out There	p. 230
Lights, Camera, Downloads	p. 231
One Ringy-Dingy	p. 232
Online Communities: Let's Get Together	p. 233
Look Who's Talking	p. 233
Mailing Lists: Are You Sure That This Isn't Junk Mail?	p. 234
Discussions on the Web: Posting to Message Boards	p. 242
Finding Interesting Online Communities	p. 245
Instant Messaging: The Next Best Thing to Being There	p. 247
Adding Voices and Faces	p. 248
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)	p. 250
Windows Messenger, Alias MSN Messenger	p. 254
Yahoo Messenger	p. 257
Groupspeak: Let's Chat	p. 259
Look Who's Chatting	p. 259
Your First Chat Room	p. 261
Let's Chat	p. 267
Other Internet Essentials	p. 273
Swiping Files from the Net	p. 275
Downloading Files from the Web	p. 276
About Face! Up You Go!	p. 278
Uploading and Downloading with Web Folders	p. 279
Sharing among Ourselves	p. 281
It's Not Just a File--It's Software	p. 282
Where Is It?	p. 287
AOL: Can Twenty Million Users Really Be Wrong?	p. 289
Hello, America Online	p. 290
Using E-Mail from AOL	p. 291
Going Offline	p. 297
Using AOL to Connect to the Net	p. 297
Web Browsing from AOL	p. 298
Chatting with AOL and AIM Users	p. 299
Grabbing Files from FTP Servers	p. 301
Using AOL as an Internet Account	p. 301
Doing Other Things	p. 303
The Part of Tens	p. 305
Ten Frequently Asked Questions	p. 307
"Why Can't You Just Give Me Step-by-Step Instructions?"	p. 307
"Are the Internet and the World Wide Web the Same Thing?"	p. 308
"What's the Difference Between a Browser and a Search Engine?"	p. 308
"Should I Get Cable or DSL?"	p. 309
"Can I Change My E-Mail Address?"	p. 309
"How Can I Get a File from My Word Processor into E-Mail?"	p. 310
"Is It Safe to Use My Credit Card on the Net?"	p. 311
"How Important Is This Internet Stuff?"	p. 311
"What's the Best ISP?"	p. 311
"How Can I Make Money on the Net?"	p. 312
"What Type of Computer Should I Buy to Use the Internet?"	p. 313
"How Can I Erase My Browser's List of the Web Pages I've Been Looking At?"	p. 314
"What's Your Favorite Web Page?"	p. 314
Ten Types of Files and What to Do with Them	p. 315
How Many Kinds of Files Are There?	p. 315
Just Plain Text	p. 317
Any Last Requests Before We Execute You?	p. 318
Packing It In	p. 318
For the Artistically Inclined	p. 320
Sound Off!	p. 323
Music to My Ears	p. 324
A Trip to the Movies	p. 325
None of the Above	p. 327
Ten Fun Things You Can Do on the Net	p. 329
Send Greeting Cards	p. 329
Share Pictures with Your Friends and Family	p. 330
Watch Short Movies and TV Ads	p. 330
Listen to Current and Classic NPR Programs	p. 331
Play a Game of Checkers	p. 331
Watch the World Go By	p. 331
Share Your Diary	p. 332
Visit Art Museums around the World	p. 332
Build Your Own World	p. 332
Tour the Solar System	p. 332
Search for Extraterrestrial Life	p. 333
Adopt a Kid	p. 333
Study Chinese	p. 333
Ten Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Klutz	p. 335
Read Before You Write	p. 335
Netiquette Matters	p. 336
Flame Off!	p. 339
Viruses, Spam, Chain Letters, and Other Antisocial Mail	p. 340
Don't Be a Pig	p. 341
Cybercafe Etiquette	p. 342
Some Web Wisdom	p. 343
Glossary	p. 345
Index	p. 361
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