Tips for Internet Explorer

1. If a website that you want to access has a ".com" extension, in the Internet Explorer Address Bar, just enter the name of the website (say you want to access www.yahoo.com - just type yahoo) and then press CTRL+ENTER. Internet Explorer will take care of the prefix the suffix (www and .com respectively) for you.

2. How to increase your net browsing speed

3. How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP (Q318378)

4. How to Remove Internet Explorer 6.0 or Outlook Express 6.0 Before You Reinstall Windows (Q312474)

5. How to disable Script Debugging in the XP Internet Explorer

6. How to change the title of Internet Explorer

7. How to disable the new HTML Explorer Bars

8. How to disable the image tool bar

9. How to lock the browser tool bars

10. How to use the Image tool bar

11. How to speed up the Internet Explorer 6 Favorites

12. What are the Internet Explorer Task bar Properties

13. How to set Internet Explorer 6 to run in Kiosk Mode

14. How to customize Internet Explorer 6 tool bar

How to use Image tool bar in Internet Explorer

When you hover your mouse over certain1 web page images, a small tool bar will appear towards the top-left corner.

From left to right, there are four buttons -
a. Save, saves the image to your computer,
b. Print, prints the image,
c. E-mail, creates a new e-mail with the image as an attachment and
d. My Pictures, which opens the My Pictures folder on your computer.

Nothing all that new, but it's a handy addition all the same.

There seems to be a limit on which images the tool bar pops up on, possibly connected with the width and height. This would make sense, otherwise it would keep appearing over image buttons and so on when most people will find the tool bar most useful with photographs and other large images.

How to speed up Internet Explorer 6.0 Favorites

For some reason, the Favorites menu in IE 6 seems to slow down dramatically sometimes.

I've noticed this happens, when you install Tweak UI 1.33, for example, and when you use the preview tip to speed up the Start menu.

But here's a fix for the problem that does work, though it's unclear why, just open a command line window (Start button->Run->CMD) and type SFC, then hit ENTER.

This command line runs the System File Checker, which performs a number of services, all of which are completely unrelated to IE 6. But hey that works even though it is not related.

Internet Explorer Taskbar Properties

Windows XP will group multiple open windows (IE windows for example) into one group on the task bar to keep the desktop clear.

This can be annoying at times - especially when comparing different web pages because you have to go back to the task bar, click on the group and then click on the page you want and then you only get one page because you have to click on each one separately.

I think the default for this is 8 windows - any combination of apps or utilities open.

You can modify this behavoir by adding this reg key at:
HKEY_CURRRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
a. Add reg_Dword "TaskbarGroupSize"
b. Modify "TaskbarGroupSize" entry to be the number of windows you want open before XP starts to group them on the task bar.

A value of 2 will cause the Taskbar buttons to always group.

How to run Internet Explorer 6.0 in Kiosk Mode?

Kiosk mode means setting the browser window to full screen view with just a scroll bar for navigation. To provide additional controls, such as access to the Back, Forward, or Refresh buttons, you can set Internet Explorer 6 in partial kiosk mode, which includes a smaller tool bar at the top of the browser window.

To add a Full Screen button to this tool bar, so that you can move easily from full screen view to the standard browser window, do this:
a. Right-click the tool bar at the top of the browser window, and then click Customize.
b. In the Customize Tool bar dialog box, click Full Screen under Available tool bar buttons.
c. click Add, and then click Close.

To hide the tool bar at the top of the window entirely, do this:
a. When in full screen mode, right-click the tool bar.
b. Click Auto-Hide.

Now you can view Web pages at full size without any controls getting in the way. When you want to view the tool bar again, move the pointer over the top of the Web page. If you don’t want to add a Full Screen button to the tool bar, you can also toggle between full screen and the standard view by pressing F11.

How to customize Internet Explorer 6 tool bar?

You can choose which features you want on the Internet Explorer 6 tool bar. If you want to simplify the tool bar, you can remove icons, change to smaller icons, or remove the text labels displayed next to the icons. To customize the tool bar:

1. Right–click the Standard tool bar, and then click Customize.
2. In the Text options list, click No text labels to remove them.
3. In the Icon options list, click Small icons to change the default setting.
4. In the Current tool bars list, click any icon that you want to remove, and then click Remove.

To keep your changes safe, right–click the toolbar again, and make sure to select the Lock Toolbars check box.

How to change the title of Outlook Express

You can change the Outlook Express title by following steps given below -

Click Start->Run. Typed REGEDIT and hit ENTER/Click on OK.

Navigate to the key given below -

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{xxx}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0], where xxx represents the Identity number displayed.

Add/Edit a New String Value entitled WindowTitle.
Right click on this setting & select Modify.
In the Value data field enter your desired title, then hit Ok (If you delete the WindowTitle key it will default to Outlook Express instead).

How to change the title of Internet Explorer

If you wish you can change the Internet Explorer title to something more appealing than Microsoft Internet Explorer, if you wish to do so take the following steps.

Click on Start->Run.
Type in regedit & hit Enter.
Open the following registry key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main].

Now Add/Edit a New String Value entitled Window Title.
In the Value data field enter your desired title, then hit Ok (If you delete the Window Title key it will default to Microsoft Internet Explorer instead).

Using a custom title can also interfere with some programs, although to my knowledge only the All Advantage Viewbar was such a program (& they are out of business now so that’s irrelevant).

Microsoft Office Shortcut Keys

You can use all these shortcuts for the Microsoft Office products given below.
1. Microsoft Access
2. Microsoft Excel
3. Microsoft FrontPage
4. Microsoft Outlook
5. Microsoft PhotoDraw
6. Microsoft PowerPoint
7. Microsoft Publisher
8. Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Publisher Shortcut Keys

Microsoft PowerPoint Shortcut Keys

Microsoft PhotoDraw Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Outlook Shortcut Keys

Microsoft FrontPage Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Access Shortcut Keys