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.You also canget to Office on the Web by typing the URL www.officeupdate.microsoft.com directly into yourInternet Explorer Address bar.page 106 Windows XP BibleIf you use the Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, you can add pictures to it via the Web as well.Go to anyOffice 2000 or XP program and choose Insert Picture Clip Art.When the Clip Art Gallery opens,choose Clips Online.Internet Explorer will open and you ll be taken to Design Gallery Live.There youcan search for specific images, sounds, and movies, or just browse through current offerings.Follow theinstructions presented on the page you re viewing to select items to download and begin the installationprocess.When download is complete, the items you downloaded will be organized into your Clip Art Galleryautomatically.You don t need to mess around with individual files or import them into the gallerymanually.Just use the Clip Art Gallery as you always have and you ll find the new clips withinappropriate categories, ready to use.Personalizing Your BrowserPart III of this book explains many ways to personalize your Windows XP system.As you might expect,your browser and Internet settings are fully customizable, too, and you may want to look at your optionsif things aren t working exactly as you d like.You can get started in either of two ways:Choose Start Control Panel from the Windows taskbar.If Control Panel opens in Categoryview, click Network and Internet Connections.Then open the Internet Options icon.Choose Tools Internet Options from the Internet Explorer menu bar.You ll see the Internet Options dialog box, shown in Figure 6-17.Like most dialog boxes that enable youto customize stuff in Windows XP, this one offers several tabs at the top, which you can click to choosevarious categories of settings.The basic drill goes like this:1.Choose the tab containing the settings you want to change.(Figure 6-17 shows the Generaltab.)Figure 6-17: Use the General tab of the Internet Options dialog box to customize your Internetsettings.2.Change the settings as needed.(If you need help with a particular setting, click the questionmark (?) button at the upper-right corner of the dialog box, and then click the setting aboutwhich you want to know more.)3.Repeat Steps 1 and 2 as needed.4.When you finish making changes, click OK as needed to save your changes and close thedialog box.Alternatively, click Cancel to discard the changes and close the dialog box.Or,click Apply to save your changes and stay in the dialog box.The following list offers a quick summary of each tab:General: Enables you to choose your home page, to delete or change settings for temporaryInternet files the browser stores in a special cache so that you can view them more quickly,and to adjust your History folder settings.You also can choose colors, fonts, languages, andother formatting (accessibility) options.Security: Enables you to set the security level for various zones of Web content you visit on theInternet.Privacy: Enables you to set the privacy level you prefer while browsing the Web.page 107 Windows XP BibleContent: Enables you to control the Internet content that can be viewed on your computer; touse security certificates to identify sites, publishers, and yourself; and to adjust personalinformation and the Microsoft Wallet used for Internet shopping.Connections: Enables you to change your Internet connection settings using an automatedwizard or manual options to specify a corporate proxy server, or to use automatic configurationsettings stored on a network server.Programs: Enables you to specify the default programs to use for mail, news, and Internetphone calls, as well as your calendar and contact list.You also can have Internet Explorercheck to see whether it is the default browser.Advanced: Enables you to customize advanced options for accessibility, browsing, multimedia,security, Java VM, printing, searching, toolbars, and HTTP 1.1.Getting Support OnlineWhen you re feeling helpless and in need of a quick answer to a specific question, the built-in Helpsystem may be able to provide what you need.After you have an Internet connection and know thebasics of browsing the Web, however, the help that s available to you expands greatly.A good place tostart your search for information is Microsoft s Online Support site, which you can get to by choosingHelp ’! Online Support from the Internet Explorer menu bar.You ll be taken to Microsoft s support area,which will look something like Figure 6-18.(Because this is something that is on the Internet, however,there s no telling exactly how it will look when you visit.)Figure 6-18: You ll find an array of choices for technical support at Microsoft s Support page.The Support site consists of several key areas you can familiarize yourself with by browsing around,clicking hyperlinks, choosing items from drop-down lists, typing text into search boxes, and clickingbuttons as needed.But here s a quick summary of what is likely to be available:FAQs by product: (a.k.a.Frequently Asked Questions and Tasks) Provides quick answers tothe most common questions on Windows, the Internet, e-mail, Microsoft Office, Games, andmore [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]