Internet Explorer is a web browser in Windows for surfing the Internet. When you find a webpage you want to come back to in the future, add it to your favorites by pressing Control+D. You can simply press enter to keep the title of the page, or first edit it to something more meaningful to you. When finished, press Enter. When you want to go back to one of the favorites you have created, press Control+I. You can organize your favorites by putting them into alphabetical order, deleting unwanted items, or arranging them by subcategories. To do this, start by pressing Control+B. Then, use your Tab and Arrow Keys to explore the options. When you are finished, tab to the Close button.
To find specific text on a page, press Control+F to start the Find utility. Type in what you are looking for and press enter. If it is found, your cursor will be moved to that location on the page. If not, you will get a prompt saying "Text not found," and you will need to press Enter before continuing. You can browse the history of webpages you have visited in the last few days by opening your browsing history with Control+H. Tabbed browsing allows you to have multiple websites open at the same time. To open another tab with the same web address, press Control+N. To open a tab with a different webpage, press Control+T, and type the address you would like to access. To move between open websites, press Control+1, Control+2, Control+3, etc. To go to a new website from where you are currently without opening a new tab, press either Control+L or Control+O. To print all or part of a webpage you are viewing, press Control+P. This print command works throughout Windows. To refresh or update the current webpage, press either Control+R or F5. To close the current tab, press Control+W. This should leave other webpages you are viewing open. However, the very first time you press Control+W, you will be asked if you want to close only the current window, or all tabs.
To view or display the properties of the selected file or object, press Alt+Enter. To open the shortcut menu or display the system menu for the active window, press Alt+Spacebar. To close the active document in Programs that enables you to edit multiple documents, press Control+F4. To switch between all open programs, press Alt+Tab. To cycle through items in the order they have been opened, press Alt+Escape. To cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop, press F6. To display the AddressBar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer, press F4. To display the shortcut menu for the selected item, press Shift+F10. To activate the menu bar in the active program, press F10. To open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu, press Right Arrow. To open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu, press Left Arrow. To update the active window, press F5. To view the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer, press Backspace. To cancel the current task, press Escape. To prevent a CD or DVD from automatically playing, hold down the Shift Key for about twenty seconds after inserting the disc. Finally, to open the Run dialog, press Windows+R. Then type in the website or path to a file or program on your local computer. For example, if you have no speech, type narrator followed by Enter to get Microsoft's limited, but better-than-nothing Narrator screen reader. Better yet, try typing www.satogo.com and press Enter. If Internet Explorer is the default web browser, you can log into System Access to Go and have speech on the otherwise unusuable computer. When finished, simply press Modifier+F4 to shut down System Access and SAMNet. Because some people learn better with audio tutorials, visit Audio Tutorials and Demos for information covering several topics.