FIREFOX What Is Firefox is a Web that

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What Is Firefox? • _____ is a Web ______ that you use to search for and view Web pages, save pages for use in the future, and maintain a list of the pages you visit. • The Firefox program can be downloaded _______ from Mozilla’s Web site (www. mozilla. org). • Mozilla Firefox is an example of open source software. – ____________ is a philosophy for _______licensing and distribution designed to encourage the use and improvement of the software by allowing anyone to use and modify the software code. – The reason why a company would make the _____freely available is simple - it encourages programmers to ____ and ______ the ______. – Mozilla Corporation describes Firefox as "the browser for _________. " They designed it with real people, not programmers in mind.

_____ Firefox 1. Click the ______ button on the Windows _______, point to All Programs on the Start menu, point to Mozilla Firefox on the All Programs submenu, and then point to Mozilla Firefox on the Mozilla Firefox _________. ____ Menu All Programs _____ Mozilla Firefox _____ Windows displays the Start menu, the All Programs submenu, Mozilla Firefox submenu, and Mozilla Firefox command All Programs (Figure 1 -6). Mozilla Firefox Submenu Command Start Button (Figure 1 -6) Windows _____

2. Click Mozilla Firefox. Starting Firefox • If the ______ Browser dialog box is displayed, click the _____ button. Firefox starts. After several seconds, Firefox ______ the Mozilla Firefox Start Page - Mozilla Firefox window, adds the Mozilla Firefox Start Page Mozilla Firefox button to the taskbar, displays the Mozilla Firefox Start Page Web page ____ in the window title, and displays the Firefox Start Page in the display area (Figure 1 -7). The home page may display differently on your computer. • If the Mozilla Firefox window is not ________, double-click its title bar to maximize it (Figure 1 -7)

• Using Firefox Window _____ The Mozilla Firefox window (Figure 1 -7) consists of ________ features that make browsing the Internet easy. • It contains a title bar, menu bar, Navigation toolbar, Bookmarks toolbar, status bar, and a display area where pages from the World Wide Web display. • The "box" that holds the web page is called the Content Area. This is where all the websites you view will load. • The first time you launch Firefox, you will see the Firefox/Google page as the default homepage. Firefox_____ uses this as the default homepage because so many people begin their Internet sessions _______ with a search. ____ Bar ________ Toolbar ______ or ______ Area ______ Bar

Using Firefox Window Interface • The ____ bar is located at the _____ of the browser window and displays information about the ______ page such as the: • Web address for any links on the page (visible when you roll the mouse over the link) • _______ information for the page • _______ status of the page

Using Firefox Window Interface • ______ toolbars are located above the ______ Area. The toolbars are the ______ Toolbar, ____ Bar, and the ________ Toolbar.

Using Firefox Window Interface _____ • • _______ ___ ___________ The _____most commonly ______ browsing buttons are _______, _______ and _____. These operate the same in Firefox as they do in other browsers. The Back button _____ you to the _____lwebsite you visited The Forward button _______ you to the page you just ______ from The Reload button _______ the website you are _____ using. For example, if you are viewing a news website that regularly changes, you may want to click Reload periodically to refresh the page so that the website displays the most accurate information. The Stop button _____ a website from loading. This is particularly helpful if a website is taking a long time to load. The Home button _____ you to the website that loads ___________when you start your browser. By default, Firefox

Using Firefox Window Interface

Using Firefox Window Interface • The Firefox ______ Bar is very ______ to what you have used in _____ software programs. From the Menu Bar, you have access to the following menus: _______, ________, and ____.

Using Firefox Window Interface • • Mozilla's ______ Started and the Latest _________ appear by default on your Bookmarks Toolbar. To ______ a Website to the Bookmarks Toolbar: – ________ to the website you would like to add. – Select __________ from the menu bar. – Select Bookmark This _______. . . from the menu. Select Bookmarks ________ from the drop-down list in the Add Bookmark dialog box. Click OK.

Browsing & Searching with Firefox Go To Icon • Navigate to a website using the ______ bar • Search the web from the _____ box Location or Awesome Bar Search Bar • Choose a search _______ • Use the _____features to search Google Simple Search Form Links Tip (Figure 1 -7) Mozilla Firefox Start Page

Browsing & Searching with Firefox Select the web ______ in the ________ Bar using your mouse. ______ the web address of the website you would like to ______ in the Location Bar. Click ______ on your ______ to display the website. The browser will open to the web address typed and _______ in the Content Area.

Browsing & Searching with Firefox • • • Searching from the ________ Box A ________is the software tool we use to filter through the billions of web pages on the Internet. The search engine will _______ and display a _______ of web pages that meet your search criteria. If you have navigated to a website other than a search engine, you can still begin a search at anytime by using the Firefox Search Box. Let's pretend that you are interested in learning about flat screen computer monitors and how the monitors work. You will need to perform a search. To Perform a Search: Place your _________ in the search box, which is located in the upper-right corner of the window. Enter the word or phrase you would like to search for in the search box. For this example, enter "flat screen computer monitor". Press _____. The search engine will display the results page with links that meet your search criteria.

Browsing & Searching with Firefox gives you the option to search with _______search engines from the ________ Box. These include ______, ______!, _______________. com, _______Commons, and ______. Google is the default search engine used in the search box; however, you can change the search engine at any time. • For example, if you decide you would like purchase a flat screen computer monitor, you may want to search e. Bay. To Switch Search Box Search Engines: Click the icon to the left of the search box. A drop-down menu will appear. • Choose a new engine from the drop-down menu. Each search engine specializes in a specific area. For instance, Google is a ______ purpose search engine, while e. Bay searches _______ listings on the e. Bay site. The engine you select will become the new default engine until you change it.

Setting Options in Firefox The browser displays the homepage when it is launched. The homepage is also displayed when you click on the _____ button in the navigation toolbar. To ______Your Homepage to the Current Page: ________ to the webpage you would like to use as the homepage. Select ______on the menu bar. Select _______ to open the Options window. Select the General tab at the top of the Options window. Click _____ Current Page to change the homepage. Click OK to close the window. _____Firefox & ______ your homepage to my teacher webpage!

Setting Options in Firefox _________Select _____ on the menu bar. Select ______to open the Options window. Select the _______ tab at the top of the Options window. Here @ School: Check –Show the Downloads…. & _____ Always Ask me where to SAVE Files Then Select OK

Tabbed Browsing in Firefox • Firefox provides you with _____ browsing, which allows you to display each website as a ______ along the top of the browser window, right above the Content Area.

Themes in Firefox • • • ________often called “_____, " are essentially an outer layer for the websites you view through the Firefox browser. They can change the look and feel of the interface without changing how the features actually work. Themes can change the ______, button color and shape, and feature placement on the page. To _____ a Theme: Go to the Firefox Add-Ons page. Click the ________ tab. The page ______ Recently Updated and Top Themes. ______a theme from the list or use the categories on the left to browse for additional themes. Click ______ Now for Windows to install theme.

______ Version of Firefox with Theme