12. Using Internet Explorer to Surf the Web

In This Chapter

• Understanding the Web

• Choosing a Web Browser

• Using Internet Explorer

• Basic Web Surfing

• Revisiting Your Favorite Pages

• Using Tabbed Browsing

• InPrivate Browsing

• Searching from the Browser

• Using the Desktop Version of Internet Explorer

Now that you’ve connected to the Internet, either at home or via a public wireless hotspot, it’s time to get surfing. The World Wide Web is a particular part of the Internet with all sorts of cool content and useful services, and you surf the Web with a piece of software called a web browser.

The most popular web browser today is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. There’s a new version of Internet Explorer in Windows 8 that’s fully integrated ...

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