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Using Internet Explorer 6

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Read articles about how to customise and configure Internet Explorer 6 features

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Customizing New Browser Features
Preferences
Print Preview
Outlook Express
Your Privacy
Security
Content Advisor
Digital Certificates
Customizing New Browser Features
 
Customizing the Media Bar Customizing the Media Bar
The new Media Bar makes it easy to find and play media files within the Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 window.  Learn how to customise the Media Bar to enhance your browsing experience.


Turning On and Off Automatic Image Resizing
Automatic Image Resizing makes it easier to work with Web pictures on the Internet or your intranet. Learn how to customise the Automatic Image Resizing with this article.


Customizing the Image Toolbar
The Image Toolbar feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows you to quickly and easily save, e-mail, and print pictures that you find on Web pages. Customizing the Image Toolbar makes it easier to work with Web pictures on the Internet or your intranet. Learn how to customise the Image Toolbar with this article.


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Preferences
Locating Media Files and Setting Preferences
The Media bar includes a Media Options menu that enables you to quickly locate media files and set your Media bar preferences.


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Print Preview
Overview: Previewing Web Pages
Introduced in Internet Explorer 5.5, Print Preview enables you to preview Web pages to see how they will look when you print them.


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Outlook Express
Viewing and Posting to Newsgroups
To use newsgroups in Microsoft Outlook Express, your Internet service provider (ISP) must offer links to one or more news servers. After you set up an account for each server you want in Outlook Express, you can view and post messages in any of the newsgroups stored on that news server.


Importing Items into Microsoft Outlook Express
With Outlook Express, you can easily import items, such as address book data, from other programs, including other mail clients. For more information, see this how-to article.


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Your Privacy
Configuring Privacy Options
In Internet Explorer 6, users can define their preferences for disclosing personal information. When you communicate over the Web you want to know that other people cannot intercept or decipher the information that you send and receive and cannot use your passwords and other private information. You want to ensure that Web sites do not share your personal information without your consent and that no one can access information on your computer without your knowledge.


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Security
Setting Up Security Zones
You can use security zones to easily provide the appropriate level of security for the various types of Web content that users are likely to encounter.


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Content Advisor
Configuring Content Advisor Settings
Using Content Advisor, you can control the types of content that users access on the Internet. You can adjust the content ratings settings to reflect the appropriate level of content.


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Digital Certificates
Using Digital Certificates
You can install certificates and configure certificate settings for Internet Explorer. Certificates are electronic credentials that bind the identity of the certificate owner to a pair (public and private) of electronic keys that can be used to encrypt and sign information digitally. These electronic credentials assure that the keys actually belong to the person or organization specified.



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