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Microsoft Internet Explorer [ Explorer main page ]
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Finding Stuff  |  Sending and Printing Pages
SUBSCRIBING TO WEB PAGES |  Toolbars

Offline viewing
To mark a subscription for offline viewing (Windows)
  1. Click the Favorites menu, then click Organize Favorites.
  2. To see inside a folder in the list at right, click on it.
  3. Click on the subscription you want to change.
  4. At left, check Make available offline.
  5. Click Properties. The [page name] Online Properties window will appear.
  6. Click the Web Document tab.
  7. Check Make this page available offline.
  8. Click OK to save changes
To mark a subscription for offline viewing (Macintosh)
  1. Click the Favorites menu, then click Organize Favorites.
  2. The Newspaper icon ( Macintosh subscribed icon ) indicates that the site it is beside is subscribed to. The star icon ( Macintosh new content icon ) indicates that the content at this site has changed since the last time you visited the page.
  3. Click the Favorite for which you want to modify the subscription.
  4. In the File menu, select Get Info. You can also double-click the or next to the site listing.) The Info For [page name] window will appear. This is were you set your subscription preferences for the selected page.
  5. Click the Subscribe tab, then click Check this site for changes.
To view pages offline
  1. Click the File menu, then click Work Offline or Offline Browsing. A check mark appears to the left of the menu command to indicate that the Internet Explorer browser is offline. An icon also appears in the status bar at the bottom of the window to indicate that the Internet Explorer browser is offline: Windows offline icon with Windows and Macintosh offline icon with Macintosh.
  2. Disconnect from the Internet.
  3. If you click on a link that cannot be viewed offline, you will see a message, and can choose whether to go online or stay offline.

Offline dialog box

On Windows, your History list will only show those pages that are available offline. You can also view subscribed pages that you have marked for offline viewing. While you are working offline, a crossed-out circle will appear next to the pointer when you move it over a link to a page that requires going online to view.

On Macintosh, the History list shows all pages visited, regardless of their offline availability. Only the most recently visited pages will be accessible offline, however. The amount of information available offline is determined by the cache setting in Explorer's Preferences. A high number - tens or hundreds of megabytes - will permit a large number of pages to be accessed while offline, but will also consume this amount of disk space.

To compose mail offline

Compose your mail as you would normally. When you send the message, it will go into your Outbox folder and will not be sent until you go online and click the Send/Recv button.

Changing Internet Explorer's cache settings

Internet Explorer's cache settings determine the amount of disk space used to automatically store pages offline To increase or decrease this number:

On Windows

  1. In the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
  2. Click the General tab, then click Settings.
  3. Move the slider to the right to increase the number of recent pages cached, or left to decrease the number.

On Macintosh

  1. In the Edit menu, select Preferences...
  2. Under Web Browser at left, select Advanced.
  3. Under the Cache heading, enter the new number (Size: ___ MB).

Subscribing and offline viewing
How to know when content changes
Changing the subscription schedule
Getting notification by e-mail

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