Internet Explorer 5.0 Tips

This week the Nitty Gritty is all about helping you get the most out of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.0. If you have an older version, 3.x or 4.x, download the latest version at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. If you need help downloading files, check out our Nitty Gritty on "Downloading Files from the Internet." Once you've downloaded 5.0, just follow the installation instructions.

Using the Current Page

In our Nitty Gritty on Bookmarks/Favorites, we talked about how to add a page to your Favorites. In IE 5.0, there's a new, easier way. You can use the icon to the left of the address bar to do this. Just click on the icon and drag and drop it over the Favorites button. You've just added the page to your Favorites.

If you want to make the page your Home Page, just drag and drop the icon over the Home button. You can also drag the icon to the desktop, to create a shortcut to the page, or to the Links bar, to add a shortcut from there as well. Pretty cool.