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For Internet Explorer Users

If you've been using Microsoft® Internet Explorer, you'll find that it's easy to begin using &brandFullName;.

Note: This information applies to &brandFullName; for Windows and Mac OS.

In this section:

Terminology Differences
About Your IE Favorites and Settings
&brandShortName;'s Features
Keyboard Shortcuts

Terminology Differences

Internet Explorer	&brandShortName;
Internet Options	&pref.pluralCaps;
Temporary Internet Files	Cache
Favorites	Bookmarks
Address Bar	Location Bar
Refresh	Reload
Links BarFavorites Bar	Bookmarks Toolbar
Copy ShortcutCopy Link to Clipboard	Copy Link Location
Save Target AsDownload Link to Disk	Save Link As

About Your IE Favorites and Settings

&brandShortName; has a new feature that imports your existing settings from Internet Explorer. It will run when you first install &brandShortName; (and is also available later through File > Import), and it attempts to import your IE Favorites, cookies, stored passwords, and a variety of other data. This saves you time customizing &brandShortName; to fit your needs.

&brandShortName;'s Features

Tabbed Browsing: Instead of opening a separate browser window for each site you want to visit, you can open multiple sites within the same window and tab between them. You can also set a group of tabs as your home page. For more information see Tabbed Browsing.
Pop-up Window Controls: Lets you allow or suppress both popup and popunder windows.
Cookie Manager: Lets you change what &brandShortName; will do when accepting cookies.
Download Manager: Organizes your downloads by storing them in a single window to minimize clutter. You have full access to download statistics without using unnecessary multiple windows for each download.
Image Manager: Enables you to disable images from certain web sites or disable them altogether. This is useful if you wish to decrease the amount of time it takes for web sites to load.

Keyboard Shortcuts

You will notice that Microsoft Internet Explorer and &brandShortName; share many of the same shortcut keys. For a full list of shortcut keys, see the List of &brandShortName; Keyboard Shortcuts.

10 December 2004