Welcome to the World Wide
Web... 4
Advantages......................................................... 4
Some Statistics on Web Use ............................. 5
Who, What, Where................................. 7
Websites.............................................................. 7
Email..................................................................... 8
Chat....................................................................... 9
Newsgroups....................................................... 11
Making the Connection...................... 12
Choosing Dial-Up or Broadband ...................... 12
Who’s the Host?................................................ 13
How to Connect................................................. 16
Internet Connection Wizard.............................. 17
The World Wide Web.......................... 20
What You’ll See................................................. 20
What Is All This Stuff?....................................... 20
A Few Useful Tips............................................. 24
Searching........................................................... 26
E-Commerce..................................................... 27
E-Mail....................................................... 30
How it Works...................................................... 30
Email Programs—So Many Choices................ 31
Setting Up Outlook Express.............................. 32
Letter Writing the New-Fashioned Way .......... 33
Emily Post Never Thought of This.................... 35
Sending More Than
Messages—Attachments 37
Receiving an Attachment.................................. 37
Spam.................................................................. 38
Chat.......................................................... 40
I’m There, Now What?....................................... 41
Instant Messaging.............................................. 43
Beyond AOL...................................................... 44
Newsgroups.......................................... 46
Sign Me Up......................................................... 46
That Netiquette Thing Again.............................. 48
More, I Want More!.............................. 49
Downloading...................................................... 49
A Few Caveats................................................... 50
Playing Games................................................... 51
Blogs.................................................................. 51
Building Your Own Web Site............................. 52
Resources.......................................................... 53
