Download and install

Internet Explorer 9, or IE9 in short, is the latest version of Microsoft browser. IE9 is only available for Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

If you are using an earlier version of Windows, eg XP, you can not use IE 9.

To download click IE 9 here.

You choose your language and Windows version, and you click “Download”.

When the download is complete, you click on the “Run” button.

When asked whether you want to proceed, click the “Yes” button.

Windows will automatically install IE 9.

After installing IE 9, Windows will ask if you would like to restart the computer. You will have to restart the computer for IE 9 to work.

Click the “Restart Now” button.

Wait for the the computer to restart.

Select or click on IE 9 icon in your taskbar to use Internet Explorer.

For your information:

Do not worry about your favorite websites from the previously installed Internet Explorer versions, IE 9 will save and show your favorites automatically.

The new layout

When you open IE9 you will see a clear difference from the previous version.

All toolbars have disappeared. Microsoft has clearly chosen a maximum display for Internet pages

Apart from this you will see “Back” and “Forward” buttons (1), The address bar to type new web address or go to previously visited websites(2), the search bar (3), three buttons, “Home Page”, “Favorites” and “Tools” (4).

Let me quickly go over this once. Later in this course we will discuss this in detail.

The first buttons are “Previous” and “Next”.

This remains the same as in the previous versions. The only difference is that the “Back” button is big.

The second thing we find in the toolbar, is the address bar.

They have expanded the address bar (1) to include the “Search” (2), “AutoFill” (3), the “Refresh” button (4) and the “Stop” button (5).

All these buttons are not new, these are now located in the address bar itself.

That is why they no longer call it the address bar, but “One Box”.

With the “one Box”, surfing and searching the internet becomes a piece of cake.

When you type a Web address, “AutoFill” fills the address immediately, so you can quickly go to the desired Web page. And because the search is integrated into One Box, you do not have to worry whether you’ve remembered the full web address.

The other menu bars are hidden by default in IE9, but if you want they can still be displayed.

Right click in the empty space in the toolbar (1), and select the toolbar in the list (2) that you wish to see.

So if you still wish to see the menu bar (1) and status (2) shown in the Browser window, then select it from the list.
IE9 will display them in default location.

If you want to hide these options, repeat these actions.

If you want the “Address Box” to be larger than the default size, place the cursor between the “Address Box” and the Tab box (3), and when it changes into a double arrow click and drag it until your desired size is reached.

Zoom in and Zoom out

Now I still have the Status Bar open, you see that the ability to “Zoom in” on the page is still here (1).

Clicking on the downward pointing arrow next to the percentage box will show a drop down menu where you can select the zoom ratio.Select the percentage and the page will zoom to the percentage you want.

Choosing the “Custom” option will open all windows in the same desired zoom ratio that you had selected.

The same options are found in the standard toolbar at the top right hand corner, in “Tools” (2).

The keyboard shortcut to zoom in and zoom out on the page is Ctrl + and Ctrl – on your keyboard (3).

 

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