Web pages are usually an assembly of a number of files, but the entire page (ads, graphics and all) can be downloaded and saved on your computer for future reference. (Note that some complicated pages may not download properly.) Follow these steps to download an entire web page:

1. Open the web page in which you are interested
2. Go to the "File" menu of the browser and chose "Save Page As..." In the "Save As" Dialog Box proceed as described for saving Images:
   1. In the "Save As" drop-down list, choose the folder and/or subfolder in which you want to save the image:
   2. n the "File Name" text box either accept the name already there or give the image a new name. NOTE: You must also include a file extension (typically the one already appended to the file)
3. Then look for the "Save as Type" drop-down box near the bottom and choose "Web Page, Complete

   

4. A copy of the Web Page with all the associated images and ads will have been saved to your hard drive.

1. Open the web page in which you are interested
2. Go to the "File" menu of the browser and chose "Save Page As..." In the "Save As" Dialog box, proceed as described above:
   1. In the "Save As" drop-down list, choose the folder and/or subfolder in which you want to save the image:
   2. n the "File Name" text box either accept the name already there or give the image a new name. NOTE: You must also include a file extension (typically the one already appended to the file)
3. Then look for the "Save as Type" drop-down box near the bottom and, this time, choose "Web Page, HTML only

   

4. A copy of the text on the Web Page without all the associated images and ads will have been saved to your hard drive.

1. Open the web page in which you are interested
2. Use your mouse to highlight just the part of the text you want to save.
3. Go to the "Edit" menu of the browser and choose "Copy" (or right-click on the highlighted area and choose "Copy" from the pop-up menu)
4. Open a word processor or a text editor and click on the blank document to create an insertion point (a blinking vertical line)
5. Go to the "Edit" menu of the word processor or text editor and choose "Paste." The portion of the text that you highlighted will be placed in the document and can now be saved on your hard drive,

This dialog box will also contain infomation on the name of the file you are downloading, its type and size, and the numerical address of the source web site. Depending upon the kind of file you are downloading, it may also contain the following warning:

"While files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially harm your computer. If you do not trust the source, do not run or save this software" This is followed by a link labeled "What is the Risk"

If you are not sure of what is going, click on the "What is the Risk" link for more information.

1. If you choose "Run," the file will be downloaded into your computer's memory and executed ("Run"). It will be saved on your hard dirve in a Temporary Folder. Use this option for software updates
2. If you choose "Save," the file will be downloaded and save on your computer's hard dirve in a location you choose. It will therefore be available to you if you ever want to access it again.
3. When you choose "Save," a new dialog box will open asking you to specify where and with name the file is to be saved. Start by using the drop-down list box labeled "Save In" to choose the location on your hard drive where the file should be saved. NOTE: It is important that you remember where the file was saved so that you can find it again. You should consider designating a special folder to hold all your downloaded files such as a folder named "Downloads" in "My Documents."

   

4. Then, in the drop-down list box labeled "File Name," enter the name you want the file to have (you will usually simply use the name provided by the source of the file).

   

5. When your choices have been made, click on the "Save" button.

   

6. The file will have been saved to the chosen location on your hard drive.

1. To download such files, first click on the download link and, when their contents are displayed on the screen, go to the File menu and choose "Save As"
2. Then proceed to choose a "Save In" location on your hard drive and a "File Name" for the saved file as described above.
3. When your choices have been made (AND REMEMBERED), click on the "Save" button

1. The size of the file (displayed in the "File Download" Dialog Box) is normally given in kilobytes (1000 bytes abbreviated as K or KB) or megabytes (1 million bytes appbrviated as M or MB).
2. The speed of your connection to the Internet (a direct phone connection is the slowest; cable and DSL are much faster)
3. Traffic conditions on the Internet (number of users active at any one time)

1. First, you must know the speed of your connection to the Internet
   1. A dial-up telephone connection usually has a speed of about 40 to 50 thousands bits per second. (Note that connection speeds are given in bits, not bytes. There are 8 bits in one byte.).
   2. So, under good Internet conditions, the best download rate for a dial-up connection is about 6 or 7 kilobytes per second (56 kilobits / 8 = 7 kilobytes). or about 360 to 400 kilobytes per minute.
   3. A typical cable or DSL connection will be 30 or 40 times faster (about 7 or 8 megabytes per minute).

2. The length of time for a download is determined by dividing the size of the file by the speed of the connection. Thus, under good Internet conditions on a standard dial-up conncection, a 1 megabyte file should take at least 143 seconds or 2 1/3 minutes to download (1,000,000 bytes to download at 7,000 bytes per second),
3. Of course, these ideal conditions are seldom met. As a rule of thumb, you should expect a download speed of about 3 1/2 or 4 minutes per 1 megabyte.
4. A typical cable, DSL or broadband satellite connection will be 20 or 30 times faster (about 8 to 10 seconds per megabyte).

1. If your executable file is of the first kind (containing just one file) it will open and begin to execute. You can proceed to the discussion of Installing the Downloaded File in Part VIII below.
2. If your executable file is a Self-Extracting file, when you activate it (by double-clicking or single-clicking and then clickin on the "Open" button, you will be presented with the now familiar "Save As" Dialog Box
3. Choose a location on your hard drive to save the files and click the "Save" button to have the action take place.
4. The program represented by the extracted files is now ready to be installed on your computer.

1. As always, start by opening the folder on the hard drive in which you saved the downloaded file.
2. Double-click the zipped file.
3. In the window that opens, click Extract all files.

   

   The Extraction Wizard opens.

   

4. Click Next.
5. In the Select a Destination panel, select the location where you want the folder to be placed, for example, a special folder you've created to hold your unzipped files named "Unzipped Files.". Click Next.

   

6. In the Extraction Complete panel, select Show extracted files. Check Finish. The unzipped files appear in a new window.

   

7. The program represented by the unzipped files is now ready to be installed on your computer.

1. We've learned how to find the downloadable files on the Internet (going to the store)
2. We've learned how to click on the download link on the web page (buying the item)
3. We've learned how to chose where to store it on our hard drive and how to name it (wrapping the gift)
4. We've learned how to save it to the hard drive (presenting it to the recipient)
5. We've learned how to extract or unzip the files within the download (unwrapping the present)

1. If it was a simple executable (.EXE) file, double-click on it (or single-click and then click 'Open")
2. If it was a self-extracting executable (.EXE) file, browse to the folder in which you placed the extracted contents (in Part VII above) then find a file with the extension (.EXE) and double-click on it (or single-click and then click "Open")
3. If it was a zipped (.ZIP) file, browse to the folder in which you placed the extracted contents (in Part VII above) then find a file with the extension (.EXE) and double-click on it (or single-click and then click "Open")