Internet Explorer is too easy for words, right? You open the program, you type in a website or a search, boom. Your page appears, end of story. Not so fast. Internet Explorer is a great example of office programs that are used but not to their full potential. Features are never discovered and completely ignored. The only person who suffers from that? You. And the only person who can benefit from learning more? You. The ACTS Learning Center owner Steven Patterson explains how.
While you may not need to learn how to use Internet Explorer for its most basic and obvious function of actually searching for and viewing web pages, there is so much more to this program that you can asserting toward helping your business improve productivity and organization. Internet Explorer offers different organizational and presentation features. For example, it has an import/export tool. You can bring in data from outside applications to apply that to your internet settings – let’s say, for example, your boss has given you a list of websites in an Outlook e-mail that he wants you to research. You can import those websites into Internet Explorer so you can instantly reference them. Conversely, you can, for example, export the cookies, or the history and settings, of your internet use to a Word document so you can track the usage of different websites in an ongoing report.
Internet also offers several methods of communications. Of course, there are e-mail servers you can pull up as you would a website – which is another great use for the import/export tool, since you can transfer contacts from Outlook to another server and vice versa. You can also e-mail pages you find to contacts right from that page, so if you happen to find a page that supports a theory you’re operating on in a new budget plan, you can send that page to your client. There is also a “discussion” feature, in which you can connect with clients or co-workers to discuss a page you can all view on your own computers. This is accomplished by setting up a server your contacts can log in to in order to have the discussion.
Beyond organizational, presentational, and communicative features, it is also important to know safety procedures for Internet Explorer, especially when you are dealing with an entire company sharing a server and data. You need to know how to protect data and certain web pages, how to block pop ups and advertisements, how to monitor and track web site visitation history, and how to protect against viruses. There is certain software you can install to ward off viruses, and it can be a bit more complicated than just installing a CD. A class can help you decide the best software for your type of business and what you use the internet for, and then it will help you install it and implement it into your system.
There is also a lot of customization you can do with Internet Explorer, and you can really make the browser fit your business’ needs. You can basically take the standard and necessary commands (Stop, Reload, Home, Search), and build a toolbar based on what your employees or co-workers need to do on the internet browser. When you think of the options on the internet itself, they really are endless. So, you should be able to use all that information in different ways to benefit your career and/or your company. A class can quickly train you in all of Internet Explorer’s features and commands, as well as its protections plans.
