Change a Web Browser's Home Page

When you start a Web browser, a Web page is displayed. You can change the page that appears when you start a Web browser or when you click the Home button on the browser toolbar by completing the following steps:

1. With the browser running, navigate to the Web page you would

like to make your Home page.

2. Click the Tools button arrow and then click Internet Options to display the Internet Options dialog box

3. Click the Use current button.

4. Click the OK button in the Internet Options dialog box.

When you start the browser or click the Home button on the browser toolbar, the selected Web page will be displayed.

Exercise

1. Start your Web browser. Write down the address of the browser's current

home page. Then, change the browser's home page to www.cnn.com. Close

the browser.

2. Start your Web browser. What is the lead story on cnn.com? Use links on the page to view several stories. Which story do you find most interesting?

Click the Home button on the browser toolbar. What happened? Submit these answers to your instructor.

3. Change the browser's home page to your school's home page. Click the

Home button on the browser toolbar. Click the Calendar or Events link,

and then locate two campus events of which you were unaware. Report these two campus events to your instructor.

4. Change the browser's home page back to the address you wrote down in Step 1.