This section includes the following topics:

• Opening WWW Documents
• Following Links to Other Documents
• Browsing Documents

If you know the URL of a document you want to open, you can open it in two ways:

• Enter the complete URL in the URL field and press Enter.
• Click the Open URL toolbar button or choose Open URL from the File menu. The Open URL dialog box appears. Enter the URL in the Enter URL field. Click the OK button or press Enter.

For example, to open the Cisco Systems home page at www.cisco.com:

1. Click the Open URL toolbar button or choose Open URL from the File menu.

   The Open URL dialog appears.

   

2. Enter http://www.cisco.com in the Enter URL field.
3. Click the OK button or press Enter.

To open WWW documents on WWW servers, you need to have access to the Internet or a local WWW server. If your access to the Internet is restricted by a firewall router that includes a proxy server, then you need to set up Enhanced Mosaic to also use the proxy server (ask your network administrator). Refer to "Using Proxy Servers" on page 291 for information on configuring Enhanced Mosaic for use with proxy servers.

Graphic images are typically large files that slow the process of loading documents. Enhanced Mosaic allows you to disable automatically loading images until you request them. This dramatically improves the performance of Enhanced Mosaic. To disable automatic loading of images, refer to "Improving Performance" on page 294.

To stop Enhanced Mosaic from loading a document, click the Stop toolbar button. This button is available only while Enhanced Mosaic is loading documents. To reload a document, click the Reload toolbar button or choose Reload from the Navigate menu.

Opening Local Documents

Enhanced Mosaic lets you open local files even if you are not connected to a host. You can open a local file in two ways:

• Enter file:// followed by the path and file name in the URL field and press Enter.
• Click the Open Local toolbar button or choose Open Local from the File menu. Enter the file name in the File name field, or choose the file name from the file and directory lists. Click the OK button or press Enter.

For example, to open Enhanced Mosaic home page at INITIAL.HTM:

1. Click the Open Local toolbar button or choose Open Local from the File menu.

   The Open Local dialog box appears.

   

2. Select the installation directory as you normally would in the version of Windows you are using.
3. Select INITIAL.HTM.
4. Click the Open button or press Enter.

To follow links to other documents, click the highlighted text or graphics describing the document you want. The document automatically loads.

Browsing Documents

After you view a few documents, you can easily move between the documents using the Forward and Back buttons on the Navigation bar, or with the Forward and Back commands from the Navigate menu. You will notice that the Forward button is grayed until you select the Back button.

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