Dummies 101: Netscape Navigator

By Margaret Levine Young and Hy Bender.
November 1996, 270 pages, US$24.95. C$34.95, £23.99, ISBN 0-7645-0034-1.

Netscape Navigator is the coolest Web browser around. If you want to learn its ins and outs, including how to use the Netscape Mail window, how to read Usenet newsgroups, and how to see multimedia stuff on the Web using Netscape plug-ins, this is the book for you!

In this book...

• Browse the World Wide Web using Netscape
• Upgrade from previous versions of Netscape
• Find Web pages that interest you using Yahoo!, AltaVista, and other Web directories
• Test your e-mail using the Netscape Mail window
• Install Netscape plug-ins from the CD-ROM that comes with the book, including 3D virtual reality, sound, video, and other cool plug-ins

Table of Contents

Part I: Browsing the World Wide Web
Unit 1: Setting Started with Netscape Navigator
Unit 2: Searching for Information on the Web
Unit 3: Saving Web Information and Downloading Files
Unit 4: Fine-Tuning the Browser

Part II: Reading E-mail and Usenet Newsgroups
Unit 5: Receiving and Sending E-mail
Unit 6: More Mail Moves
Unit 7: Joining Usenet Newsgroups

Part III: Multimedia, Plug-ins, and Creating Web Pages
Unit 8: Extending Netscape's Capabilities by Using Plug-ins
Unit 9: Creating Your Own Web Pages

Appendix A: Answers

Appendix B: Using the Programs on the Dummies 101 CD-ROM