Saving the Information you Find One of the most popular uses of the Web is to save documents or files for later use or reference. This can be done in one of several ways, depending on the type of file and what you want to do with it. This will bring up the Save As dialog box, which should be familiar to you from other Windows applications. F ile, P rint. Downloading files To download a file simply means to transfer a copy of it from a remote computer to your computer.
Many files are available for downloading on the Internet, using a Web browser.
In Netscape, the easiest way to download a file is to simultaneously press the Shift key while clicking the mouse once on the link. Be sure to remember which directory it was downloaded to. Other Tips for Using the Web Copying text from a Web page Text on a Web page can be selected and then copied and pasted into another document, such as a word processor document. This has many practical uses. Because Internet addresses are often so lengthy, it's worthwhile to avoid manually retyping them if possible.