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Microsoft edge makes browsing the web
fast and easy in this video we'll talk
about the basics of browsing such as
navigating to a website opening windows
and tabs viewing your history and
downloading files to visit a website
find and click on the address bar
unlike other browsers it will appear
near the middle of the page at first but
it works the same way type in a web
address and press enter your website
will then appear in order to search the
web for information you want click again
on the address bar and type in a search
term as you type related searches will
appear you can either click on one of
these suggestions or you can press ENTER
a list of search results will appear and
you can click on one to check it out
there are three main buttons used for
navigation the back button and the
forward button allow you to move through
pages you've recently viewed the refresh
button will reload the current page use
the refresh button if a website stops
working or if you want to see if a page
has been updated since you initially
visited it tabs allow you to have
multiple web pages open in the same
window to open a new tab click the plus
sign and use it to visit any website you
like
to see a different tab click on the one
you wish to view close a tab by clicking
the X on the right when you find a link
on a website you can view it in a new
tab by right-clicking it then selecting
open and new tab feel free to open as
many as you'd like and you can move them
by clicking and dragging one to the
desired position then releasing the
mouse button you can even pull one to a
new window of its own just click and
drag it out of the browser window then
release the mouse it will then appear in
its own window if you found a file on
the web that you want to save to your
computer you can download the file by
clicking on the link and it may download
automatically however if it doesn't
download automatically you can right
click on it and select save target as
when the dialog box opens select the
location where you want to save the file
enter a file name
then click Save to begin downloading the
download progress will appear at the
bottom of the browser and when it's
finished downloading click open
to access your downloads click the hub
button then select the Downloads button
click on a file to open it or click the
X to remove that file from your download
list
every website you visit is remembered in
a record known as your browsing history
and you can view it while still in the
hub menu by clicking the history button
your history is organized by timeframes
and you can click on the arrows to
shrink or expand the contents of a time
frame to return to a website simply
click on it and those are the basics of
edge navigation
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