A. Browsing Bar:

The standard buttons are the ones that normally users use the most while searching the web. They are mainly, Back, Forward, Stop, Refresh, and Home.

Back:

It will take the user to the previous document that he/she was working on.

Forward:

This button (icon) gets activated only when the user uses the Back button. When surfing through the net if the user has used the Back button, and if he/she wishes to go back to the latest page(s), he/she can simply use the Forward button.

Stop:

There are times when it take a long time for a page to be downloaded on to the browser. In such cases, the user can simply press the Stop button (icon) and it will stop downloading the page on to the browser.

Refresh:

There are many scenarios when this button (icon) can be used. Mainly, by pressing Refresh, the user can simply download the updated page on to the browser.

Home:

This button (icon) will simply take the users to their default set url homepage.

Change Default Home:

To change default home page click on My VIP Preferences on top of the browser, and select Home Page option from the drop down menu. Click on the checkbox in the Home Page Settings dialog box to check it off, and you will see the textbox will be activated. Delete the URL address appears there and type the new URL as the default.

B. Search Bar:

There's something on the Web for everyone: There are millions of sites on the Web. How do you find the ones you're interested in?

Well, if you were trying to find a book in a library, you'd either search in the card catalog for certain keywords (such as an author's name or a subject), or you'd just go to a section you were interested in and start browsing. To find what you're looking for on the Web, you do the same thing.

On VIP PowerNet's browser, you'll see a "Search" tool, as well as a list of VIP PowerNet Channels organized into sections like those in a library.

Here's how to search the Web: To use the search tool, just type in a word or phrase about the subject you're interested in and click the "" button. After a few seconds, your computer will show you a Web page containing any links it found that are related to the topic you searched for. (If it found more than 10 links, it will show you the first 10 and then a link at the bottom of the screen to bring up the next 10.)

You can improve your search results by being specific. For example, if you want to find Web sites about buying a new computer, you're better off searching for "buying computers" than just for "computers."

As with clicking on links, don't be shy about running searches. If you don't like the results of a search, you can always type another word in the search box and try again.

VIP PowerNet offers an invaluable feature of searching which is already built in the browser. There will be times when you want to do search on certain topics. Normally, you have to go to your favorite search engine's Web site and then do the search from there. But, now with VIP PowerNet's browser you don't have to go anywhere to do the searches. You can just type in your search word in the search text box next to the URL bar, and select your favorite search engine by clicking on the down arrowicon right next to the search text box. After that just click on the eye iconnext to the down arrow icon. It will directly perform the searches using that search engine. This will save a lot of time on your side, and it is also very convenient.

C. Favorites:

Favorite is a list of your favorite Web pages - the ones you want to revisit. While you are online, you will find places on VIP PowerNet and on the World Wide Web that you like, and you may want to return to them in the future. VIP PowerNet has made it easy for you to do this. You can quickly and easily access your favorite Web pages, when you add a Web page to your favorite list.

Favorite Places Folder

If you look up at your tool bar, there is an icon called "Favorites". Click on the icon, and you will see a drop down menu with an option called "Organize Favorites". This is your Favorite Places Folder. It holds all of the places you want to save and go back again. These Favorite Places will be stored in this folder on your computer, so will not be available when you access your VIP PowerNet's account from a friend's or other computer.

Saving Your Favorite Places

In order to save to your favorite places, all you need to do is click on the "Favorites" icon on the top of the browser. It will present you with options in a drop down menu. Then click on "Add to Favorites…" option, and you will see a dialog box pop up in front of the screen. You have an option of renaming the favorite page by typing the name in the first text box or you can leave the default name, and then click on "OK"

You can also create folders and save the favorites into those folders. You can do this by clicking on the "New Folder" icon in the "Add to Favorites" dialog box and then you can type the name of the folder in the text box and then hit "OK". Now you can see your folder in the "Add to Favorites" dialog box. So now when you save the page, just select the folder you want your favorite in and then click "OK".

Organizing Your Favorites

It is very necessary to organize your favorites, so you can easily modify them later on as per your needs. You can do 3 different things when organizing your favorites. You can delete, rename, or move the favorite to another folder.

Firstly, in order to delete the favorite, you have to go into the "Organize Favorites…" dialog box (Click on "Favorites" icon on the top of the browser, and then click on "Organize Favorites…"). Then select the favorite you want to delete and click on "Delete" icon, then hit "Close".

Secondly, you can rename the favorite by selecting the favorite and clicking on the "Rename" icon. You will see a white text box will surround the favorite you selected with the cursor blinking at the end. Then just hit "Delete" key on your keyboard and enter another name for the favorite and then hit "Enter" key on your keyboard. Now, click on "Favorites" icon and you will be able to see your renamed favorite at the bottom of the drop down menu.

Finally, you can move you favorites to another folder if you want to. You can go to "Organize Favorites" dialog box and select the favorite you want to move and click on "Move to Folder" icon. It will present you with another dialog box named "Move to Folder". You can select the folder you want the favorite to move into, and then click on "OK", and close all the dialog boxes. To access your moved favorite, go to "Organize Favorites" dialog box and go to the folder you wanted the favorite to be in, you will see the favorite in that folder.

Importing Internet Explorer Favorites

VIP PowerNet offers its users to import their Internet Explorer favorites into the VIP PowerNet browser. Click on "Favorites" icon and then click on "Import IE Favorites…" All the favorites will be automatically imported from Internet Explorer to the VIP PowerNet's browser. You can access them by clicking on "Favorites" icon again and you will see the option named "IE Favorites". All your IE favorites will be presented in the drop down menu.

D. Menu Options:

File

When clicked on File icon, it provides you with the following options.

New

New, mainly, have two options of opening new browser window as following.

Current

Current will open up a new browser window with the same web site as the parent browser window has.

Open

This gives you the option of opening any file(s) saved on computer. When clicked on Open, it pops up with an "Open" window, which allows you to select any file and open it.

Save As

This gives you the option of saving any Internet based document on a computer.

Page Setup

This gives you the option of modifying the printer settings in order to print the Internet based document as per your needs. For example, you can choose to print the document either in portrait or landscape style. You can also choose the size of the paper, and the specific printer you want to print from.

Print

This option will let you print any Internet based document that you are viewing in the browser window.

Work Offline

If you are not working online, then you can just click on this option and it will put you offline. Look at the status at the bottom of the browser window. There should be a red button displaying "Off" text next to the red button.

Close

This option will close the current browser window.

Edit

This will provide you with the following options

Cut

This option will remove the text from a document. You can do so by selecting (Highlighting) the information you want to remove from the document, click the edit menu and then click on cut (CTRL + X)

Copy

This option will copy information from a web page into a document. You can do so by selecting (Highlighting) the information you want to copy, click the edit menu and then click on copy (CTRL + C)

Paste

This option will paste information from a clip board on to a document, you can do so by selecting (Highlighting) the area into the document, where you want to paste the copied information (place the curser), click the edit menu, and then click paste (CTRL + V).

Select All

This option will select the whole document that you are viewing on the current browser window.

Find On This Page

This option will find the word(s) that you are looking for in the current browser window.

View

This will provide you with following options.

Status Bar

When you click on this option it will remove the status bar from the bottom of the browser. If you click again on this option it will bring the status bar back at the bottom of the browser.

Tool Bar

When you click on this option it will remove the tool bar from the top of the browser. If you click again on this option it will bring the tool bar back at the top of the browser.

Fonts

This option will provide you with all the different sizes of fonts ranging from Largest to Smallest.

Stop (Esc)

There are times when it takes a long time for a page to be downloaded on to the browser. In such cases, the user can simply press the Stop button (icon) and it will stop downloading the page on to the browser.

Refresh (F5)

There are many scenarios when this button (icon) can be used. Mainly, by pressing Refresh, the user can simply download the updated page on to the browser.

Source

When clicked on this, it will show you the code for the current web page.

Full Screen

This will remove the address bar, tool bar, and status bar from the browser window, which will give more space to view the current web page.

Control Panel

This will pop up the control panel window in front of the browser.

Go

Back

It will take you to the previous document that you were working on.

Forward

This button (icon) gets activated only when you use the Back button. When surfing through the net if you have used the Back button, and if you wish to go back to the latest page(s), you can simply use the Forward button.

Home Page

This button (icon) will simply take you to your default set URL homepage.

Search the Web (F3 or CTRL + I)

This will pop up the window in which you will be able to type the URL for the web site that you want to surf to.
In the second text box you can type in the phrase, word or combination of both to perform a search, and once you have entered the information in the text window simply click on search button and select the search engine from the given list.

About Browser

This will provide you with the information about the version of the VIP PowerNet browser. It will also have two buttons, Update and OK. When clicked on Update it will automatically perform the search for the new update and it will update your version if there is any update, else you can simply click on OK to go back to the browser window you were working on.

Sign Off

When you click on this, it will prompt you whether you want to sign off or not.

E. Control Panel

Home Page:
See details above in standard browsing buttons.

E-mail Settings:
When clicked on E-mail Settings it pops-up with a window containing three options of formatting the mail box.

i.) Leave a copy of Message on Server
If Checked, this will leave a copy of the e-mail(s), on the server after reading the e-mail(s).

ii.) Plain Text:
If Checked, it will appear as more readable text in the mail.

Enhanced Browsing Options:

VIP PowerNet offers a unique Tool bar feature for its users from which they can simply select viewing options of:

Text Only - Only shows the Text on the Tool Bar.
Icon Only - Only shows the Icons on the Tool Bar.
Text and Icon - Shows both Text and Icons on the Tool Bar.

To access this feature:

Click on CP, in the bottom right corner of the Browser Then click on Enhanced Browsing Options, and then select one of the option and click on OK.

Configure New Account:

VIP PowerNet provides its users with a unique feature of Configuring new account(s). There are instances when user(s) will be using his/her VIP PowerNet account from more than one place, for example Home/ Office/Laptop. In such cases this feature is useful for allowing them to add their user name(s) in the Sign On screen.

To access this feature: Click on CP, in the bottom right corner of the Browser, Then click on Configure New Account, and enter your username and password and click on OK.

F. History Options

Click on the History icon at the bottom right corner of the browser. A small dialog box will pop-up in front of the screen with several options. Just select the ones you want, whether you want to clear history pages or temporary Internet files, and hit OK.