How to Use this Book

You can't be all things to all people, right? So, we've struggled to do the next best thing as it relates to our readers' varying degrees of Internet proficiency. Everyone's level of understanding and experience is different. For this reason, we've tried to organize our chapters along the lines of experience levels. This is clearly a subjective call on our part, but under the circumstances, we took our best shot. 

In the Table of Contents, there is a 'star-rating' beside each Chapter heading. We've grouped our Chapter topics to accommodate different expertise levels (we hope).

TOPIC LEGEND Basic Intermediate Advanced
Basics Covered in Detail Intermediate Experience Level All Other Egotistical Power Users
NOTE: You will do yourself serious injustice if you dismiss a Chapter just because you are an experienced user, there is good stuff on EVERY page, and you've probably forgotten some of the real gems anyhow.

The Internet is the realm of hyperlinks. Hyperlinks connect us to a Web sites or another programs or processes located thousands of miles away. The power of hyperlinking information extends much further (and much closer) than just the Internet.

The Internet Book contains thousands of hyperlinks. Clicking on any of these links will propel you to the specified location in this book or on the Internet. 

To return to the page that you were reading before you clicked on a hyperlink, use the back arrow on your browser or the back arrow at the bottom of each page. 
For the sake of easy identification, hyperlinked words or phrases in this book are identified with blue, underlined text.

As a further convenience, the glossary section of this book is also interactive. Internet terms and concepts appear as hyperlinks. To link to the interactive glossary, left-click on the blue underlined word or phrase such as “hyperlink”.

Late-breaking stories

Breaking News Stories

In every chapter, you will see news story headlines that pertain to the subject being discussed. These late-breaking stories are updated as they happen in real-time. Click on any headline to read the full story.

(You must be online to receive real-time headlines)

Online Resources

Whenever you see the “Poor Richard” (on this computer forerunner), we provide links to online resources or supporting documentation for the subject being discussed.  Wherever possible we will provide additional examples, or supplementary instructions that more fully illustrate our comments or demonstrate a process. 

Tips and Tricks

  • The NetTip image indicates that information located beside it is considered an important Internet tip or technique.

To begin your journey, visit the Table of Contents.

Table of Contents

Glossary