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Some Tips for Surfing

Using an Internet Cafe

Practise using computers and the internet at an internet cafe. Münchener VHS has a FREE internet cafe (only for Teilnehmer or Teachers) at Schwanthalerstr. 2. Most internet cafes charge about 3 DM for 15 minutes.

Which sort of email address is the best?

Get yourself a free email address that does all three: POP3, forwarding and web-based (like Yahoo).

Copying and Pasting Text

Use these key commands to copy and paste text or URLs:
  1. Highlight the text that you want to copy.
    1. Click mouse button 1 to set your start point
    2. Hold down the Shift key and click button 1 to set the end point.
  2. Copy the highlighted text by holding down the Control (Strg) key and clicking on the c key.
  3. Paste the copied text by positioning the cursor, holding down the Control (Strg) key and clicking on the v key.

Surfing Cheaply

When you surf in the internet, you can save a lot of expensive online time by looking at the pages later when you are offline. Make sure you load each page completely (it says "Done" in the bottom of the window frame) and then go offline (Trennen). Later you can click on History, and choose View: By Order Visited Today from the pulldown menu. The last page you loaded is listed at the top of the history window. Click on the page. If a dialog box appears, choose Stay Offline

What should I do if I get a virus warning email?

Almost all virus warnings are hoaxes (= the warning is not true)! Send email to the teacher 1