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If you are new to the internet, navigating websites may be confusing at first. Here are some brief explanations to help get you started.

Common Terms
Getting Around
Entering Data
Pop-Up Blocker Software
Other Questions

Common Terms

Here are some common words you'll see:

Browser: A browser is a "window" that allows you to view web pages. Examples of browsers include Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

Click: When you're asked to "click," you need to position your mouse on a designated spot on your computer screen and press the left button on your mouse.

Navigation bar: A navigation bar is a stripe that runs along the top of the page or along the side. Within the navigation bar you'll find connections or buttons, called hyperlinks, to pages within the website.

Home page: A home page is the first page in a website or in a section of a website. It's an introductory page that contains buttons and/or words that connect you to other pages within the site. When you want to go to the home page in this website, look for the words "home" on the top of the screen or on the side navigation bar and click on them.

Blog: Blog is short for "web log." A web log is a journal (or newsletter) that is updated frequently and is intended for a general audience. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or owner of the website.

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Getting Around

There are several key ways to get around, or "navigate," a website:

Scroll Bars: To move vertically through all the information on a page, use the scroll bar on the right-hand side of your screen. To see more on a page, you can use your mouse to either click the arrowheads or drag the box on the scroll bar.

Buttons: Throughout the site, you can use the back and forward buttons supplied by your browser (typically located at the top-left of your browser window) to navigate through screens you've already seen. These buttons generally look like this:

Hyperlinks: To jump from one page to the next, click on a hyperlink. In general, text hyperlinks are easy to spot because they are underlined and/or in a contrasting color (like this). Graphic hyperlinks won't necessarily be an unusual color, but they will usually provide a clue that they are links. For example, they may look like buttons, or say "Enter" or "Click Here." The final clue for finding hyperlinks: They will turn your cursor into a hand (pictured below) when your mouse runs over them.

	Radio buttons are used when you must choose one of two or more options. Just click on the button next to the option you want.
	Check boxes are used when you can choose one or multiple options. Again, just click on the box next to the option you want.
	When you see a data-entry field, like this, click on the box, then type in the requested text or value.
	Drop-down menus contain a list of available options. Just click on the down arrow to display all options, and click on one to select it.

Pop-Up Blocker Software

Throughout PfizerPlus.com, we provide links to other related websites. When you click on one of these links, the site will open in a new window. If you have a pop-up blocker on your computer, it might not allow these new windows to open. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your web browser, you will know when this happens because a message will appear in a yellow box at the top of your screen. Simply click on that box and options will appear. Select the option "always allow pop-ups from this site."

Other third party pop-up blockers (Yahoo!, Google Toolbar, etc.) also have this feature and a means to disable them for specific websites.

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Other Questions

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