Reference Guide

178 Accessing the Internet
5 Click Always open pop-ups in a new tab .
This action ensures that advertisements open in the web browser you are
currently using without redirecting your to a new address.
6 In the Open links from other programs section, click A new tab in the
current window
. This action opens hyperlinks in a new tab without
opening a new browser.
Using Accessibility Options for Visual Impairments
If you have a visual impairment, the accessibility menu can be used to
override individual web page settings to ignore certain colors and fonts on
specified web pages.
Click on any of the radio buttons to enable the accessibility features, or use
the more advanced style-sheet feature, which allows a pre-formatted style
sheet to be used for all web pages.
Internet Security and Privacy
Increasing Security for Your Computer While Accessing the Internet
Your Internet security can be increased, but you lose the ability to see all the
functions that are available. However, if you lower the Internet security
settings to see everything, you risk the security of your computer.
1
Click Start → Control Panel → Network and Internet Connections→
Internet Options .
2 Open the Security tab.
3 While the Internet icon is highlighted, use the vertical slide bar in the
security level for this zone to increase or decrease the security for Internet
websites.
Clicking any of the other icons on the Security page will open additional
security options.
1
Click Sites under either of these headings and add the sites that you trust
or want to restrict.
• Trusted sites can be added to a list so that information from those
sites will be considered secure.