'How to' Download Handouts from the Internet

The following is a step-by-step 'how to' for downloading a file. When you are downloading, you are transferring a file from another computer to your computer.

A file from the Beginners Kaffee Klatch Handout Web page is used here as an example of how to download to your Desktop. This 'how to' applies to all files downloaded from any of the Club's Web sites. You can choose to download files to places other than the Desktop.

SCSCC handout files are in PDF format. In order to open a PDF file, you need a program called Adobe Reader. A step-by-step 'how to' for installing Adobe Reader is in the online edition of The Gigabyte Gazette.

In these instructions, click refers to a left-click and double-click refers to a double left-click.

  1. Connect to the Internet through your Web browser. In the Address, Location or AOL box, type: www.scscc.com/bkk Then, press the <Enter> key on your keyboard.

  2. On the Beginners Kaffee Klatch Handout Web page, move your mouse pointer to the title of the file that you want to download. The mouse pointer changes into a hand. For Internet Explorer or AOL, right-click the title of the file. A context menu appears. From the context menu, click Save Target As. The Save As dialog box opens.
    For Netscape, hold down the shift key and click the title of the file to open the Save As dialog box.

  3. In the Save in: box, display the location where you want to download the file. To do this, click the down-arrow at the end of the Save in: box. A drop-down menu appears. Click Desktop and that location will now be displayed in the Save in: box. (Note: You do not need to change anything that appears in the File name: box or the Save as type: box.)

  4. Click the Save button in the lower right-hand corner of the Save As dialog box. The selected file will now download to your Desktop.

  5. The Download complete window opens; click Close. (Depending on your settings, this step may happen automatically.)

  6. Close the Beginners Kaffee Klatch Handout Web page.

  7. The downloaded file appears on your Desktop. Before you open the file, double-check for viruses. If you use Norton AntiVirus, right-click the file. A context menu appears; click Scan with Norton AntiVirus.

  8. When the virus scan completes, click OK.

  9. Double-click the downloaded icon on your Desktop and the file will open.

This procedure can be used to download any files from any Internet Web site.

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