Whether you’re searching for new information or browsing your favorite Web sites, the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Web browser helps you make the most of the World Wide Web. To learn more about what you can do with Internet Explorer, click a topic in the table of contents. To find out about new features, see What’s new in Internet Explorer 5.
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What’s new in Internet Explorer 5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 includes these new features to make browsing and searching the Web easier than ever.
- Auction Manager Easily track the status of online
auctions. The Auction Manager can monitor an auction and notify you if your bid is no longer the highest bid or if the bidding is about to end.
- Internet Scrapbook Collect Web pages, such as news
articles and e-commerce receipts, for future reference. The Internet Scrapbook
provides a snapshot in time, so even if a Web page changes, you still have a record of the
page.
- Customizable toolbars Change the appearance of toolbars. Choose which buttons you want to appear, or select a predefined set. You can also specify the toolbar color.
- Search Assistant Find information on the Internet more easily than ever. Now you can specify the category of information you’re looking for, and then let the Search Assistant select and use the best search sites for finding that type of information.
- Show related links Find similar Web pages quickly. Without doing a search, you can find Web pages related to the one you’re currently viewing.
- Resolution setting Unlock Web pages with text that was
previously too small to read on the Macintosh. Internet Explorer
automatically displays Web pages at 96 dpi (the standard resolution setting
for Web sites created on Windows-based computers), so they are easy to read
on the Macintosh. You can also choose to view pages at the standard
Macintosh display resolution of 72 dpi, or any other display resolution you
prefer.
- Preferred language option View pages in the language you want. For Web sites that offer their content in several languages, you can have Internet Explorer display pages in your preferred language, according to the priority you specify.
- Tasman rendering engine Experience faster and better page display. Internet Explorer 5 supports the latest Web and Internet standards, including HTML 4.0, XML 1.0, CSS
1.0, DOM 1.0, and PNG (Portable Network Graphic) 1.0.
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Additional support options
About the Auction Manager
About Internet Scrapbook
About customizing toolbars
Using the Search Assistant
Finding similar Web pages
Changing the resolution setting
Specifying your preferred language

Use Help
You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer Help to learn about Internet Explorer.
- To browse Help topics by category, click a category in the table of contents to the left. A list of related topics appears beneath the category you clicked. When you find the topic you’re looking for, click the title to display the topic.
- To view a list of index entries for Help topic titles and subjects, click Index in the table of contents. When you find the entry you’re looking for, click it to display the topic.
- To find definitions of terms used in Internet Explorer Help, click Glossary in the table of contents.
- To return to a Help topic you’ve seen, click Back.
- To print a Help topic, click anywhere in the Help topic, and then click Print on the File menu.
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Internet Explorer Help uses
scripting, pictures, frames, and style sheets. To show these elements, click Preferences on the Edit
menu. Under Web Browser, click Web Content, and then select the
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Previewing a Web page before printing
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Showing or hiding page elements

Additional support options
If you have a question about using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, or if you would like to report a problem or make a suggestion, you have several options:
- Read the Internet Explorer 5 Read Me file You can find late-breaking or other information in the Read Me file located in the Internet Explorer 5 folder on your hard disk.
- Visit the Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition Web site Get the latest tips, updates, and news from the
Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition Web site.
- Join the Microsoft Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition newsgroup Interact with other users of Internet Explorer by joining the newsgroup, available from the Microsoft news server (microsoft.public.inetexplorer.mac).
- Contact Microsoft Technical Support Microsoft offers technical support and services, including self-help tools and assistance from a Microsoft Technical Engineer. For more information about technical support options, see the Support file in the Internet Explorer 5 folder on your hard disk.
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