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The Basics
Getting Started with Quarterdeck Mosaic
In this chapter you will learn:
t	How to start and exit Quarterdeck Mosaic.
t	How to effectively use the components of the program.
t	How to navigate the World Wide Web.
t	How to perform common tasks using the mouse, pull-down menus, or keyboard commands.
Starting Quarterdeck Mosaic
To start Quarterdeck Mosaic:
 u 	If you are using Windows 95, display the Start menu, then select Programs, Quarterdeck InternetSuite, and finally Quarterdeck Mosaic.
 u 	If you are using Windows 3.1, 3.11 or NT, double-click the Quarterdeck Mosaic icon in the Quarterdeck InternetSuite Program Group.

Throughout this manual and your explorations of the Web, you will see the term URL. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locatorthe Internet "address" of a particular document. Quarterdeck Mosaic uses URLs to find documents on the Internet. 
Components of Quarterdeck Mosaic
To take full advantage of Quarterdeck Mosaic's many features, you should understand how the various components of the program (and the World Wide Web) work. Let's take a look at them now.

Figure 1: Quarterdeck Mosaic Display
ToolbarThe Toolbar is a row of buttons that give you quick access to frequently performed tasks. You can perform any of the actions detailed below by clicking on the appropriate Toolbar button. These options are also available on the pull-down menus at the top of the display.
Table 1: Toolbar  

Returns you to the document designated as your Home Page. 

Navigates backward to the document that brought you to the current document. If no previous document was loaded, the Back button does not function.

After moving backward through documents in a browser window, the Forward button allows you to once again move forward through those same documents.  The Forward button functions only if you have previously navigated backward in the window.

Allows you to open a document by typing in its URL (Uniform Resource Locator.)  

Toggles the display of the Archives pane containing the Global and Local History lists, Hotlists, and Link Tree. 

Stops the current download/read activity.

Saves the current document to the currently selected Hotlist.  

Instructs Quarterdeck Mosaic to retrieve a new copy of the current document.  This is useful when a document is frequently updated or when Quarterdeck Mosaic is unable to display one or more graphic images in the document.

Displays the Save As dialog box, allowing you to save the current document to a local drive.

Allows you to delete unwanted items from the Global or Local History or Hotlists.
You can configure the Toolbar to use any one of five styles of buttons: large icons with or without titles (text descriptions), small icons with or without titles, or titles only. You can change the style of the Toolbar buttons on the General Options page of the Preferences notebook or by right-clicking on an empty area of the Toolbar to display its pop-up menu, then selecting the style you prefer.
You can also move the Toolbar from its default location to another area of your screen by positioning the cursor over any non-button area of the Toolbar and dragging it to the new location. (The cursor is in the proper position for dragging when it changes to a hand.) You can anchor the Toolbar to the top, bottom, right or left side of the Quarterdeck Mosaic display or it can "float" over the program's display or your Windows desktop. To reattach the Toolbar to either the top or bottom of the display, place the cursor on the non-button area and drag into place. (When the Toolbar is in the correct position for docking, an outline appears along the border of the display.)
The Hotlist, Save, and Trash buttons are Windows "drop sites."  That is, you can perform the associated function on any document by dragging the document to the button and dropping it within the button's borders. 
Toolbar AnimationAt the right end of the Toolbar is a graphic image. When Quarterdeck Mosaic is communicating with a remote site or loading a document from your local drive, the image becomes animated. When the animation stops, the program is no longer performing network activity.
DesktopThe largest portion of Quarterdeck Mosaic's display is taken up by the desktop, a large, empty area in which documents are displayed.
Browser WindowsDocuments are displayed in standard, moveable, resizable, windows in the desktop area of the screen. Depending on the method you use to select a document, it will either be displayed in a new browser window or replace the contents of a window that is already open. Browser windows can be placed in a tiled or cascading arrangement or moved and resized to suit your personal preferences. Documents can also be maximized, in which case each document covers the entire Quarterdeck Mosaic desktop area.
Home PageDuring startup Quarterdeck Mosaic loads a file referred to as a Home Page (unless you specifically instruct it not to do so). A Home Page is a convenient starting point for your explorations. A local Home Page is a file that resides on your local hard drive. During installation a local Home Page is copied into the Quarterdeck Mosaic directory on your hard drive. By default this local file is displayed when the program starts. Alternately, you can instruct Quarterdeck Mosaic to display a different local document, a remote document (a file on another computer system), or to display no document at all. See "Load Home Page on Startup" on page 68.
URL FieldBy default, the URL (or network name) of each document is displayed at the top of the browser window. If you prefer to use this area to view more of your document, you can disable this feature.
URL HelperTo arrive at your desired location on the World Wide Web, you either click on a hypertext link within a document or provide your browser with a URL. Quarterdeck Mosaic's URL Helper assists you in creating "legal" URLs by providing a template from which you can work. The URL Helper guides you by showing you which pieces of information are required for the particular protocol you wish to use as well as by verifying that the information you enter uses the correct syntax. (The URL Helper cannot verify that the URL you enter is available, only that you "followed the rules", so to speak, when entering the address.)
The URL Helper is available on the Go To URL dialog box (which appears when you select Go To from the Toolbar or the Navigate menu) and the Open URL dialog box (displayed when you select Open from the File menu.) It also appears at the top of each browser window, unless you turn off this feature through the Preferences notebook. For more information on the URL Helper, See "URL Helper" on page 68.
ArchivesTo the left of the desktop is a tabbed notebook with four pages called the Archives pane. To display any page, click on its tab. (If the Archives is not visible on your display, click the Archives button on the Toolbar to toggle it on.) The Archives contain the following pages:
t	The Hotlists page lists all of your Hotlistscollections of URLs grouped into folders. Each hotlist is represented by a mini-folder icon with a text description to the right and a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to the left. By clicking on a plus sign you expand the contents of that folder, displaying the documents contained within it. When a hotlist opens, the plus sign changes to a minus sign, and clicking on any document within the folder causes it to be displayed within a browser window. Click the minus sign to contract the hotlist.
t	The Global History page list sites you have visited during a specified length of time.  (The length of time that sites remain in the Global History is specified in the Preferences Notebook.)  
t	The Local History page lists sites visited in the current browser window, and its contents change when you switch to another window. 
t	The Link Tree page shows links which are connected to the currently displayed document. 
Status BarAlong the bottom of the program display is the Status Bar. Quarterdeck Mosaic uses this area to keep you informed about tasks being performed. The left side of the Status Bar describes user activity while the right side details network activity, such as attempts to connect to sites or the transferring of documents. As you move the cursor around the display, the name of the file or URL at the current cursor position appears in the left portion of the Status Bar. As you retrieve documents, the progress of the transfer can be monitored in the right portion of the Status Bar. When a transfer completes, the message "Document Done" appears. If you prefer to use this area to view more of your document, you can disable the Status Bar.
Exploring Cyberspace: Taking That First Step
The best way to learn about the Weband about Quarterdeck Mosaicis to dive in and start exploring. To that end, we will travel to one of the sites listed in the preconfigured hotlists that were installed along with the program. In order to use the included Hotlists in this section, you must be connected to the Internet, rather than running on a local network.

The information in this section was accurate at the time our manual went to press.  Because the Web is constantly changing, the documents you see online may differ from one day to the next, and may appear different than those  shown in this guide.  If a particular document has changed, the actions described below can be used on most documents available on the Web.
1	If the Archives pane is not displayed at the left side of the screen, click the Archives button to toggle it on.
2	Click the Archives tab labeled Hotlists.
Your Hotlist folders are now displayed.

Figure 2: Hotlist Folders
3	From the folders displayed, select the Quarterdeck folder by clicking on the plus sign [+] in front of it.
Each document in the Quarterdeck folder is now shown as a mini-icon followed by a text description.
4	Click Tutorial Example to select it.
You will be connected to a page at Quarterdeck's Web site.
5	Click Encyclopedia Britannica to select it.
The Home Page of Britannica Online, a subscription service that allows you to search the entire body of information contained in the Encyclopedia Britannica, is displayed "full-screen" in the desktop area.  Britannica Online is an example of the many searchable databases that can be accessed via the Web.
6	Click the words Demo of Britannica Online which appear as blue, underlined text.
Congratulations! You are navigating the Web!
As you can see, moving from one location to another is easily accomplished by clicking on these underlined `links' that appear within documents. Each link is an instruction that tells your browser to jump to another location. That location might be another position in the same document, another document that resides on the same computer system, or a document that exists on a different computer. With a click of your mouse you can jump from a Web site in the United States to one in another country. The best part is that you do not have to concern yourself at all with the physical locations of these documents!
By default, URLs are shown in blue (if they have not been visited within a user-configured period of time) or purple, if they have. This is true of URLs in the Archives as well as those displayed within browser windows. You can configure the URLs to display in other colors on the Fonts page of the Preferences notebook.
Opening a Document in a New Window
Returning to our explorations, notice that the demo page has replaced the Puritanical Online Home Page in the browser area. If you prefer, you can open a new document in its own browser window rather than have it replace the current document. Quarterdeck Mosaic is capable of multitaskingperforming network activity in more than one window at a time. By displaying a document in a new window, you can download information into one window while working in another. Keep in mind that your window must be unmaximized or you will not be able to view other open browser windows.
1	Click the Maximize/Restore button in the upper right corner of the display. (This button, located at the right end of the menu bar, consists of up and down arrows.)
The Demo of Britannica Online document now appears in a window rather than full screen.  The next step opens a document in a new browser window.
2	Hold down the Control key and click the words Quick Demo.  Without releasing the mouse button, drag the link to an empty area of Quarterdeck Mosaic's desktop.
Notice that the words Quick Demo change into an icon of a piece of paper as you drag the link.
3	When the piece of paper is over an empty area, release the mouse button to drop the document on the desktop.
The new document is seen in a new browser window, with the previous window also visible on the screen.
4	Click Continue to jump to a page from which you can initiate a searchin this case, a search for articles regarding Elizabethan Literature.
If you were a subscriber to this database, you would be able to view any of the thousands of articles it contains and, if desired, save them to disk for future use.
5	Without closing the current browsers, open the Entertainment folder on the Hotlists page by clicking on its plus sign.
6	Now drag the Movies and Television icon from the Entertainment folder to an empty area of the desktop.
A list of databases involving movies and television opens in a new browser window.
7	Select the first entry, Cardiff's Movie Browser.
You now have Cardiff's Movie Browser and Britannica Online displayed in separate browser windows.  We suggest you leave these windows open as you read the next section.  In this way,  you can follow along and see for yourself how easy it is to revisit documents you have previously viewed within a browser window.
Retracing Your Steps: Using The Page Turners
Quarterdeck Mosaic provides a simple way for you to move backward and forward through documents that have been displayed in a particular browser window. When the initial document displayed in a window is replaced by a second document, an icon consisting of an arrow pointing to the left accompanied by the image of a page curled forward appears in the upper left corner of the document. If you click this Page Turner icon, you are returned to the previous document. After moving backward through a series of documents, a similar image (but with the page bent backward) appears in the upper right corner which allows you to move in a forward direction through documents that have appeared in this window.

Figure 3: Browser Window with Backward and Forward Page Turners Visible
Alternately, you can move backward or forward through the documents in a browser window by selecting Back and Forward from Toolbar or the Navigate menu.

You might want to use separate windows when you need to refer to one document while working with another.  However, your display can become cluttered and confusing if too many windows are open.
Returning to your Home Page
You can return directly to your designated Home Page at any time.  
To replace the contents of the current browser window with your Home Page:
 u 	Select Home from the Toolbar or the Navigate menu.
Canceling a Download
Occasionally you may want to stop a download before it completes. For instance, you may realize as a document is being displayed that you are not interested in viewing it, or a file may be larger than you expected, requiring more time to download than you are willing to invest.
To cancel a download:
 u 	Select Stop from the Toolbar or Stop Current Read from the Navigate menu.
The animation should stop within a few seconds.

If you click a second URL before Quarterdeck Mosaic has finished retrieving the first, the first transfer is halted and the second document is retrieved.
You have seen how easy it is to navigate the Web by selecting items from the pages of the Archives and displaying them in one or more browser windows as well as by following links on HTML documents. In the next chapter we will take a closer look at the four pages in the Archives notebook and explain how you can use the information on these pages to navigate the Web.
Mouse, Menus, or Keyboard? 
Quarterdeck Mosaic allows you to retrieve, view, save, and print documents using a few simple techniques.  You need not be concerned whether the URL has been previously displayed (in which case it appears in purple text rather than blue) or whether it is listed in the Archives or in a browser window.  All URLs, regardless of their location on your screen, can be manipulated as follows:
Drag and Drop
t	You can drag any item to one of the Toolbar buttons that functions as a Windows drop-site. (Drop-sites include the Hotlist, Save, and Trash buttons.)
t	You can drag URLs from the pages of the Archives to the desktop area in order to view the documents in browser windows or drag documents (and links within documents) to the Archives to save them in a Hotlist.

If you drop a URL on an open browser window, the new document replaces the contents of that window.  If you drop it on an empty area of the desktop,  the document opens in a new window.
Pop-Up Menus
t	You can right click any item to display a pop-up menu and, from this menu, select the appropriate command.
Pull-Down Menus
t	You can use the pull-down menus on the menu bar to perform actions which affect the current browser window.
Keyboard Commands
t	If you prefer, you can use keyboard commands to perform tasks within Quarterdeck Mosaic. For detailed information on keyboard alternatives, refer to the online help.
Toolbar Button Drop-Sites
The Save button on the Toolbar provides a quick means of saving a document.   If you drag a document from a browser window to this button, the document is saved to disk. If you drag a URL from the Archives to the buttons, Quarterdeck Mosaic will first retrieve the document (from a remote system, if necessary) and then save it. If you click the button with the mouse, the current document is saved.
By clicking the Hotlist button, you can instantly save the URL of the current document to a Hotlist. If an item is dropped on the Hotlist button, that item is saved to the Hotlist you have specified as the "current" one. 

For information on specifying a Current Hotlist, See "Hotlist Menu" on page 62.
Finally, the Trash button on the Toolbar is used to prune the pages of the Archives. When you want to remove URLs from the History pages or from a Hotlist, just drag the unwanted item to the Trash.

In the upper-right corner of each browser window is an icon representing that document (see figure 4). To save the document to disk, drag the document icon to the Save button. To save the document to a Hotlist, drag the icon to the Hotlists button.

Figure 4: The Browser Window's Document Icon
Exiting Quarterdeck Mosaic
To exit Quarterdeck Mosaic:
 u 	Select Exit from File Menu or double-click the Windows system menu box at the upper-left corner of the window. 
It is not necessary to close each browser window before exiting the program.  All open browser windows are closed automatically when you exit Quarterdeck Mosaic.

Hotlist folders in the Archives pane

Hotlist

Forward Page Turner

Backward Page Turner

To save the current document to disk or to a Hotlist, drag this icon to the Save or Hotlists button on the Toolbar.
