Surfing and Searching

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# 3.2. Surfing and Searching

Once you have a connection to the Internet, then you can surf with Konqueror just as you can with any other browser.

- Type a URL into the Locationbar window, press Enter, and Konqueror will download and display that page. You can use the auto URL completion feature to help you type, this is similar to the auto Path completion feature but bases its choices on your browsing history instead of your system file directories.

- Left click on a link in the page to go there.

- To open a link in a new instance of Konqueror, leaving the old page still visible, then right mouse button click on the link and select the New View option.

  You can also select the multiple view mode with Ctrl+Shift+L or the Menubar Window->Split View Left/Right option which will let you see different pages at the same time. This can be useful if you are looking through a complicated set of pages such as this document, but make sure the little link box at the bottom right hand corner is empty when you are doing this.

- To go back to the previous page use the Ctrl+Left Arrow hotkey, the Back button on the Toolbar, or the Menubar Go->Back option, just as you do when navigating through your own files.

- Similarly, once you have gone back you can go forward by using Ctrl+Right Arrow, the Forward button, or the Menubar Go->Forward option.

If you want to stop the download for any reason then use the Esc key, the Toolbar Stop button or the Menubar View->Stop item.

When you are viewing a web page you should see two new icons in the Toolbar, looking like magnifying glasses with small + and - symbols. Use these to adjust the size of the text in the page if you find it difficult to read, although whether this works or not will depend on how the HTML page has been constructed.

Some people seem to spend more time searching for a web page than actually reading it. Do you know that you can just type the subject you are looking for into the Locationbar window, and Konqueror will automatically submit it to a Web search engine? Try it by entering the name of your home town.

Or you can tell it to use a particular search engine. For example entering `altavista:konqueror` or just `av:konqueror` will use Altavista to do the search. For more details about Konqueror's advanced search features see the Enhanced Browsing section.

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