Errata: Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Peachpit Press, 2000

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Section

Error

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Fig. 1.6 caption

"The Protocol section of the Remote Access control panel..."

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Last para., 2nd line

The word "press" is repeated.

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To change the size of text:

These should be bullets, not numbered.

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To go to a History page:

These should be bullets, not numbered.

35

2nd step list, Step 1

"Choose Favorites > Organize Favorites ... "

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4th bullet

"... by choosing Favorites > Organize Favorites ... "

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Last tip, 2nd sentence

"Choose Favorites > Organize Favorites ..."

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Step 1

"... Window > Favorites, or by pressing ..."

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Last bullet, near bottom

"Click the Search button."

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Last line

"... you normally use."

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Deleting and modifying subscriptions, 1st bullet

Remove the right parenthesis following the word "blank"

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Last bullet

Delete the words "or upload"

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Step 2

"... choose Edit > Copy, press Command-C, or Control-click..."

80

2nd and 3rd bullets

These are supposed to be a single bullet.

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Step 4

"If you want to be able to replay movies without downloading them over again, click..."

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First bullet

"... that are no longer of interest to you."

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1st Tip, 2nd sentence

"If you are the seller, choose ..."

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Keyboard Accessibility, 1st sentence

"(Tab to each item on web page)" should be italicized.

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Page & Link, 1st sent.

".. has not specified a color for Text, Background, Read Links, or Unread Links. A color picker appears..."

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Java, 1st sentence

Remove unnecessary period after "Web pages"

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Fig. 9.38

The callout should point to all four of the boldface headings and should be changed to read "Click any heading to sort the list"

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Step 6

"... log onto your Hotmail account."

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Step 9

"... click the checkbox."

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Fig. 11.6

Status bar callout should point to the bottom line of the window (where it says "5 items displayed, 1 selected" and "You are working off-line").

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Fourth bullet

The tilde (~) should be shown as a keycap character.

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Fig. 12.15

The callout should point to the "Reset Confirmation Dialogs" button.

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First paragraph

Delete the final sentence about the Palm Organizer.

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Fig. 13.6

"You can email the URL (address) of the Web page..."

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Step 3, last line

"... pressing Tab."

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Fig. 13.27

The Signature name callout should point to the text in the Name box ("Book-related signature"). The Signature text callout should point to both lines of text (my name and the Web page address).

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Steps

Step numbering is wrong. It should be 1, 2, blank, 3, 4.

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Step 2

"Send Link," not "Send a Link"

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Steps

Bullet list, not numbered.

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Bullet on left side

Both Command and A should be in keycaps.

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Figure

Figure caption is too close to the figure.

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Step 3

Should be "...examine:" -- with a colon (:), not semicolon (;).

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Working with folders, last paragraph

The final period should not be boldface.

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3rd tip

Delete this tip about changing attachment settings.

220

5th tip

Change "... (available ..." to "... --available ... " [em-dash]

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1st tip

"If your ISP's news server ..."

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2nd bullet

Change commands to Control-] and Control-[

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Saving articles, 1st sent.

Delete the words "an" and "a"

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1st paragraph

The = key in Decrease Font Size should be a - [minus]

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Step 8

Delete this step.

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Last paragraph

"The" should not be capitalized.

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Newsgroups

First line should read "Appears when you are posting..." or "Appears when you post..."

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1st tip

"... replying to a newsgroup, ..."

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Step 6

Command-click, not Control-click

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bullet paragraphs

Make both of the bullet paragraphs into normal paragraphs.

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2nd bullet

Command-Delete, not Control-Delete.

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1st tip

Control-click, not C-click

287

Go to next Web page

The word "Command" should be replaced with the Command symbol.

288

Table B.3, Delete a toolbar button

The keycaps Delete should be formatted as the normal word "Delete".

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Table B.4

Entry should read "Select contents of Address Bar" [delete the word "Location"]

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Table B.4

Change menu command for same item from File > Open to File > Open Location

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Table B.4, Fill in form fields...

Delete the word "Forms" in the middle of this text

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Table B.4, Fill in form fields...

Change the menu command to Tools > AutoFill Forms

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Table B.5

In the middle of the Keyboard Shortcuts column, both F5 and Esc should be formatted as keycaps.

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Table B.5, Add current page to favorites

Delete final "Page to Favorites"

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Table B.5, Add current page to favorites

Change menu command to Favorites > Add Page to Favorites

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Table C.1

Intro text is missing. Should be similar to intro for App. D.

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Table C.1, Go to next/previous folder

Reverse the up and down arrows in the Keyboard Shortcut column

291

Table C.1, Delete selected folder

Change menu command to Edit > Delete Folder

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Table C.2, Cycle forward through open windows

Change menu command to Window > Cycle Through Windows

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Table C.3, View unread messages only

Command-Y, not V

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Table C.3, View flagged messages only

Shift-Command-Y, not V

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Table C.4, Scroll backward through message

Control-spacebar, not Shift-spacebar

294

Table C.4, Reply to author of message

Command-R, not Command-Return

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Table C.7, Create a new contact record

Command-N, not Command-D

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Table C.7, Go to next/previous record

Reverse the up and down arrows

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Table D.1

"Save new or edited message as a draft"

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Table D.3, View unread messages only

Command-Y, not V

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Table D.3, View flagged messages only

Shift-Command-Y, not V

298

Table D.3, Refresh Message list

Command-L, not Command-F

299

Table D.3, Scroll message list down/up one screen

Reverse Page Up and Page Down

299

Table D.4

The word "Size" should be capitalized in the menu commands for Edit > Increase Font Size and Edit > Decrease Font Size

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Table D.4, Scroll down/up one screen

Reverse Page Up and Page Down

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Table D.4, Scroll down/up one line

Reverse up and down arrows

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Table D.5, Scroll down/up one screen

Reverse Page Up and Page Down