Navigating with Frames
PC | Mac |
Resizing | Print
Frames divide Web pages into multiple regions which can load information independently and be resized dynamically.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is supporting The NatureMapping Program Wildlife module and is available for downloading from the CD. You can view this module with either Netscape 2.0 or Internet Explorer or any frames-capable browser.
Navigating with Frames
The following information will help you maximize your experience using this education module. For more information about frames, check your brower's website .
For PC
Netscape
- Within a frame, click the right mouse button, and
- A pop-up menu will appear.
- Select "Back or Forward in Frame" to navigate within
that frame. Repeating the
process will move you through the frames. (Clicking outside the menu will make it disappear.)
- When the Back or Forward options are unavailable, then
clicking a menu item or
a button from the button bar will reactivate your choices.
- Try this now to see what happens.
Note: selecting the Netscape Back button will only take you to the last URL loaded
and will not help you navigate within frames.
Internet Explorer
- Use the Back and Forward arrows to move backward and forward in frames. However, they may not work as expected. Experience will be your best teacher.
- You can also press F5 to refresh the entire frameset.
- Internal navigation tools, such as the "Back to title page" will often not work as expected. Use the [F5] to refresh or one of the buttons from the button bar.
For Macintosh
Netscape
- Position your cursor inside the frame you want to go back in and hold down
the mouse button.
- A pop-up menu will appear.
- Select "Back or Forward in Frame" to navigate within
that frame. Repeating the
process will move you through the frames. (Clicking outside the menu will make it disappear.)
- When the Back or Forward options are unavailable, then
clicking a menu item or
a button from the button bar will reactivate your choices.
- Try this now to see what happens.
- Selecting the Netscape Back button will only take you to the last URL loaded
and will not help you navigate within frames.
Internet Explorer
- Use the Back and Forward arrows to move backward and forward in frames. However, they may not work as expected. Experience will be your best teacher.
- You can also press F5 to refresh the entire frameset.
- Internal navigation tools, such as the "Back to title page" will often not work as expected. Use the [F5] key to refresh or select one of the buttons from the button bar.
Resize frame
It is possible to resize the main content page by moving
your cursor to the "bar" that separates the central frames until
it changes shape, holding down the mouse button, and moving the bar to the
left or right.
By resizing a window, it is sometimes easier to read text and see graphics . Try this.
Note: Keep in mind that frames forces content that would normally fill your sceen into a smaller window. Therefore, you will get the best view by maximizing (full screen) the size of your browser.
Print
You can print only one frame at a time. To print, select the frame to be printed by clicking in it.
Then from the File menu, select Print Frame.
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