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Tables of Contents for Official Netscape Communicator 4 Professional Edition Book
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xxv
Chapter 1 Your Intranet--How it Works
1
30
What Are Intranets?
2
1
Clients & Servers
3
1
What Is the Internet?
4
3
History of the Internet
6
1
What Is the Web?
7
3
Hypertext & Hypermedia
8
1
Hypermedia on the Net & on Intranets
8
1
Servers & Browsers
9
1
What You Can Do on the Internet or Intranets
10
11
Electronic Mail
11
3
Research
14
2
Software
16
1
Promotion, Shopping, & Online Transactions
17
2
Recreation
19
2
Internet & Intranet Addressing
21
6
Domains & Domain Names
21
2
IP Addresses
23
1
URLs
24
3
Some Pointers on Using the Net
27
4
Avoid Traffic Jams
27
1
Understand Acceptable Use
28
1
Respect & Protect Privacy
29
1
Be Willing to Ask for Help
30
1
Don't Be Afraid to Explore
30
1
Chapter 2 Introducing Communicator 4 Professional
31
22
Requirements
31
2
Requirements for SLIP and PPP Connections to the Net
32
1
What Is Communicator 4?
33
1
Starting Communicator 4 the First Time
34
5
A Quick Look Around
39
3
The Component Bar
39
2
The Communicator 4 Menu
41
1
Shared Resources in Communicator 4
42
11
The Address Book
42
1
The Message Center
43
2
Security
45
1
Preferences
46
2
Adding User Profiles to Communicator 4
48
1
Working With Communicator 4 Online and Offline
49
4
Chapter 3 Browsing & Beyond
53
84
The Browser Window
54
2
The Toolbars
56
16
The Command Toolbar
58
4
The Location Toolbar
62
2
The Personal Toolbar
64
4
The Display Window
68
3
The Status Line
71
1
Local Area URLs
72
2
Links & Hotspots
74
5
How Can I Tell I'm on a Link?
74
1
Changing What Links Look Like
75
1
Using Hotspots
76
2
Right-Clicking Links & Images
78
1
Using the Navigator 4 Controls
79
9
The Forward & Back Buttons
80
1
The Reload Button
81
1
The Home Button
82
1
The Print Button
83
1
The Security Button
84
3
The Stop Button
87
1
Forms on the Web
88
3
Understanding Frames
91
3
Finding Information in a Web Page
94
2
Finding Information on the Web
96
7
The Search Button
96
4
The Guide Button
100
3
The History List & Bookmarks
103
15
Using the History List
103
4
Bookmarks
107
1
Tweaking Your Browser
118
19
Appearance Preferences
118
3
Navigator 4 Preferences
121
6
Offline Preferences
127
1
Advanced Preferences
128
9
Chapter 4 Netcaster
137
26
What is Netcaster?
137
1
What is a Channel?
138
1
What Kind of Channels are Available?
138
2
What is a Webtop?
140
1
Starting Netcaster
141
3
Looking at the Netcaster Drawer
144
1
Hiding the Netcaster Drawer
144
1
The Channel Finder & My Channels Lists
145
5
The Channel Finder
145
1
My Channels
146
2
The Text Toolbar
148
2
Using the Channel Finder
150
5
Adding a Channel
150
2
Setting Channel Properties
152
3
Manually Adding a Channel
155
7
Changing Channel Properties & Deleting Channels
155
2
Accessing Channels
157
2
Moving Around in a Webtop
157
2
Using Netcaster Offline
159
2
Manually Updating Channels
159
2
Offline Browsing
161
2
Chapter 5 Communication With the Office and the World: Messenger
163
112
What Is E-mail & How Does It Work?
164
3
What's My E-mail Address?
165
1
Exchanging Messages With Online Services
165
2
Getting Started
167
108
Adding or Modifying Account Information
169
4
The Messenger Window
173
9
The Message List Pane
174
5
The Message Content Pane
179
3
Creating & Sending an E-mail Message
182
32
Beautifying Your Message
189
18
Sending Your Message
207
7
Retrieving Your E-mail
214
1
Replying to E-mail
215
3
Mail Checking & Notification
218
5
The Address Book
223
15
Address Lists
227
3
Adding Your Address Card to Messages
230
2
Searching Directories for E-mail Addresses
232
6
Attaching Files to Messages
238
7
Attaching Web Pages
241
1
Dealing With Attached Files You Receive
242
3
Working With Folders
245
11
Moving Messages Between Folders
249
1
Creating New Folders
250
2
Mail Filtering
252
4
Sorting & Threading Messages
256
7
Sorting
257
1
Threading
258
5
Mailing Lists
263
6
Using Mailing Lists
265
4
E-mail Security (S/MIME)
269
6
Sending Signed and Encrypted Messages
269
2
Receiving Signed and Encrypted Messages
271
2
Messenger Security Options
273
2
Chapter 6 You Are Not Alone: Collabra & Discussion Groups
275
36
What Are Discussion Groups?
275
7
Private Discussion Groups
276
1
Public Discussion Groups
277
3
Moderated & Unmoderated Discussion Groups
280
1
How Many Public Groups Can I Get?
280
2
Specifying Your Discussion Group Server
282
3
Getting Started: the Message Center
285
4
Subscribing to Discussion Groups
289
8
Searching for Groups
293
2
Displaying New Discussion Groups
295
2
Retrieving Discussion Group Messages
297
5
Reading Messages
302
3
Replying to Messages
305
2
Initiating a New Thread
307
2
Searching Your Discussion Group Messages
309
2
Chapter 7 Media on the Move: Working With Sound & Video
311
46
Graphics on the Web
312
28
What Kinds of Images Are Available?
312
1
Graphics in Netscape Communicator 4: an Overview
312
10
Graphics Formats Supported by Netscape Communicator 4
322
1
Graphics on Demand
323
5
Text-Only Mode
328
2
Plug-ins
330
4
Setting Up Helper Applications
334
6
Sound on the Web
340
10
Supported Sound Files in Netscape Communicator 4
341
1
Listening to Sound in Netscape Communicator 4
341
2
Using RealAudio With Netscape Communicator 4
343
3
Netscape's Own Streaming Sound
346
4
Video in Netscape Communicator 4
350
7
Video With Sound
352
2
Other Video Formats
354
3
Chapter 8 The Ancestors: FTP, Gopher, Telnet, and 3270 in Communicator
357
56
FTP
358
34
What is Out There?
359
1
Public Domain
360
1
Freeware
361
1
Shareware
361
2
How to Know What You're Getting
363
5
Downloading Your First File
368
6
Navigating FTP Sites
374
5
Searching for Files
379
6
Using Web Tools to Find Files
385
1
Helper Applications
386
6
Gopher
392
8
Using Gopher
393
4
Stretching Gopherspace
397
3
Great Gopher Holes I Have Known
400
1
Telnet
400
13
Telnet & Netscape Communicator 4
403
2
Using Telnet
405
4
Customizing Your Telnet Application
409
4
Chapter 9 Your Own Page (Using Composer)
413
76
Why Your Own Page?
413
4
What You Need
417
3
Your Web Server
418
2
Configuring Composer
420
6
Creating Your Page Using Page Wizard
426
11
Titling Your Page
429
1
Creating an Introduction
430
1
Adding Links
431
1
Adding a Conclusion
432
1
Adding Your E-mail Address
432
1
Configuring Visual Elements
433
2
Saving Your Page
435
2
Creating Your Page Using a Page Template
437
3
Modifying Your Page
440
43
Editing Text
441
3
Selecting a Style
444
2
Changing Fonts
446
1
Changing Font Size
446
1
Changing Font Color
447
1
Adding Bold, Italic, & Underline
448
1
Making a Bulleted or Numbered List
449
1
Adjusting Indents
450
2
Changing Alignment
452
1
Editing & Adding Links
453
4
Adding Targets
457
2
Adding a Picture
459
5
Making Your Picture a Link
464
3
Adding a Horizontal Line
467
1
Adding a Table
468
9
Checking Your Spelling
477
3
Page Colors & Properties
480
3
Saving Your File
483
1
Editing Your HTML Source
483
2
Publishing Your Page
485
85
Chapter 10 Advanced Communicator 4
489
32
VRML
490
9
VRML Navigation
491
6
The VRML Context Menu
497
1
What's the Point?
498
1
Plug-ins
499
7
How Plug-ins Display in Navigator 4
499
2
Shockwave & Netscape Communicator
501
1
AutoInstall
502
1
Non-automatic Installation
503
2
Finding Out Which Plug-ins You Already Have
505
1
Java
506
8
So What Are Applets?
507
1
Interacting With Java Applets
508
5
Creating Your Own Applets
513
1
JavaScript
514
5
JavaScript Nuts & Bolts
515
2
Kiosk (Canvas) Mode
517
2
Moving On
519
2
Chapter 11 Netscape Conference
521
52
What Is Conference?
522
1
Hardware Requirements
522
1
Running Conference the First Time
523
10
Filing Out Your Business Card
524
2
Setting Up Directory Preferences
526
2
Specifying Your Network Type
528
1
Detecting Your Sound Card
529
4
The Conference Window
533
4
The Addressing Area
534
1
The Conference Button
534
2
The Microphone & Speakers Controls
536
1
Initiating a Call
537
9
The Web Phone Book
537
3
The Address Book
540
4
Speed Dial Buttons
544
2
Establishing the Connection
546
5
Once You're Connected
551
1
Answering Calls
552
3
Do Not Disturb
553
1
Conference Attendant
554
1
Chat
555
3
Including Text Files
556
1
Log Files
557
1
Leaving Chat
557
1
The Whiteboard
558
6
Starting the Whiteboard
558
2
Pasting Images Onto the Whiteboard
560
1
Screen Capture
561
1
Markup & the Pointer Tool
562
2
File Exchange
564
5
Collaborative Browsing
569
4
Chapter 12 Netscape Calendar
573
58
Signing In
574
1
Searching for a User Name
575
1
Searching for a Resource Name
575
1
Setting Calendar Preferences
576
22
Agenda Preferences
577
3
In-Tray Preferences
580
3
Scheduling Preferences
583
1
Entry Defaults
584
4
General Preferences
588
3
Offline Preferences
591
6
Palmtop Reconciliation Preferences
597
1
The Agenda
598
21
Adding Events to Your Agenda
600
14
Adding a Task
614
4
Adding a Day Event
618
1
Adding a Daily Note
619
1
The In-Tray
619
4
Printing
623
8
Setting Up a Print Job
623
2
Setting Up a Print Layout
625
6
Chapter 13 Commerce & Security
631
46
Security on the Net & on Intranets
631
2
Communicator 4 & Security
633
9
Site Certificates
635
1
Personal Certificates
636
1
Passwords
636
1
Security Alerts
637
1
Firewalls & Proxies
638
4
Security in Navigator 4
642
13
Navigator 4 Security Preferences
650
2
Certificates You've Accepted
652
1
Certificate Signers (Certifying Authorities)
653
2
E-mail Security (S/MIME)
655
8
Sending Signed & Encrypted Messages
656
3
Receiving Signed & Encrypted Messages
659
2
Messenger Security Preferences
661
2
Getting a Personal Certificate
663
3
Passwords
666
2
Java & JavaScript Security
668
6
Signed Java and JavaScript
671
3
The Most Powerful Security: Common Sense
674
3
Chapter 14 An Overview of Mission Control
677
8
How Mission Control Makes Your Job Easier
678
1
Mission Control Saves Tech Support Time & Effort
678
1
Mission Control Gives You More Control Over Security
679
1
Mission Control Lets You Set a Standard of Usage
679
1
Mission Control's Three Components
679
4
The Configuration Editor
680
1
JAR Packager
681
1
The Install Builder
682
1
Defining the Mission: Three Questions
683
2
How Technically Adept are My Patrons?
683
1
Are Security Issues Important?
684
1
Do You Have an "Image" You Want to Maintain via Communicator?
684
1
Chapter 15 Mission Control's Configuration Editor
685
37
Communicator's Preferences Setup
686
1
Starting the Configuration Editor
687
1
Setting Configurations
688
34
The Fonts List
690
1
Colors
691
1
Navigator
692
1
Languages
693
2
Mail & Groups
695
2
Identity
697
1
Messages
698
1
Messages (Continued)
699
1
Mail Server
700
1
Mail Server (Continued)
701
1
Groups Server
702
1
Directory
703
2
Composer
705
1
Publishing
706
1
Offline
707
1
Advanced
707
2
Cache
709
1
Proxies
710
2
Disk Space
712
1
Security
713
1
Admin
714
1
Internal URLs
715
1
Guide Button
716
2
Guide Menu
718
1
Help Menu
719
1
AutoConfig
720
2
Creating Configuration Files
722
3
Creating Local Configuration Files
722
1
Creating AutoConfig Files
723
2
Testing the Configuration File
725
1
Editing AutoConfig Files With a Text Editor
725
1
Changing an AutoConfig File With a Text Editor
726
3
Chapter 16 JAR Archive & Install Builder
729
16
The JAR Packager
730
6
Opening JARs
731
2
Creating JARs
733
3
The Install Builder
736
9
Creating Customized Components
736
3
Placing Customized Files
739
1
Using the Install Builder
740
5
Appendix A Installing Netscape Communicator 4 Professional & Setting Profiles
745
12
Installing Netscape Communicator 4
746
6
Creating Additional User Profiles
752
5
Glossary
757
24
Index
781