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8 Chapter 1
For beginners, though, Internet Explorer is a good choice because it’s the most popular
browser—the one your target audience is most likely to be using. Other popular browsers
include Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
Caution Versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 9 do not support some of the HTML5
features. You will probably want to test your Web pages in an earlier version to make sure that
people who use them will be able to view your page. But don’t use an earlier version of Internet
Explorer as you work through this book’s examples; you won’t get the full effect of the new
HTML5 features.
Tip If the video card in your computer has two monitor connectors on it, or if you have an
additional video card that you could install in your system, you might want to set up two
monitors side-by-side. That way you could work on your HTML code in Notepad on one
monitor and display the page full-screen in Internet Explorer in the other. All recent versions
of Windows support at least two monitors, and some versions support even more.
In this exercise, you will display an HTML file in Internet Explorer. To see the displayed file
and the underlying code at the same time, open the practice files from this exercise and
the previous exercise in separate windows and arrange them so both are visible.
SET UP Use the welcome file from the previous exercise, or use the one in the
practice file folder for this topic. The practice file is located in the Documents\
Microsoft Press\HTML5 SBS\01Editing folder.
1. Select Start | Internet Explorer.
Note Depending on your system and your default browser, Internet Explorer might not
be pinned to the top of your Start menu. If it is not, click Start | All Programs | Internet
Explorer.
2. Select File | Open.
The Open dialog box appears.
Note If the menu bar does not appear in Internet Explorer, press the Alt key to display it.