Objective: In this assignment you will learn how
to send an e-mail message that contains an entire web page or a clickable
URL for a web page that you want to share with someone.
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Vocabulary: If you have used a word processor before,
you are probably familiar with copying and pasting text in a document you
type. In this lesson you are going to do something similar by copying and
pasting web page information into an e-mail message. Also, be sure you
locate the chain link symbol on your browser.
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| Background Information: At some point you are going
to find a really neat web page that you will want someone else to know
about. You could just type the URL into your e-mail message as part of
the text. Then the person receiving the e-mail would have to enter the
address in the Location field in order to visit the site.
On the other hand, you could take advantage of two featuers of Netscape
that let you include clickable URLs or web pages directly in the e-mail
message.
- When you include a clickable URL in an e-mail message, all the recipent
has to do is select the URL by clicking on it with the mouse. When the
URL is selected, the web page identified by the URL will be downloaded
for viewing.
- It is also possible to include an entire web page in an e-mail message.
When you use this method, the recipeint of your e-mail sees exactly what
would be seen if the site were visited in the usual way by selecting a
link on the screen.
These features are incredibly easy to use and give you two more ways
to extend you e-mail capabilities.

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Online Assignment: In this assignment you will learn two new
features of e-mail, including a clickable URL in your message and actually
mailing an entire web page as part of an e-mail message. You might want
to print this lesson to follow the instructions in more detail.

Including Web Pages in E-mail Messages

Experiment with both of these methods by sending yourself some e-mail that
contains a clickable URL and a message that contains a web page.

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Reading
Assignment: Please read Tip number 23 on page 125 in the PC Novice
Guide to Netscape.
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Homework Assignment: There are two parts to this assignment.
- Send me an e-mail message that contains a clickable URL. Browse around
on the World Wide Web and find something that is interesting and point
me to it with your message. To do this, you will use the first set of instructions
provided above--Including Clickable URLs in E-mail Messages.
- Send me an e-mail message that contains a Web Page that you want me
to see. Please use a different one from the URL you send in the first part
of this assignment. To do this you will use the second set of instructions
provided above--Including Web Pages in E-Mail Messages.

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Competencies: After completing this assignment, you should be
able to include a clickable URL or an entire web page in your e-mail messages.
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