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This article describes how to make Web pages available for offline viewing using Internet Explorer 5. When you make a Web page available offline, you can read its content when your computer is not connected to the Internet.
The following topics are discussed in this article:
To add the Web page you are currently viewing to your Favorites list and then make it available for offline viewing, follow these steps in Internet Explorer:
1. On the Favorites menu, click Add To Favorites.
2. Click the Make Available Offline check box to select it, and then click
OK.
1. On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.
2. Click the Web page you want to make available offline.
3. Click the Make Available Offline check box to select it, and then click
Close.
To disable offline viewing for a Web page, follow these steps in Internet Explorer:
1. On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.
2. Click the offline Web page you want to disable, click the Make
Available Offline check box to clear it, and then click Close.
For a New Offline Web Page:
You can customize the options for an offline Web page. After you make a Web page available for offline viewing, click Customize in the Add Favorite dialog box to customize the settings.
For an Existing Offline Web Page:
1. In Internet Explorer, click Organize Favorites on the Favorites menu.
2. Click the offline Web page you want to modify, and then click
Properties.
For a New Offline Web Page:
When you make a new Web page available for offline viewing, click Customize in the Add Favorite dialog box to start the Offline Favorite Wizard. The Offline Favorite Wizard can be used to configure the following settings:
- The "Only when I choose synchronize from the Tools menu" option
enables you to manually synchronize your Web pages.
- The "I would like to create a new schedule" option enables you to
specify a synchronization time based on your preferences. You can
the schedule a unique name so you can easily identify it.
- The Use This Existing Schedule option enables you to choose a
default daily, weekly, or monthly scheduled time. You can also
choose from previously created custom schedules.
- The "Does this site require a password?" option enables you to
specify a user name and password for the offline Web page if it is
required. The user name and password are automatically provided
when Internet Explorer synchronizes the Web page.
To customize an existing offline Web page, click Organize Favorites on the Favorites menu, click the offline Web page you want to modify, and then click Properties. You can specify the following settings:
- The "Only when I choose Synchronize from the Tools menu" option
enables you to manually synchronize your Web pages.
- The "Using the following schedule(s)" option enables you to specify
a default schedule.
- The Add button enables you to specify a synchronization time and
give the schedule a unique name.
- The Remove button enables you to remove any schedule.
- The Edit button enables you to customize the following settings:
- Synchronization Items tab: You can specify the network connection
to use for the selected schedule. You can also select which
offline Web pages to synchronize with this schedule. Internet
Explorer can also automatically connect to your Internet Service
Provider (ISP) to synchronize your Web pages.
- Schedule tab: You can modify the time settings for the selected
schedule and choose advanced schedule options such as start date,
end date, and how often the task can be repeated. Multiple
schedules can be configured, schedule, and removed.
- Settings tab: You can specify what to do with a task once it
is completed, whether or not the computer has to be idle when
the task is started, and power management settings.
For more information about scheduled tasks, click Start, click Help,
click the Index tab, type "scheduled tasks" (without quotation marks),
and then double-click the "Overview" topic.
- The "Download pages <nn> links deep from this page" setting enables
you to specify how many links deep Internet Explorer should download
Web pages for offline use. You can choose to follow links outside of
the page's Web site and limit the amount of hard disk space
allocated to the Web page. You can also specify what type of content
to download or omit from your Web pages by clicking the Advanced
button.
- The "When this page changes, send e-mail to" check box enables
e-mail to be sent to you when the content of the offline Web page
changes.
- If the site requires a user name and password, you can click the
Logon button to specify your user name and password.
To view your offline Web pages, follow these steps:
1. Before you disconnect from the Internet, click Synchronize on the Tools
menu.
add a check mark.
NOTE: When you choose to work offline, Internet Explorer always starts in Offline mode until you click Work Offline on the File menu to clear the check mark.
Additional query words: 5.0 5.00
Keywords : kbtool msiew95 msient msiew98
Version : WINDOWS:5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowtoLast Reviewed: March 18, 1999