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How to Change Your Internet Home Page

Your internet home page is the page your internet browser is set to so that it is the FIRST page which appears on your screen when you start up your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Foxfire, Safari for example).

USING INTERNET EXPLORER (WINDOWS)

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Go to the Web page you want to make your home page. (for example http://www.csmonitor.com, http://www.spirituality.com, http://www.csdirectory.com)
3. On the Internet Explorer 6 Tools menu, click Internet Options.
4. In the Internet Options box, on the General tab. The home page location should be displaying the web address of the page you are on.
5. Click the Use Current button.
6. Click OK.

USING MOZILLA FIREFOX (WINDOWS)

1. Open Mozilla Firefox
2. Go to the Web page you want to make your home page.(for example http://www.csmonitor.com, http://www.spirituality.com, http://www.csdirectory.com)
3. Click on TOOLS on the menu bar at the top of the Firefox screen, then click on OPTIONS
4. The home page location should be displaying the web address of the page you are on.
5. Click the Use Current Page button.
6. Click OK.

USING MOZILLA FIREFOX (MAC)

1. Open Mozilla Firefox
2. Go to the Web page you want to make your home page. (for example http://www.csmonitor.com, http://www.spirituality.com, http://www.csdirectory.com)
3. In the menu bar at the top of the screen click on "Firefox", a menu will display. Select "Preferences". A Preferences box will pop up.
4. The home page location should be displaying the web address of the page you are on.
5. Click the Use Current Page button.
6. Click OK.

USING SAFARI (MAC)

1. Open Safari
2. Go to the Web page you want to make your home page. (for example http://www.csmonitor.com, http://www.spirituality.com, http://www.csdirectory.com)
3. In the menu bar at the top of the screen click on "Safari", a menu will display. Select "Preferences". A Preferences box will pop up.
4. In the Preferences box, select the "General" icon at the top of the box.
5. Be sure the second item in the box says "New window open with: Home Page".
6. Click "Set to Current Page". The home page then should display the web address of the page you are on.
7. Close out of the Preferences box.

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