TMarilyn,
I do feel a bit bewildered here, so maybe my answer is somehow sidetracking.
Still, here goes:
Under Internet Explorer, and also Firefox, you can have several webpages
open simultaneously. They can be opened in each their window; or each in
their respective TAB.
If we were to give a somehow simplified explanation of the two terms, let's
do it this way. Please sit down in front of your good old desk. Now imagine,
that someone came around and handed you a piece of paper, holding some
information. You look at it, and put it down on your desk. Another person
comes around, and he leaves you a piece of paper, holding some information.
You put this sheet down on your desk as well. Each of these "loose" sheets
of paper, would compare to a webpage opened in each their window. They are
quite separate from each otehr, and can be handled each on their own. Like,
you could throw one out, and still keep the other. Similarly, you can close
one webpage, and have the other one still open, by using the Alt-F4.
Later on in the day, while you are stil at your desk, a girl comes in and
hand you a small booklet or brochure. This time, the piece of info you
received holds several pages. You can put this booklet down on your desk,
move it from there and to the trash bin, or forward it. But you would in
general be handling the whole set of pages in the booklet as one big chunk.
True, you could rip out one page of the booklet, but the remaining pages
would still be "linked" or stapled together.
Back to your web browser. You can open several webpages, each in their own
tab. They now basically, would be handled as a "set" of pages - somehow
linked to each other - like in the above example with a booklet as compared
to single pages. If you hit Alt-F4 on one of these webpages, you will close
the whole "set" of pages. Each page in such a set, is called a TAB.
When is it useful to have pages loaded in tabs? Well, let me give you but
one example, and if you derive the principle hereof, you might find your
favorite usage of it all. When I make a search for something on the net, I
get a list of results. It be on Yahoo, or Google according to your
preferences - or, it be on places like Ebay. Thing is, that this list of
results, only holds a number of links. Now, I could have pressed Enter on
one link, let the page open, read it and found it to not be what I was
looking for. Then, press the Back key, and wait for the search results to
come up again.
There is a few drawbacks of such an approach. Specially on places like Ebay,
where new entries are being added all the time. Going back to the list of
results, would mean that the list would be regenerated, and all new ads will
be messing up the list I had previously, maybe.
What I usually do, is to go to the link that seems of some interest, and hit
Ctrl-Enter. This will cause the page refered to by the link, to be open in a
new tab. I now will be able to read the contents of the new page, and still
have my page of search results open and ready at hand. To close the tab
holding my new page, I would press Ctrl-F4 - make sure to have it Ctrl-F4. I
then would be right back on my results page, and can proceed to the next
link of interest and repeat the Ctrl-Enter to open this page in its own tab.
I can have numerous pages open simultaneously, each in their own tab. This
can be useful if I want to compare info on several pages. Like, when I want
to buy a new launcry machine, and want to compare the specs for several
models.
When I am finished with my searching project, I would hit Alt-F4. Note that
I hit Alt-F4 this time. Now, the WHOLE "set" of pages, or tabs, will be
closed at once. That is, I don't have to go to each webpage and close it,
they all will be closed, since they are basically under the same window.
Just like with the booklet, you throw that one into the trash bin, ALL the
pages will go in the bin together, since they are all stapled together.
Switching between the individual tabs, you will usually be using your
Ctrl-Tab key combination. Alternatively, you can use the Ctrl-key along with
your number keys on top of your keyboard. Ctrl-1, for going to tab one;
Ctrl-2, for going to the second tab; and so forth. First you get used to the
Tab-feature of your browser, you might just find it quite handy.
Marilyn, I am not sure if this does help your actual situation. But this is
at least what Tabs in the browser is all about. Hope the above explanation
at least gave you a tiny idea of what TABS are. You would need to play
around with it abit, to get fully acquainted with the full meaning of it.
But it might be worth the time. Yet, in your particular case, I don't know
what exactly is going on. You tell there is a tab coming up. What does it
exactly say? Is it really a link, button or the like? Or is it simply just
some text. If you could provide the exact phrase your synthesizer is
speaking, including all the info like link, button, or any such thing; it
might just be easier to tell what is going on. Otherwise, I am afraid it
will be mere speculations, and that could easily mess you even more up. :)
Regards,
----- Original Message -----
From: "M and L Dorn" <[email protected]>
To: "Post to GW-Info List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:54 AM
Subject: RE: I E Webpage Tabs?
The site is for my husband's veterans account, so I don't think I can
provide it. You'd have to have info to log in first. The problem is that
I don't understand what the tabs are on a web page. I know links, on
clicks, edit boxes, combo boxes, etc., but going to a Tab is like
something from another language. I don't know what it is or how to go
there or how to use it or anything. Is there a WE command that goes to or
activates a Tab? Tab to me in a dialog box is understood. If it's like
that on a web page, then how do you use it?
Thanks!
Marilyn
At 09:15 PM 7/23/2012, you wrote:
I gather you are not providing the page because it's your banking website
or
some such? Have you tried mousing to it and clicking? Finally, maybe
toggling browse mode off, tabbing to the tab, and pressing Enter will get
you there. Oh. One more thing. If you're using IE, try Firefox. I've
noticed
that pages display differently in those two browsers.
Lou N.
-----Original Message-----
From: M and L Dorn [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 7:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: I E Webpage Tabs?
I've yet to get any reply to this question, so I'm asking for the third
time.
I went to a webpage that used to have a simple link for Secure
Messaging. They have made changes to the site now, and all I can find on
it is that there's an I E Tab for Secure Messaging. I am using I E 7, so
how do I select a Tab like that, or can I even do that? Can't find the
answer in the WE 7.5.2 manual.
By the way, I am using WE 7.5.4.1; so that shows how long I've been
looking
for some help with this issue.
Thanks!
Marilyn
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