Table of Contents



	Introduction

In a Nutshell     vii

Mosaic Capabilities     vii

The Web and Hypermedia     vii

Servers and Clients     viii

NCSA     viii

NCSA Mosaic Software Developers     viii

Notational Conventions     viii

  1	Set Up

How to Obtain NCSA Mosaic     1-1

From Anonymous FTP     1-1

From NCSA by Mail     1-1

From a Friend     1-1

How to Install     1-1

System Requirements     1-1

Other Software You Need for Full Functional-
ity     1-2

Getting Started     1-3

.Xdefaults file     1-3

  2	Document View Window

Window Elements     2-1

Document Title     2-1

Document URL     2-1

The Globe     2-2

Viewing Area     2-2

Status Line     2-2

Bottom Control Panel     2-3

The Cursor and Displaying Hyperlink URLs     2-4

Shortcuts and Keyboard Options     2-5

Underlined Keys on a Selected Menu     2-5

Hotkeys     2-5

Moving Around the Window     2-6

Text Selection     2-6

  3	Web Navigation

Moving Around     3-1

Using Hyperlinks     3-1

The Forward Button     3-2

The Back Button     3-2

Going Back to an Internal Hyperlink     3-3

Window History     3-3

Exploring on Your Own     3-3

Global History     3-4

Opening Documents Directly     3-4

The URL Format     3-4

Displaying the URL     3-5

Using Hotlists     3-5

What is a Hotlist?     3-5

Adding Documents     3-6

Removing Documents     3-6

Editing Hotlist Information     3-6

Linking to Other Documents     3-6

Sharing Your Hotlist     3-6

Searching Documents     3-7

  4	Annotations

How Annotations Work     4-1

How to Use Annotations     4-1

Creating an Annotation     4-1

Editing an Annotation     4-2

Deleting an Annotation     4-2

Formatting Annotations with HTML     4-3

Annotating an Annotation     4-3

  5	How to Create a Document

HTTPÑthe Server     5-1

HyperText Markup Language     5-1

Some Basics     5-2

Hyperlinks     5-2

Images     5-3

Online Help     5-3

 A	NCSA Mosaic Menus

File Menu     A-1

Options Menu     A-3

Navigate Menu     A-5

Annotate Menu     A-6

Annotate Window Elements     A-7

Help Menu     A-8

 B	Glossary

 C	Online Resources

	Home Pages     C-1

Beginner Guides     C-1

Web Resources     C-1

System Configuration and Modification Assis-
tance     C-1

NCSA Server Addresses     C-2

Email Address     C-2

 D	Configuration Resources

X Resources     D-1

Command Line Flags     D-1

Multimedia Configuration     D-1

External Viewers     D-2

Mapping File Extensions to MIME Types     D-2

Executing Local Programs via Hyperlinks     D-
2

Creating a Configurable Documents Menu     D-2

	Index