Two page laminated quick reference card showing step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for how to use Internet Explorer 11 running on Windows 8.1 Update (and RT 8.1 Update). Written with Beezix’s trademark focus on clarity, accuracy, and the user’s perspective, this guide will be a valuable resource to improve your proficiency in using Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 8.1.

This guide incorporates changes brought by the Windows 8.1 Update released in early April. Microsoft is urging all users of Windows 8.1 to ensure the update is installed by May 13, 2014, or risk not receiving future patches.

Not sure if you have the “Update”? If you have shut down and search buttons at the top right of your Windows 8.1 Start screen, then you have the Update.

The Following Topics are Covered:

Navigating: Windows Store App and Desktop App; Understanding Internet Addresses; Entering a Website Address; Monitoring Activity; Going Back and Forward; Going to Your Home Page; Setting Browser Home Pages; Zooming In/Out; Using the Information Bar; Downloading Files; Searching for a Site; Changing the Default Search Provider; Adding a Search Provider; Opening Multiple Pages at a Time; Saving Favorite Sites for Future Visits; Visiting Favorite Sites; Finding Words on a Page; Printing a Web Page; Pinning Websites to the Start Screen; Pinning Websites to the Taskbar; Using Jump Lists; Unpinning a Web Site; Dealing with an Unsafe Site; InPrivate Browsing.

Windows Store App Only: Using Flip Ahead; Visiting Pinned, Frequent, and Favorite Sites.

Desktop Only: Show/Hide the Menu Bar; Show/Hide the Favorites, Command, and Status Bars; Show/Hide Favorites, Feeds, History; Using the Favorites Bar; Visiting Previously Viewed Pages; Organizing Favorites; Using Web Accelerators.

Includes a list of keyboard shortcuts.