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Using Other StarOffice Internet Functions


The rest of this hour describes how to use the other Internet capabilities of StarOffice. To access most of these features, you must create a new icon in the Explorer window, just as you created a POP account to access email. New icons in the Explorer are created by right-clicking on the word Explorer at the top of the Explorer window.

The Internet functions available within the Explorer include

Most of these services require that you set up certain configuration options. In particular, server names and networking information (such as proxy server or username and password) must be entered in the configuration for an Internet option that you want to make use of.

Browsing an FTP Site

FTP sites are Internet archives. They don't include graphics and sound like Web sites, but they do have files that you can download for use on your computer. Most publicly available FTP sites allow any user to log in to download files by using the username anonymous or ftp, and a complete email address as a password.

To browse an FTP site within StarOffice, start by right-clicking on the word Explorer in the Explorer window. From the New submenu, choose FTP Account. The Properties of FTP Account dialog box appears (see Figure 23.12).

Figure 23.12
You can create a reference to an FTP server so that you can easily browse the files on that server.

In this dialog box, follow these steps:

1. Choose the Server tab, if it isn't already selected.

2. Enter a server name in the Server field (for example, ftp.cdrom.com).

3. If you don't have an account on this server, but are just accessing it as a public server, click on the Log in as anonymous checkbox.

4. If you do have a personal account on this server, enter your username and password for the server in the corresponding fields.

5. If you know the directory structure of this FTP server, you can enter a subdirectory with which to begin your FTP session. (A common choice is /pub)

6. Choose the General tab, shown in Figure 23.13.

7. Enter a name to refer to this FTP Account. For example, the server ftp.cdrom.com might be called Walnut Creek CDROM . This name appears in the Explorer window so you can open this FTP Account.

8. Choose OK to close the dialog box. A new FTP Account icon appears in the Explorer window.

Now you can access the new FTP Account by double-clicking on the FTP icon in the Explorer. When you do, an FTP browsing window opens, as shown in Figure 23.14.

Figure 23.13
Each FTP Account is assigned a name.

Figure 23.14
Opening an FTP Account icon starts an FTP browsing window.

The sections that follow describe configuring a news account, and reading and posting newsgroup messages. These news features are all accessed in the Explorer window, like the email and FTP accounts just described.

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