How Can I Download Files?
Most files on the Internet can now be accessed through the World Wide Web: this means they can be downloaded using a browser (e.g. Netscape or Microsoft Explorer). This process is very simple from the user's point of view. If the file is a hypertext file you can save it by viewing it in the browser and then choosing 'Save As' from the file menu. If you save it as a hypertext file then you will be able to view it through the browser by opening it up using 'Open File' from the file menu. If you save it as text, you will be able to open it through either a text editor (e.g. Notepad in the Accessories Window of Windows 3.1) or through a Wordprocessor (e.g. Word for Windows). Versions of Word that have the 'Internet Assistant' can view HTML files directly.It is possible to save files without first viewing them in the browser by clicking on the link to the file with the right mouse button (in Netscape). This gives you the option to save the link to disk.
Some files are available on computers which are not running Web Servers, and you may come across them with URLs such as ftp://ftp.spies.com/Library/Classic/manifesto.txt which will produce the text of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels on your screen (32 pages worth). When looking at an FTP site using a Browser you see the site through a series of file listings (which use different icons to distinguish directories and files), and when you eventually click on a text file it is displayed on your screen. If it is not a text file, then your browser will generally ask you want you want doing with the file. If it is a file that you can use then you may want to save it, but if it is an executable file in a non-PC format, then it may well be pointless for you to save it if you are a PC user.
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