How To Forward Web Pages

Dear Computer Lady,

I’m using internet explorer, bing search engine usually. I cannot figure out how to forward a site that I’m on. Please help.

Thank you for all you’ve taught me. I’m a senior citizen and without your help, I wouldn’t be able to enjoy all that i do.

God bless you, Naomi

Dear Naomi,

Sending a web page to someone else by email is possible, but as web pages become more and more complex, and people use many different kinds of email programs, it doesn’t always work the way we want it to. As you have probably noticed in my articles, when I want to share a web page with you, I include the URL of the page in my email and you can click on it and go view the page yourself.

I prefer this method of forwarding a site because it keeps my email size small (some web pages contain a lot of pictures, or even sound and movie files which make them huge) and it works every time no matter what email program I am using.

Here is what I do:

When I am on a web site that I want to share with my friend, I click once in the address bar at the top (the address usually starts with http://) of my browser.

Clicking once on the address, or URL highlights it and turns it blue.

Once the URL is highlighted, I can copy it by simply holding down the Ctrl key on my keyboard and tapping the letter C.

Now, I can start an email message to my friend and when I get to the body of the message, I can paste the URL into the message by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the letter V.

If other readers have a favorite way to forward web pages, please leave the details in the comments section at the end of this article.
Elizabeth