Downloading Files from Any Web Page

You don't necessarily have to go to a software archive to find files to download. You can actually download files you find on any web pageespecially graphics files. That's because if you see a pretty picture on a page, that picture is actually a graphics file; any background on a web page is also a file. And any graphics file on a web page can be downloaded to your PC.

To download a graphics file from a web page, all you have to do is right-click the picture and select Save Picture As from the pop-up menu. When prompted, select a location for the file, then click Save. The graphics file will now be downloaded to the location you specified.

If a web page contains a link to a file (of any type), you can download that file directly from the linkwithout actually jumping to the file. Just right-click the link to the file and select Save Target As from the pop-up menu. When prompted, select a location for the file, and then click Save to start the download.

The Absolute Minimum

Here are the key points to remember from this chapter:

• The Internet is a great place to find computer software and utilities of all different typesmany of which are available free.

• The best places to find files to download are the major software download archives, such as Tucows and Download.com.

• You can download any graphic you find on any web page, by right-clicking the picture and selecting Save Picture As from the pop-up menu.