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How do you sign a Guestbook?

When you sign a guestbook, you have to fill in a form using the mouse and the keyboard.

There are lots of different types of forms, so let's find out how to fill them in...

Typing

 

Text Boxes
Keyboard

These boxes let you type in words (which could be your name or comments about the site). They are very easy to use.

Keyboard
Just click inside the box with your left mouse button and start typing...

Try it with this box. Can you type in "I like surfing the Internet"?

 

Tick Boxes
Tick

Tick Boxes are even easier to use.

There might be lots of choices on the form, and you will be asked to choose one or more of them.

Tick
To choose one, just click inside the box with the left mouse button and a tick will appear.

Try it with these Tick Boxes. Tick your favourite hobbies (remember that you can choose more than one if you like).

Playing on Computers Going Shopping Eating Chocolate Ice Cream!
Listening to Music Playing with my Friends Watching Television
Dancing Riding my bicycle Caring for Animals

 

Buttons
Button
Buttons are like Tick-boxes, but you can only choose one thing. Button
To make your choice, just click inside the circle so that a small black dot appears.

 

Try it with these Buttons. Answer this question... What is 2 add 2?

1 4 19 251

 

Drop-Down Menus
Drop Down Menu
There may be lots of choices in a drop-down menu. Drop Down Menu
To choose one of these, you just have to click on the small arrow (which is pointing down). The choices will then appear, and you should click on one of them. This choice will then appear in the box next to the window.

Try it with this Drop-Down Menu.
Answer this question... Which of these animals has a very long neck?

 


What do you do when you have filled in the forms?

When you have filled in the different parts of the form,
you should click on the button which looks like this...

(It might also say "Submit" or "Sign Guestbook")
[This send button doesn't actually work - it is just there to show you what a send button looks like]


What do you do if you make a mistake?

If you have made lots of mistakes, and you want to clear all of your choices and start again, click on the Reset button (which might also be called "Clear").

Try it now to clear the answers you have just chosen.

[When you have clicked this button, go back up the page and look at your answers. They should have disappeared!]


Click on the next button below to continue...

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