# About offline browsing

You can browse Web pages when your computer is not connected to the Internet by making the pages available offline. To make a Web page available offline, you subscribe to the page and then download the page to your computer. You can specify how much content, such as linked pages and picture files, you want to download. If you click a link to a page that you chose not to download and therefore isn’t available offline, you can have Internet Explorer automatically connect to the Internet, so you can view the page from the Web.

After you make a Web page available offline, Microsoft Internet Explorer adds the page to your Favorites list so you can easily view the page later.

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Make a Web site available offline

1. Go to the site you want to make available offline.
2. On the Favorites menu, click Subscribe.
3. Click Customize.
4. On the Offline tab, select the Download site for offline browsing check box.
5. Click Options, specify the content you want to make available offline, and then click OK.

| To make sure you have the latest version of a Web site before you go offline, click Update Subscriptions on the Favorites menu.

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Browse a Web site offline

1. Make the Web site available offline.
2. On the Favorites menu, click Update Subscriptions.
3. When you’re ready to work offline, click Work Offline on the File menu.
4. On the Favorites menu, click the Web site you want.

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Connect to the Internet automatically when a page is unavailable offline

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Web Browser, click Advanced.
3. In the Offline Browsing area, select the Automatically connect to the Internet if a page is not cached check box.

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