I thought I'd share this little tidbit.
A convenient way to access internet web sites is to create a 'Favorites' folder in your apple menu items folder. Open IE, choose 'organise favorites', then copy the contents of the IE 'favorites' window into your newly created 'favorites' folder in the apple menu items window. Now you can connect to any bookmarked web site directly from the apple menu. Cool ...
... with apologies to those of you for whom this is common or trivial knowledge!