Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SharePoint 2003 in 10 Minutes

Accessing a SharePoint site can be done in a number of ways, but the most standard way is to simply use your browsereither Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.01 or later, with latest service packs for security reasons) or Netscape Navigator 6.2 or later. If you are using a Macintosh computer, you can use Internet Explorer 5.2 for Mac OS X, plus the latest service packs, or Netscape Navigator 6.2 for the Mac.

As you will find out later in the book, you can access a SharePoint site by clicking a hyperlink that someone sends you in an email or by saving a document directly to the site from within Word or Excel or another application. For general use, however, most people simply open their browser and type in the URL of the SharePoint site (such as http://servername/sitename or http://portal.domain.com/sitename). Lesson 2, "Accessing SharePoint Sites," will cover additional navigation skills that will save you time and effort when working with SharePoint sites.