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Step 1
Pay attention to which browser links generate a tab in FireFox. Tabs are often generated by specific links within a "link list" where the web page producer has identified links as having individual value within the site. The web master has designed these to open as tabs, in part to keep users linked into multiple parts of the site at the same time. Recognizing when tabs open will keep you from being confused by a page-generated tab.
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Step 2
Use the "New Tab" option on the file menu when you want to open a tab yourself, to keep your old page current when opening up a new one. Both of these pages will then be contained in the same browser window. You'll need to "direct" Mozilla FireFox to open a link in the new tab; unlike a new window, the tab may not auto-link.
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Step 3
Use the tab graphics near the top of the browser screen to navigate back and forth between various tabs. You will be able to see a header for each tab according to what the site producer programmed into the page. It should be clear enough so that you can recognize all of the tabs you have opened, but with each tab that you open, the titles get squeezed together, so it helps not to open up too many at the same time.
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Step 4
Close an individual tab by clicking on the white X enclosed in a dark circle directly to the right of your header title. The tab will close, leaving the next one on top.
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Step 5
Use the "Close Tabs" option to close all of the tabs in a browser window and start over. If you have multiple tabs open, when you click on the close button for the window, Mozilla will ask you if you want to close tabs. Selecting the "Confirm Close" option will close the window and all of the tabs within it. Selecting "Cancel" will let you close some tabs and keep others open.
