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August 2001 Reader’s E-mail questions
Q: Organize Internet Explorer’s Favorites
How do I organize Internet Explorer’s Favorites?
A: Organize Internet Explorer’s Favorites
Favorites, known as bookmarks in Netscape Navigator, are a convenient way to organize and link to Web pages that you visit frequently.
How to add a page to your list of favorite pages
Go to the page you want to add to your Favorites list.
On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites.
Type a new name for the page if you want to or accept the name that is there and then select OK.
Tips
To open one of your favorite pages, click the Favorites menu, and then click the page you want to open. Or you could select the Favorites Icon and the list will display on the left side of your screen. To return to full screen, select the Favorites Icon again
How to organize your favorite pages into folders:
As your list of favorites grows and you find your list is off the screen, you may want to keep it organized by creating folders. You might want to organize your pages by topic. For example, you could create a folder named Search for storing information about search engines or Greeting Cards for greeting card sites.
On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.
Click Create Folder, type a name for the folder, and then press ENTER.
Drag the shortcuts (or folders) in the list to the appropriate folders.
If the number of shortcuts or folders makes dragging impractical, you can use the Move to Folder button instead.
Sharing bookmarks and favorites
Internet Explorer automatically imports all your Netscape bookmarks. On the Favorites menu, click the Imported Bookmarks folder to view them.
If you use Internet Explorer on several computers, you can easily share favorites between computers by importing them. Also, if you use both Internet Explorer and Navigator, you can keep your favorites and bookmarks up-to-date with each other by importing them between programs.
To import bookmarks or favorites, click the File menu, and then click Import and Export.
To export favorites to bookmarks or favorites on the same or another computer, click the File menu, and then click Import and Export.
Notes
Exported favorites are saved as a regular HTML file, so either Internet Explorer or Navigator can import them. You can export a selected folder in your Favorites list, or all of your favorites.
The exported favorites file is fairly small, so you can copy it to a floppy disk or network folder, or attach it to an e-mail message if you want to share the favorite items with other people.
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Dale Wiley J(#1 Rated Microsoft Word Expert at Askme.com)
Computer Help ã August 2001