Internet Explorer Help

Page Holder

What is Page Holder?

The Page Holder feature consists of a tab on the Explorer Bar, which, when clicked, opens the Page Holder pane. Click the Page Holder button (located on the upper right corner of the Page Holder pane) to place a current page from the browser into Page Holder, and then click the links in the pane to display in the main browser window the pages to which they are connected. This eliminates the need to click the Back button as you click through a list of links on a Web page.

The Page Holder pane contains buttons, which are described below:

Page Holder items

What is Page Holder?

Placing a page in Page Holder

Viewing the current Page Holder page as links only

Clearing a page from Page Holder

Button	Description
Page Holder Favorites	Adds the current page to Page Holder Favorites, lets you open a window showing Page Holder Favorites (where you can organize the list), and displays the list of current Page Holder favorites.
Clear	Clears a page from the Page Holder Pane.
Links	Toggles the Links Only view. The Links Only view displays only the links of a Web site in the Page Holder pane.
Page Holder	Adds the current page in the browser to the Page Holder pane.

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To place a page in Page Holder

Display the page you want to place in Page Holder.
Click the Page Holder tab, and then click the Page Holder button.

Tips

You can add a page to Page Holder several other ways:
- Drag a URL from the Address Bar into the Page Holder pane.
- Drag any link into the Page Holder pane.
- Drag a favorite item from the Favorites menu into the Page Holder pane.
- Drag any of the items above onto the Page Holder tab.
To add a page displayed in Page Holder to your Favorites list, click the Add to Favorites button in the Page Holder pane, and then click Add to Page Holder Favorites.
To organize your Page Holder Favorites, click Open Page Holder Favorites from the Page Holder Favorites button on the Page Holder pane.
See Organizing your favorites list for information about organizing your list.
When you select a Page Holder Favorite from the Favorites menu, the Web page automatically opens in the Page Holder pane.

The icons in the Favorites List describe each item.

	An HTML document on the Internet (HTTP protocol)
	A document on your computer (FILE protocol)
	An FTP site (FTP protocol)
	A mail document (MAILTO protocol)
	An Internet newsgroup (NEWS protocol)
	An active channel
	A Web page that has been designated a Page Holder Favorite

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To view the current Page Holder page as links only

Using this feature, Page Holder displays only the links of a Web page in the Page Holder pane.

Place the Web page in Page Holder.
Click the Links Only button.

Tip

The Links Only button in Page Holder is a toggle button; click the Links Only button again to return to the full Web page view.

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To clear a page from Page Holder

Click the Page Holder tab to open the Page Holder pane.
Click the Clear button.

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