Internet Explorer Help

Favorite Pages

Creating a collection of your favorite pages

Organizing your favorite pages

Importing and exporting your favorite pages

Creating an alias to a page on the desktop

Adding a page to the Favorites Bar

Removing a page from the Favorites Bar

To create a collection of favorite pages

View the page you want to add to your collection of favorite pages.
From the Favorites menu, choose Add Page To Favorites.

Tips

When you add a page with frames to your favorites list, choosing that favorite item will show you the page with its frames in the original state. You can add comments to the favorites item to help you remember how to navigate to a particular frame on the page.

The icons to the left of each favorite item represent what type of protocol that item uses.

	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)

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To organize your favorites list

From the Favorites menu, choose Open Favorites.

To Do This

Add the current page to your favorites list Make sure the page you want to add is active, and choose Add Page To Favorites on the Favorites menu.

Add a different page to your favorites list From the Favorites menu, choose New Favorite.

Add a new folder From the Favorites menu, choose New Folder. Folders are useful for organizing pages by topic. For example, you could create a folder called Art Pages for storing information about art exhibits and reviews

Add a divider From the Favorites menu, choose New Divider.

Move favorite pages, folders, and dividers Drag the page, folder, or divider. A black bar indicates where the item will appear when you release the mouse button.

Rename an item Click the item name, and then type a new name.

Delete an item Click the item's icon to select it, and then press the Delete key on the keyboard.

Go to a favorite page Double-click the favorite page icon.

Get information about a favorite page Click the favorite page icon to select it, and then, on the File menu, choose Get Info.

Close the Favorites window Click the close box in the upper-left corner.

To	Do This
Add the current page to your favorites list	Make sure the page you want to add is active, and choose Add Page To Favorites on the Favorites menu.
Add a different page to your favorites list	From the Favorites menu, choose New Favorite.
Add a new folder	From the Favorites menu, choose New Folder. Folders are useful for organizing pages by topic. For example, you could create a folder called Art Pages for storing information about art exhibits and reviews
Add a divider	From the Favorites menu, choose New Divider.
Move favorite pages, folders, and dividers	Drag the page, folder, or divider. A black bar indicates where the item will appear when you release the mouse button.
Rename an item	Click the item name, and then type a new name.
Delete an item	Click the item's icon to select it, and then press the Delete key on the keyboard.
Go to a favorite page	Double-click the favorite page icon.
Get information about a favorite page	Click the favorite page icon to select it, and then, on the File menu, choose Get Info.
Close the Favorites window	Click the close box in the upper-left corner.

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To import a collection of favorite pages

From the Favorites menu, choose Open Favorites.
From the File menu, choose Import.
Select the HTML file you want to import.
The imported file appears in a folder with the same name as the file at the bottom of the Favorites window.

To export your favorites list

From the Favorites menu, choose Open Favorites.
From the File menu, choose Export.
Type a name for the file.
Choose the location where you want the file saved.

Tips

You can export just the contents of a folder in your favorites list by double-clicking the folder to open it and then choosing Export.
To keep track of your favorite pages, you can organize them into folders.
To use your Netscape Navigator™ Bookmarks, import the Bookmarks.html file in the System Folder/Preferences/Netscape folder.
To use your Anarchie Bookmarks, import the Bookmarks file in your Bookmarks folder located in your Anarchie folder.
You can also import a file by dragging it from the Finder to the Favorites window.

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To create an alias to a page on the desktop

If the page is not on your favorites list, add it.
From the Favorites menu, choose Open Favorites.
Drag a page from the Favorites window to the desktop.

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To add a page to the Favorites Bar

If the page is not on your favorites list, add it.
From the Favorites menu, choose Open Favorites.
Drag an item to the Toolbar Favorites folder.

Tips

You can also drag an item directly from the Favorites window onto the Favorites Bar.
You can also drag a link on a page onto the Favorites Bar.

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To remove a page from the Favorites Bar

From the Favorites menu, choose Open Favorites.
Open the Toolbar Favorites folder.
To keep the site in your favorites list, but not on the Favorites Bar, drag the page out of the Toolbar Favorites folder. To remove the site from your favorites list completely, drag the page to the Trash.