Favorites (Bookmarks)

When you find a Web page you might like to visit again, press Ctrl+D. That’s the Add to Favorites command. (The long way is to click the Add to Favorites button identified in Figure 9-5.) Type a shorter or more memorable name, if you like, and click Add.

Top: When you want to flag a Web page for visiting later, using this menu is one way to do it. Bottom: Internet Explorer offers to add this Web page’s name (or a shorter name that you specify for it) either to the Favorites menu itself, or to a “folder” (category) within that menu. The next time you want to visit that page, just select its name from the star-shaped menu at the top left of the window.

Figure 9-5. Top: When you want to flag a Web page for visiting later, using this menu is one way to do it. Bottom: Internet Explorer offers to add this Web page’s name (or a shorter name that you specify for it) either to the Favorites menu itself, or to a “folder” (category) within that menu. The next time you want to visit that page, just select its name from the star-shaped menu at the top left of the window.

The Web page’s name appears instantly in the “Favorites center,” which is the menu indicated by the yellow star (Figure 9-5). The next time you want to visit that page, open this menu—or press Alt+C—and click the Web site’s name in the list.

Tip

You can send your list of Favorites to or from other browsers or other PCs, which can save you a lot of time.

To do that, open the Add to Favorites menu (Figure 9-5); choose Import and Export. The Import/Export wizard appears to guide you through the process. Consider saving them onto, for example, a flash drive, for ease in transporting to another location or computer.

You can rearrange the commands in your Favorites menu easily enough. Open the Favorites center ( ...

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