Bookmarking
pages in Netscape
In
a nutshell: To
Bookmark a page: While browsing that page, press Ctrl + D
Bookmarking
pages in Internet Explorer
In
a nutshell: To
Bookmark a page: While browsing that page, select from the menu:
'Favorites,' then 'Add to Favorites.'
Using
Toolbar or Menu Links
In
addition to links in the content area, you can also access links
using Communicator toolbar buttons and menu items. Menu
items offer each of the links available through toolbar buttons,
plus many more.
To
make a webpage your Home page
- Open
your Netscape.
- Click
on Edit>Preferences.
- Select
Navigator.
- In
the window to the right there is a 'Home page' section. Input
the web address into the 'Location:' box.
- Click
'OK.''
Now,
everytime you open your browser and every time you click the 'Home'
button, your chosen Home Page will load.
To
display the home page Click
the Home button. The URL of your home page is designated
in your preferences.
To
display previously viewed pages
Click
the Back button to display the previous page in the history
list. Click the Forward button to display the next page
in the history list. This button is available only after you've
used Back or a history menu item. Choose history items
from the Go menu. Communicator automatically puts the title
of a page you have viewed at the top of the history list. From
the Communicator menu, choose History to see the history
lineage.
To
display pages that you have preselected as bookmarks
Choose
bookmark items from the Bookmarks pop-up menu.
Revisiting
a Page Using Bookmarks
Bookmarks
offer a convenient means of page retrieval. You store your bookmarks
in a list. Once you add a bookmark to your list, the item stays
until you remove it or change lists. The permanence and accessibility
of bookmarks make them invaluable for personalizing your Internet
access.
Navigator
offers many options for creating a bookmark list. Basic options
let you add and access a page through a pop-up menu on the location
toolbar or through the Communicator menu of the main menu bar.
The simplest way to obtain direct access to a favorite page is
to open the Bookmarks menu and choose Add Bookmarks. This
adds the current page as an item in the Bookmarks menu.
More
advanced options, available from the Bookmarks window,
let you create hierarchical menus, partial menu displays, multiple
and shared bookmark files, list descriptions, and list searches.
The Bookmarks window lists your bookmarks and offers a
set of menu items to help you organize your list. In addition,
many drag-and-drop options are available for creating and filing
your bookmarks.
The
bookmark list you create is represented by a bookmark file on
your hard disk. Each item in the list contains the title of the
page (which you can choose in a menu), the associated URL (which
lets Navigator retrieve the page), and some additional date information.
The
same Bookmarks menu is displayed by either the pop-up menu
in the location toolbar or the Communicator menu of the main menu
bar.
To
display the Bookmarks menu using a pop-up menu
Position
the mouse cursor over the Bookmarks button in the location
toolbar, and press the left mouse button.
To
display the Bookmarks menu using the main menu bar
Open the Communicator menu, then choose Bookmarks.
The Bookmarks item displays a submenu.
To
add and file bookmarks using the Bookmarks menu
Choose one of the following items:
- Add
Bookmark Adds the title of the currently displayed page as
the last item in the bookmark list. The Bookmarks menu
grows as you add bookmarks.
- File
Bookmark The pull-right File Bookmark menu item lets
you add the current Navigator page to a selected bookmark folder.
The items in this menu are bookmark folders.
To
edit or delete bookmarks using the Bookmarks menu
Choose
Edit Bookmarks to open the Bookmarks window. You
can drag and drop bookmark icons or use the window's menu items
to arrange the display of your bookmarks and bookmark folders.
To delete a bookmark, select the bookmark icon in the Bookmarks
window, then press the Delete key (or choose Delete
from the Edit menu).
To
display bookmarks using the Bookmarks menu
Choose one of the following items:
- Bookmark
items
These items are the bookmarks you've created. Choose an item to
display the bookmarked page. Each time you add a bookmark, the
page's title is added to this menu and links to the bookmarked
page.
- Guide
The pull-right Guide menu item is a preset group of bookmarks
built into Navigator. These bookmarks offer tools and links for
finding Internet information. They're the same as the items offered
by the Guide button in the navigation toolbar.
To
quickly add and file a bookmark for the current page
- Place
the cursor over the Page Proxy icon in the location toolbar.
The cursor and icon change when the cursor is over the icon.
- Drag
the Page Proxy icon (an icon image follows the cursor)
to the Bookmarks icon, which is at the left side of the
location toolbar. If you release the Page Proxy icon over
the Bookmarks icon, a bookmark for the current page is
added to the bottom of the bookmark list. If you hold the Page
Proxy icon over the Bookmarks icon, the Bookmarks
menu is displayed, allowing you to further drag the Page Proxy
icon to a particular position in your bookmark list. When you
release the mouse button, the bookmark is filed at the menu position
you have selected. You can drag and drop the Page Proxy
icon anywhere in the list, including nested bookmark folders (displayed
as pull-right menu items). As you drag the icon over your current
list of bookmark names, a horizontal line appears between menu
items to indicate where the new bookmark will be placed when you
release the mouse button.
Editing
in the Bookmarks Window
The Bookmarks window offers the full set of bookmark capabilities.
You can double-click bookmarks to access pages, drag and drop
icons to arrange your bookmarks, and use the window's menu bar
to create new bookmark items and manipulate bookmark lists.
To
display the Bookmarks window
Open
the Bookmarks menu and choose Edit Bookmarks. Alternatively,
you can open the Communicator menu, choose the pull-right
Bookmarks item, then select Edit Bookmarks. The
Bookmarks window lists the same names that appear in the Bookmarks
menu; however, the Bookmarks window gives you many more
tools for organizing your bookmarks. The menus of the Bookmarks
window contain items that help you build and maintain bookmark
lists. The Bookmarks window displays bookmark icons and
folders in a list, arranged like files and folders on your hard
disk. Each bookmark icon corresponds to an item in the Bookmarks
menu. Each bookmark icon in a folder corresponds to a menu item
under a pull-right (hierarchical or multilevel) menu. Folders
can be nested in other folders. Using the Bookmarks window,
you can create and name a bookmark folder. Bookmarks that you
place in a bookmark folder are accessed in pull-right menus.
To
add and file a bookmark
From
the Navigator window, drag the Page Proxy icon (located
to the left of the location field) over the Bookmarks pop-up
menu to display the menu, then drag and drop the icon into the
menu item position where you want the bookmark. This creates a
bookmark for the page you are viewing and files the bookmark in
the Bookmarks window. If you simply drop the icon over
the pop-up menu icon, the bookmark is filed at the bottom of the
Bookmarks window. You can also drag the proxy icon directly
into an open Bookmarks window.
- From
the Bookmarks menu, choose File Bookmark and select
the folder where you want the bookmark. This creates a bookmark
at the bottom of the selected folder.
- From
the Bookmarks menu, choose Add Bookmark. This creates
a bookmark at the bottom of the Bookmarks window.
- From
a Navigator page, drag a highlighted link over the Bookmarks
pop-up menu, then drop the icon into the menu item position where
you want the bookmark. You can also drag the link into the Bookmarks
window. This creates a bookmark for the page pointed to by the
link and files it in the Bookmarks window.
To
open a page using its Bookmarks window icon
Double-click
a bookmark icon to access the corresponding page. Alternatively,
you can select a bookmark, then choose Go to Bookmark from
the File menu.
To
position bookmark items
Drag
and drop icons into folders to arrange your bookmarks. While dragging
an item around, you'll see a box or a line indicating the position
where a drop will occur. When you drag an item over a folder,
you'll see a box around the folder (a drop positions the item
first in the folder list). When you drag an item over a bookmark
or separator, you'll see a horizontal line between adjacent items
(a drop positions the item at the line).
To
add a folder and a pull-right bookmark menu
Each
folder represents a level (header) in a pull-right (cascading
or hierarchical) menu.
- Click
the icon above where you want to position a new folder.
- In
the Bookmarks window, open the File menu and choose
New Folder. This displays the Bookmark Properties
dialog box.
- In
the dialog, type a name for the folder. The name of the folder
will be the name of the pull-right menu item.
- Click
OK to close the dialog.
- Drag
and drop any bookmark icon into the newly created folder (or select
the folder, choose the New Bookmark menu item, and enter
a name and URL). The new bookmark now appears in the Bookmark
menu under a pull-right menu item.
To
add a personal toolbar button for a bookmark or bookmark folder
-
Open the Bookmarks menu and choose Edit Bookmarks
to open the Bookmarks window.
- Drag
the bookmark or bookmark folder icon into the designated personal
toolbar folder.
Alternatively,
you can select a bookmark and bookmark folder icon, then choose
Add Bookmark to Toolbar from the File menu. Each
bookmark and bookmark folder contained in the personal toolbar
folder appears as a toolbar button, though the toolbar's size
allows for access to only a small number of buttons. Folders
in the personal toolbar folder are displayed as pop-up menus
and their contents are displayed as menu items. Embedded folders
(folders within other folders) are displayed as pull-right menus.
To
designate a bookmark folder as your personal toolbar folder
- Open
the Bookmarks menu and choose Edit Bookmarks to
open the Bookmarks window.
- Select
the bookmark folder whose items you want to appear on the toolbar.
- From
the View menu, choose Set as Toolbar Folder. The
items contained in the folder you have designated appear as personal
toolbar buttons.
To
select one or more bookmark items for editing
Double-click
a folder to display or hide its contents. Click a bookmark or
folder item to select or unselect the item. When you single-click
a folder, subsequent actions (such as editing and positioning)
act upon all the contents of the folder. Select multiple items
by holding down the Ctrl key (noncontiguous) or Shift
key (contiguous) and clicking. When one or more bookmarks are
selected, the status message area displays the URL of the most
recently selected bookmark.
To
create Internet shortcuts using bookmarks, page links, and the Page
Proxy icon
From
the Bookmarks window, drag a bookmark icon to the desktop
to create an Internet shortcut for the bookmark. Alternatively,
you can select a bookmark, then choose Create Shortcut from
the File menu. From a Navigator page, drag a highlighted
link from the page to the desktop to create an Internet shortcut
for the linked page. From the Navigator window, drag the
Page Proxy icon (located to the left of the location field)
to the desktop to create an Internet shortcut for the page you
are viewing.
To
find out if a bookmark's page has been modified since your last
viewing
- From
the Bookmarks window's View menu, choose Update
Bookmarks. The What's New dialog box appears.
- Choose
a radio button to specify whether you want to look for changes
in all bookmarks or selected bookmarks.
- Click
the Start Checking button. Navigator checks the specified
bookmarks for changes, while displaying progress and results in
a dialog. If a page has changed, Navigator lists it alongside
a distinct, accentuated icon. If the page's modifications have
not been verified, Navigator lists it alongside a question mark
in the icon.
To
save and reopen multiple bookmark lists
Bookmarks
are maintained in lists; each list is represented by a bookmark
file. You can have more than one bookmark list, each with its
own set of titles linked to favorite pages, although only one
bookmark list can be active at a time.
- From
the File menu, choose Save As to save the current
list in the Bookmarks window. The list is saved as an HTML-formatted
page file.
- Type
a filename of your choosing.
- Click
OK to create the bookmark file.
- From
the Bookmarks window, open the File menu and choose
Open to select which list to display in the Bookmarks
menu.
To
import HTML files (or hotlists) as bookmarks
You
can read any HTML file containing links and convert the links
into bookmarks. The links are placed in a folder atop the bookmark
list. (To import a hotlist into Navigator, you should first convert
your hotlist to HTML. Several downloadable utilities perform this
conversion. You can also use another browser's mail command to
transmit a hotlist in HTML format.)
- From
the Communicator menu, choose Bookmarks to open the Bookmarks
window.
- In
the Bookmarks window, open the File menu and choose
Import.
- Select
the file you wish to import in the Import Bookmarks File
dialog.
- Click
the Open button.
To
find a bookmark
- From
the Edit menu in the Bookmarks window, choose Find
in Bookmarks.
- In
the resulting dialog, type the text you want to locate among your
bookmarks.
- Select
one or more of the Look In checkboxes to specify whether
you want to search for text contained in the bookmark name, location
(URL), or description (stored with bookmark properties).
- Select
the Match Case checkbox if you want capital letters in
the search to match exactly. For example, with Match Case
selected, the search text "internet" will not find "Internet."
- Select
the Whole Word checkbox if you want to search only for
whole words that match your search text. For example, with Whole
Word selected, the search text "Net" will not find "Netscape."
Using
Bookmarks Window Menus
The
Bookmarks window contains a menu bar similar to that of
the Navigator window. The Communicator and Help menus
are the same as in the Navigator window.
- The
File, Edit, and View menus contain the following
items that are specific to the Bookmarks window.
- The
File Menu New displays a submenu containing the same items
as in the File menu of the main menu bar.
- New
Bookmark lets you add a new bookmark below the current selection
in the list. You'll see the Bookmark Properties dialog
box, where you enter the bookmark title you wish to use in the
Name field and the new item's URL in the Location field.
You have the option of adding information to the Description
field.
- The
Last Visited field contains the date you last viewed the page.
- The
Added on field contains the current date and time.
Click
OK to complete the insertion.
Note
that if the current selection is an open folder, the new item
is inserted into the folder as the folder's first item. If the
selection is a closed folder, the new item is inserted after
the folder at the same level as the folder. New Folder
lets you add a new folder (and corresponding menu item) below
the current selection. You'll see the Bookmark Properties
dialog box, where you enter the name of the new folder. You
have the option of adding information to the Description
field. The Added on field contains the current date and
time. (There's no information for the Location or Last
Visited field.)
Click
OK to complete the insertion.
- New
Separator creates a separator line below the current selection
in the list.
- Open
Bookmarks File lets you select a bookmark file to use as your
active bookmark file.
- Import
lets you add the contents of a bookmark file to the end of the
active bookmark file.
-
Note that a bookmark file is an HTML-formatted page; if you try
to import an HTML page that is not a bookmark file, your bookmarks
may not work.
- Save
As saves the active bookmarks as an HTML-formatted page. Type
a filename of your choosing, then click OK to create the
bookmark file.
- Go
to Bookmark displays the page specified by the current selection
in the list (provided the current selection is a page title).
This action is the same as double-clicking a bookmark.
- Add
Selection to Toolbar puts a copy of the selected bookmark
or bookmark folder into the personal toolbar folder. Each bookmark
and bookmark folder in the personal toolbar folder is represented
by a button on the personal toolbar; folders are displayed as
pop-up menus.
- Create
Shortcut displays a dialog box with preset information about
the selected bookmark. To create an Internet shortcut icon on
your desktop, you can accept the current information or supply
a new description and URL for any page you wish. After you have
created the icon, you can click it to open Communicator with the
shortcut page automatically loaded.
- Make
Alias (this command is in the pop-up menu displayed using
the right-mouse button) lets you create an alternate bookmark
(an alias) that works in the same manner as the original bookmark.
Using aliases, you can put the same bookmark in multiple folders.
Unlike a copy of a bookmark, an alias automatically reflects any
change made to the original bookmark. When you delete a bookmark,
its aliases are also deleted.
- Go
Offline/Go Online displays a dialog that lets you disconnect
from your Internet provider if you're online or connect to your
Internet provider if you're offline. The dialog also contains
checkboxes to enable you to download mail, download discussion
groups, and send messages in your Outbox just before disconnecting
or just after connecting to the network. An additional button
lets you select the discussion groups you wish to download. You
can use the Offline preferences panel to specify an online, offline,
or "ask me" work mode when starting up Communicator.
- Close
closes the Bookmarks window and saves the current list.
- The
Edit Menu Undo reverses the last action you performed, when
possible.
- Redo
reverses the last undo action, when possible.
- Cut
removes the current selection and places a copy on the clipboard.
If the selection includes a folder, the folder's contents are
included in the cut.
- Copy
places a copy of the current selection on the clipboard. If the
selection includes a folder, the folder's contents are included
in the copy.
- Paste
places the contents of the clipboard into the bookmark list after
the current selection. If the selection is a folder, the new item
is inserted into the folder as the first item.
- Delete
removes the current selection. If the selection includes a folder,
the folder's contents are also removed.
- Find
in Bookmarks displays a dialog that lets you type the text
you want to locate among your bookmarks. You can select checkboxes
to specify whether you want to search for the text in the bookmark
name, location (URL), and description (stored with bookmark properties).
Other checkboxes let you specify if you want the search to match
with regard to capitalization and whole words.
- Find
Again performs the Find command again.
- Bookmark
Properties displays a window describing bookmark or folder
information for the current selection. The menu item is available
only if a single bookmark or folder is selected.
- The
View /Menu By Name arranges bookmark folders and items
within folders alphabetically by name.
- View
By /Location arranges bookmark folders and items within folders
alphabetically by URL (disregarding URL protocols such as HTTP
and FTP).
- View/By
Created On arranges bookmark folders and items within folders
chronologically by the date the bookmark was created.
- View/By
Last Visited arranges bookmark folders and items within folders
chronologically by the date the bookmark was last displayed.
- View/Sort
Ascending arranges alphabetical views from A to Z, chronological
views from newer to older, and numerical views from 1 to 9.
- View/Sort
Descending arranges alphabetical views from Z to A, chronological
views from older to newer, and numerical views from 9 to 1.
- Update
Bookmarks checks your bookmarks to see which pages, if any,
have undergone modifications since you last viewed them. Before
the check, you're prompted as to whether you want to check all
bookmarks or only selected bookmarks. After the check, a dialog
tells you how many pages were reached and how many changed. A
page that has been modified is notated with accentuating lines
in the bookmark icon; a page whose modification has not been verified
is notated with a question mark in the bookmark icon.
- Set
as Toolbar Folder/Turn Off Toolbar Folder makes the selected
folder the container for personal toolbar buttons or, if the personal
toolbar folder is selected, turns the selection off so that there
are no personal toolbar buttons. Each bookmark and bookmark folder
in the personal toolbar folder is represented by a button on the
personal toolbar; folders are displayed as pop-up menus.
- Set
as New Bookmarks Folder designates the selected folder as
the one into which new bookmarks are added. The default is the
topmost folder. First select a folder, then choose Set as New
Bookmarks Folder.
- Set
as Bookmark Menu limits the bookmarks that appear under the
Bookmarks menu to those beginning at the selected folder.
The default setting is the entire listing. First, select a folder,
then choose Set as Bookmark Menu.
Setting
Bookmark Properties
The
Bookmark Properties dialog box is automatically opened
whenever you choose New Bookmark or New Folder from
the Bookmarks window's View menu. You can also choose
to open the dialog from the Bookmarks window for any selected
bookmark item.
To
open the Bookmark Properties dialog for a bookmark or bookmark folder
- From
the Bookmarks pop-up menu in the location toolbar, choose
Edit Bookmarks to open the Bookmarks window. Alternatively,
open the Communicator menu in the main menu bar, choose
the pull-right item Bookmarks, and then choose Edit
Bookmarks.
- Select
a bookmark or bookmark folder.
- From
the Edit menu, choose Bookmark Properties. You can
use the Bookmark Properties dialog to set or modify information
for any current bookmark or bookmark folder. The dialog presents
bookmark list information about a single bookmark item. The information
is stored in a bookmark file on your hard disk. The following
information is displayed in the dialog:
- Name
(of the bookmark or bookmark folder).
- Location
(URL of the bookmark).
- Description
(optional text you can supply to describe the bookmark or
folder).
- Number
of aliases, if any, to the bookmark (which you can select
by clicking the Select Aliases button).
- Last
Visited (date you last viewed the bookmark).
- Added
on (date you added the bookmark).
To
add or change the name or location of a selected bookmark
- In
the Bookmark Properties dialog, type a name in the Name field.
- Type
a URL in the Location (URL) field.
- If
you want to enter optional descriptive information, type in the
Description field.
- Click
OK.
To
add or change the name of a selected bookmark folder
- In
the Bookmark Properties dialog, type a name in the Name field.
- If
you want to enter optional descriptive information, type in the
Description field.
- Click
OK.
To
add or change a textual description for a selected bookmark or folder
- In
the Bookmark Properties dialog, type in the Description field.
This optional information does not affect how the bookmark works.
- Click
OK.
To
locate one or more aliases for a selected bookmark
- In
the Bookmark Properties dialog, click Select Aliases.
- Click
OK. In the Bookmarks window, any alias items for the particular
bookmark are selected. When you view the properties of an alias,
the dialog text fields (name, location, and description) display
the information for the original entry. Any change to the text
fields of the alias entry changes the original entry, and likewise,
any change to the original entry changes the alias entry.
To
create a bookmark alias On Windows
You
can create a bookmark alias by clicking the right-mouse button
when the cursor is over a selected bookmark, then selecting Make
Alias.
Revisiting
a Page Using History
Navigator
maintains a history list of pages you have recently viewed.
You can find different kinds of history list information in the
following ways:
- opening
the Go menu.
- viewing
the History window.
- pressing
the Back and Forward buttons.
- viewing
the color of visited versus unvisited links.
To
bring a page you've recently viewed back to your screen
Choose
the page title in the Go menu. The Go menu only
offers page titles you've viewed in the current session. Alternatively,
you can open the Communicator menu, choose History,
and then select the page title. The History window offers
page titles you've viewed during one or more sessions.
History
List Subsets (in the Go menu)
A
history list does not necessarily contain all the pages you've
recently viewed. Only a single lineage of history items is displayed.
For example, a series of pages containing maps might show you
increasing detail as you click links. If you view consecutively
linked pages with titles North America, United States, New York
State, and New York City, you'll see all four items appear in
the history list with New York City topmost in the list. Furthermore,
if you back up to the United States page, then view pages of California
and San Francisco, California and San Francisco automatically
replace New York State and New York City. The new thread of links
replaces the old thread of links.
To
display the most comprehensive history information
From
the Communicator menu, choose History. The History
window displays a page's title, URL, first visited date, last
visited date, expiration date, and number of visits. You can specify
the number of days that page visit information is stored by setting
a preference item in the Navigator panel. The History
window offers a menu bar containing many of the same menus
as the main menu bar. Page visit information is stored only for
the current session (until you exit from the application).
To
sort the pages in the history list
- From
the Communicator menu, choose History to open the
History window.
- From
the History window's View menu, choose whether you
wish to sort by title, location, dates, or number of visits.
- From
the History window's View menu, choose whether you
wish to sort in ascending (A to Z, new to old, 1 to 9) or descending
(Z to A, old to new, 9 to 1) order.
To
specify the number of days until visited links (and History window
items) expire
You
can specify when the color of a visited link reverts to the color
of an unvisited link. When the specified number of days elapses,
the color of a visited link changes back to the color of an unvisited
link and the page visit information is cleared from the History
window.
- From
the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
- Select
the Navigator panel.
- Type
a number of days in the Pages in history expire after field.
- Click
OK.
To
specify that all current visited links (and History window items)
expire immediately
You
can specify that visited links revert to unvisited links immediately.
This also clears the History window of all page visit information.
- From
the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
- Select
the Navigator panel.
- Click
Clear History .
- Click
OK.
Searching
in the History List
To
search for pages in the history list
-
From the Communicator menu, choose History to open
the History window.
- From
the History window's Edit menu, choose Search
History List to display the search dialog. The dialog contains
pop-up menus and a text field to help you specify the pages you
wish to locate.
- Choose
an item from the first pop-up menu to specify whether you want
to look for search text in a page's title, location, or various
date information.
- Choose
an item from the second pop-up menu to specify whether the page
information "contains," "doesn't contain," "is," or "isn't" the
search text. If you choose "contain," the search text must be
a part of the page information; if you choose "doesn't contain,"
the search text cannot be a part of the page information. If you
choose "is," the search text must match exactly the page information;
if you choose "isn't," the search text cannot match exactly the
page information.
- Type
the search text the field.
- Click
the More button one or more times if you want to further
constrain the search by adding additional search criteria. Each
time you click the button, another set of pop-up menus and text
field appears. This lets you continue to narrow your search by
specifying additional search text that must match a page's title,
location, or date information.
- Click
the Fewer button one or more times to remove any unneeded
sets of pop-up menus and fields you might have created with the
More button.
- Click
the Search button to begin a search. Pages matching your
search criteria are selected.
- Click
the Clear button to return the dialog to its default state.
- Click
the Save As button to save the history list as an HTML
page.
Viewing
Menu Items
The
main menu bar contains the following menus:
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