FAVORITES
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BOOKMARKS
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CREATING
FAVORITES/BOOKMARKS:
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You can
add a bookmark to your list of Favorites in Internet Explorer by:
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clicking on Favorites, Add to Favorites
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opening
the Favorites window in your browser and then dragging the “e” icon into
the window.
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USING THE
LINKS BAR
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It is
handy to put sites you want to access very regularly on your Links bar.
To do this in Explorer 6.0, you first need to make sure you can see the Links
bar (Vinculos). If you can’t, you need to unlock the
"unlock the Toolbars"
(Bloquear barras de
herramientas)- right
click on the word
"Links" and remove the tick next to Lock the Toolbars.
Then click your mouse on the dotted lines just to the left of the word
Links, and drag the toolbar under the address bar by holding down your
left mouse button and dragging.
Type in
the address of the site you want to put on the Links bar and press Enter
to access the site. When the site appears, drag the “e” icon just to the
left of the address on to the links bar. You then rename the link (by
right clicking on it and choosing Rename) and move the icon for your site
on the Links bar by dragging it to the appropriate position.
When you
have finished, lock the toolbars again.
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ACCESSING
FAVORITES THROUGH
"MY COMPUTER"
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As the
number of bookmarks/favorites you have created grows, you will need to
organise them into folders. It is possible to do this in Internet
Explorer, but it is much easier to do it through My Computer.
To work
with your favorites through My Computer, it is best to start by putting a
link to your Favorites folder on the desktop. To do this click on
Start, Search, All Files and folders. In the
box underneath where it says “All or part of the filename”, type
the word “Favorites” and click Search.
Once you
see the Favorites folder appear (next to a yellow star in Windows XP, or a
folder with a blue asterisk in it in previous versions of Windows), right
click on the folder, click on Send To and choose Desktop
(Create shortcut).
You can
now access your favorites directly by clicking on this shortcut on the
desktop. You can create and delete folders (ie create a filing system for
your bookmarks) and you can also add/delete bookmarks much more easily
than by doing this directly in IE.
To add a
bookmark to a folder, open the website you want to bookmark, then drag the
“e” icon into the appropriate folder in your Favorites folder.
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USING
MYBOOKMARKS.COM
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The
problem with storing your bookmarks in IE is that when you move to a
different computer, you no longer have access to your bookmarks.
Mybookmarks.com is a simple answer to this problem. You can upload your
bookmarks to this website, and then access them from anywhere in the world
where you have web access.
You can
also transport your bookmarks to another computer by exporting them to the
web and then importing them onto a different computer.
Finally,
this also creates a useful backup copy of your favorites.
To use
mybookmarks.com, you first have to sign up (for free). To do this
Go to
mybookmarks.com
Click on
Sign up
Click on
I accept (the terms and conditions)
Complete
the sign up procedure to obtain a username and password (make a note of
these!)
Once you
have a username and password, return to the mybookmarks.com webpage
and log in.
On this
course, you can create your bookmarks in Internet Explorer and at the end
of the course, upload them to mybookmarks.com to take home with you.
When you
get home you can export them to your own computer, BUT BEWARE!!!
Exporting bookmarks from mybookmarks.com overwrites any bookmarks you
already have on your computer. So, when you get home, first
create a backup copy of your favorites and store it somewhere safe, eg on
a floppy disk.
Next,
export your bookmarks from your home computer to mybookmarks.com, (using
the Append to existing bookmarks option, so that you don’t
overwrite the ones you created at NILE). Then export the whole lot (the
Nile bookmarks, and your home bookmarks) back to your home computer.
If you
make a mistake, you still have your bookmarks safe on your floppy disk. |