Managing Web Resources (Microsoft Internet Explorer)

Listing your favorite pages for quick viewing

When you find Web sites or pages that you like, you can keep track of them, so it's easy to open them in the future.

• Add a Web page to your list of favorite pages. Any time you want to open that page, just click the Favorites button on the toolbar, and then click the shortcut in the Favorites list.
• If you have a handful of sites or pages that you visit often, add them to your Links bar.
• If there is one page you visit most, you can make it your home page so that it is displayed every time you start Internet Explorer or click the Home button on the toolbar.

Tip

• If you forget to add Web pages to your Favorites or Links bar, click the History button on the toolbar. The History list shows where you've been - today, yesterday, or a few weeks ago. Click a name from the list to display the page.

To add a page to your list of favorite pages

1. Go to the page you want to add to your Favorites list.
2. On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites.
3. Type a new name for the page if you want to.

Tips

• To open one of your favorite pages, click the Favorites menu, and then click the page you want to open.
• As your list of favorite pages grows, you can organize them into folders.

To add a page to your Links bar

The Links bar is located next to the Address bar, which makes it a convenient place to add links to a few Web pages that you use frequently. Just click the link to display the page.

You can add a page to the Links bar in a variety of ways:

• Drag the icon for the page from your Address bar to your Links bar.
• Drag a link from a Web page to your Links bar.
• Drag a link to the Links folder in your Favorites list.

Tips

• If the Links bar does not appear on the toolbar, click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Links.
• You also can organize your links by dragging them to a different location on the Links bar.

To open a favorite Web site from the Start menu

• Click the Start button, point to Favorites, and then click the Web page you want.

To organize your favorite pages into folders

As your list of favorites grows, you can keep it organized by creating folders. You might want to organize your pages by topic. For example, you could create a folder named Art for storing information about art exhibits and reviews.

1. On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.
2. Click Create Folder, type a name for the folder, and then press ENTER.
3. Drag the shortcuts (or folders) in the list to the appropriate folders.

Note:

If the number of shortcuts or folders makes dragging impractical, you can use the Move to Folder button instead.

To make an existing favorite item available offline

1. On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.
2. Click the page you want to make available offline.
3. Select the Make available offline check box.
4. To specify a schedule for updating that page, and how much content to download, click Properties.

Notes

• Before you go offline, make sure you have the latest version of your pages by clicking the Tools menu and then clicking Synchronize.
• You can also make Web pages available offline without adding them to your Favorites list, by saving the pages on your computer.

To view Web pages without being connected to the Internet

After you mark your favorite pages for viewing offline, you can view them offline by using the following procedure.

1. Before you disconnect from the Internet, click the Tools menu, and then click Synchronize.
2. When you're ready to work offline, click the File menu, and then click Work Offline.
3. In your Favorites list, click the item you want to view.

Note

• When you choose to work offline, Internet Explorer will always start in Offline mode until you click Work Offline again to clear the check mark.

To print a Web page

1. On the File menu, click Print.
2. Set the printing options you want.

Tips

• To print a frame or item in a Web page, right-click the frame or item, and then click Print or Print Frame.
• To print a table with the URL’s (web addresses) shown on the webpage, check the “Print table of links” box.
• To print all webpages linked to the webpage on the screen, select the “Print all linked documents”. Caution: there may be tens or even hundreds of webpages linked to the page… check before you print!

Sharing bookmarks and favorites

Favorites, known as bookmarks in Netscape Navigator, are a convenient way to organize and link to Web pages that you visit frequently.

Internet Explorer automatically imports all your Netscape bookmarks. On the Favorites menu, click the Imported Bookmarks folder to view them.

If you use Internet Explorer on several computers, you can easily share favorites between computers by importing them. Also, if you use both Internet Explorer and Navigator, you can keep your favorites and bookmarks up-to-date with each other by importing them between programs.

• To import bookmarks or favorites, click the File menu, and then click Import and Export.
• To export favorites to bookmarks or favorites on the same or another computer, click the File menu, and then click Import and Export.

Notes

• Exported favorites are saved as a regular HTML file, so either Internet Explorer or Navigator can import them. You can export a selected folder in your Favorites list, or all of your favorites.
• The exported favorites file is fairly small, so you can copy it to a floppy disk or network folder, or attach it to an e-mail message if you want to share the favorite items with other people.

To change your home page

Your home page is the page that is displayed every time you open Internet Explorer. Make sure it is a page that you want to view frequently. Or make it one that you can customize to get quick access to all the information you want, such as the msn.com home page.

1. Go to the page you want to appear when you first start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3. Click the General tab.
4. In the Home page area, click Use Current.

Tip

• You can make an exported version of your Favorites list your home page. Export the Favorites list to the desktop or to a folder on your comuter. Navigate to the exported Favorites list and follow the steps above.
• To restore your original home page, click Use Default.

(Source: Microsoft Internet Explorer Help Files. Note: Check the Help files for updates when you download and install a new version of Internet Explorer… new features are being added in each new release.)

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