Favorites or Bookmarks
Favorites are computer locations that you mark as a place you
want to go to often – one of your favorite places. Most often,
favorites are used on the Internet to mark web sites or web pages
that you want to keep. Some programs call favorites “bookmarks.”
Bookmarks are a good description. Imagine that the Internet is a
huge library containing many books (web sites) with many pages (web
pages) – all of which are constantly updated. You can quickly return to the
place where you left off or a place you want to return to by
sticking a bookmark on the page. This is one of your Favorite
Places.
Let’s talk about how different programs use Favorites.
America-On-Line and CompuServe
AOL and CompuServe allow you to work with your favorite places in
the menu or in the toolbar button, both labeled “Favorites.” You can
add the site you are currently viewing by dragging the heart or
checkmark in the web page’s window to the “Favorites” folder shown
on the toolbar. Another way you can add the site to the list of your
favorites is to click the Favorites menu and choose the “Add to
Favorites” option.
Once a web page has been added to your favorites, you can return
to that site by clicking on the Favorites (menu or toolbar) and
choosing the web page’s name from the list. It’s fast and easy.
Internet Explorer
Using Internet Explorer you can add a web page to favorites using
the menu or the button on the toolbar – both labeled Favorites. The
button on the toolbar opens a Favorites window on the left side of
the browser program. While viewing the page you want keep as a
favorite, click the top choice in the menu or the Add button in the
Favorites window to add the current web page to your list of
favorites.
To return to a web page in your list, click the Favorites menu
and choose the desired web page or click the Favorites button on the
toolbar to open the Favorites window and pick it from the list.
Click the Favorites button on the toolbar once more to close the
Favorites window (so you can see more of your page.)
Netscape Communicator
Netscape calls favorites Bookmarks. To add viewed web page to
your bookmarks, click the Bookmark button and click Add to
Bookmarks. To later return to that same page, click the Bookmark
button and find the desired bookmark on the list.
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