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Bookmarks offer a convenient means to retrieve pages whose locations (URLs) you've saved. You store your bookmarks in a list that's saved on your hard disk. 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.
History offer a convenient means of redisplaying pages you've previously viewed. Unlike bookmark lists, which store page locations that you've designated, history items are saved automatically when you display a page.
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To display the Bookmarks menu
- 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 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.
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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.
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To select one or more bookmark items for editing
- On Windows and Unix, double-click a folder to display or hide its contents. On the Mac OS, click a folder arrow 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.
- On Windows, select multiple items by holding down the Ctrl key (noncontiguous) or Shift key (contiguous) and clicking. On the Mac OS, select multiple items by holding down the Shift key (noncontiguous) and clicking.
- On Windows, when one or more bookmarks are selected, the status message area displays the URL of the most recently selected bookmark.
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Finding 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."
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