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Internet Explorer offers a feature called Favorites which lets you put frequently visited Web sites into an easy to use location so you won’t need to remember addresses or type information.

How to Add a Web Page to Favorites

  • on Internet, go to the page you would like to add to Favorites

  • on the Favorites menu, click on Add to Favorites

  • in the Add Favorite box, Internet Explorer automatically enters a name for the page but if you want to choose a different name, type in the name and click OK

How to go to a Web Page on the Favorite List

  • on the Favorites menu, click the link to the Web page you want to visit

  • if you’ve already organized folders, on Favorites menu, point to the folder first, then the link

How to Arrange Sites Alphabetically

  • right click anywhere on the Favorites menu when it is dropped down

  • on the menu that opens, click Sort by Name

How to Remove a Web Page from Favorites

  • this is useful for deleting sites you no longer visit or for links that are no longer available

  • on the Favorites menu, right click the link that you want to remove from the list

  • on the menu that opens, click Delete

How to Organize Web Pages into Folders

  • favorite Web pages can be organized into separate folders for each category or topic

  • on the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites then click Create Folder

  • type a name for the folder (to replace highlighted text “new folder”) and then press Close

  • to move Web pages to the new folder, under Organize Favorites, click on the Web page  from the list then click on Move to Folder

  • click on the appropriate folder and then click OK when you are finished

  • to rename a folder, on the Favorites menu right click the folder you want to rename

  • on the menu that opens, click Rename (near bottom of list), type new name and click OK

How to Remove a Web Page from a Folder

  • on the Favorites menu, point to folder where the Web page you want to remove is stored

  • right click the link to the page that you want to remove from the list

  • caution: when you delete a folder, Internet Explorer removes the folder and the links to all the Web pages stored in that folder

 

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