Favorites

The Favorites button displays the Favorites bar along the left side of Internet Explorer, as shown in Figure 23-10. This bar contains buttons you can click to go to channel web sites and favorite web pages. If you click a folder button in the bar, the bar expands to show the web pages included in that folder. Microsoft and your ISP add some web pages to your Favorites folder for you to begin with, but you'll probably want to add your own favorite web pages to your Favorites folder so that they appear on this bar. The next sections describe how to add and work with your favorites.

ADDING A FAVORITE TO YOUR FAVORITES FOLDER

If you find or discover a web page that you want to revisit, you can tell Internet Explorer to record the web site's URL in your Favorites folder. To add the web page you're currently viewing to the Favorites folder, choose Favorites | Add To Favorites. Then, when Internet Explorer displays the Add Favorite dialog box, click the Create In button so that Internet Explorer expands the dialog box to show the Favorites folder's subfolders. Select the folder you want to store the web page's URL in, and then click OK.

NOTE: If you want to create a new subfolder, select the folder into which you want to place the subfolder, click the New Folder button, and then enter a name for the new folder using the dialog box that Internet Explorer provides.

WORKING WITH FAVORITES

To organize your favorites, choose Favorites | Organize Favorites. Then use the Organize Favorites dialog box shown in Figure 23-11 to move, rename, delete, and edit the properties of your favorites.

· Create a New Folder for Storing Favorites Click the Create Folder button. This adds a new folder to the list. To name the folder, type a name and press Enter.

· Add a Favorite to a Folder Select the favorite, drag it up or down the list, and drop it in the folder.

· Move a Favorite Up or Down the List Select a favorite and drag it up or down the list. Drop it where you want the favorite to fall.

· Subscribe to a Favorite for Offline Viewing Select the favorite and check the Make Available Offline box. Subscribing to web pages and channels is described later in this chapter.

· Rename a Favorite Select the favorite and click the Rename button. Type a new name and press Enter.

· Delete a Favorite Select the favorite and click the Delete button.