Using Favorites in Internet Explorer



Favorites provide a way for you to permanently record the addresses (URL's) of your favorite web sites or of a web site you would like to remember and perhaps visit again some time in the future. The Favorites persist from one explorer session to another and do not disappear unless you manually delete them. Thus, unless someone else deletes them they will be there to view when you return. Lets learn how to work with favorites.

Viewing favorites
Favorites offer a convenient means to retrieve pages whose locations (URL's) you've saved. You store your favorites in a list saved on your hard drive. Once you add a favorite to your list, the item stays until you remove it or change lists. The permanence and accessibility of favorites make them invaluable for personalizing your internet access.
Click on the experimental window and click on the button.
Something similar to the following should appear:


How to delete Favorites using the Favorites menu
In the experimental window select favorites from the menu. Click on organize favorites from the sub-menu that appears.

The following window should appear:



Click on the Favorite you want deleted and click delete.

Note: In this window you can also organize your list of favorites into different folders, rename a favorite, make a page be available offline, and find out the URL of the site, the number of times visited and the last time visited.

How to Create (add) a Favorite

To add a favorite to your favorites list choose Add Favorites from the Favorites sub-menu.

Create a favorite for this tutorial.

To verify that the favorite was added, choose Organize Favorites from the Favorites sub-menu. The favorite you just created should appear at the end of the list.

How to save favorites to your diskette

  1. To save your favorites to a disk select Import and Export from the File menu.
  2. A "wizard" will open. Click Next to continue with the export of the favorites.
  3. The next screen will ask you what you want to do. Select Export Favorites then click Next.



  4. Select the folders you want to export then click Next.
  5. Next the "wizard" will ask you where you want your favorites exported to. Click Export to File or Address. Then click Browse.
  6. Select the A: drive then click Save.



  7. The location name should appear in the box you checked. Click Next.
  8. The "wizard" will the tell you that you have completed the wizard. Click Finish to Export the favorites.

Once it has completed the export the following box will open Stating that the export was successful.



How to Import Favorites from your diskette

You can also use the Import and Export Wizard to import your favorites from a diskette to your hard drive.
  1. Select Import and Export from the File menu
  2. Select Import favorites. Then click Next.
  3. Select Import from File or Address. Then click Browse.
  4. Select the file from which you want to download the favorites from. Then click Save.
  5. choose where you want to save the file to. Then click Next.
  6. Click Finish and the file will be imported.