ITUE: Working with Bookmarks

Working with Bookmarks

Saving the URLs that you find during web searches is made easy with the Bookmarks feature of Netscape Navigator. As you proceed with your web search I would encourage you to save important "finds" by simply clicking on the Bookmarks icon on the menubar and adding the sites as you go...

The following instructions assume that the PC you are using is running Windows 95 or NT.

To start from a clean slate, we have prepared a bookmarks file with a few links relevant to today's problem. To get started, insert the floppy disk that came with your workshop packet into Drive A of the PC that you are using.
If you are using your own PC and would like to save a copy of your existing bookmarks file, please do so immediately; otherwise the contents of your file will be overwritten in the next step.
To save the current contents of the Bookmarks file:
- Click on the Bookmarks icon.
- Select "Edit Bookmarks..."; this will open the Bookmarks editor in a separate window.
- Select "File" from the menubar of the Bookmarks editor.
- Select "Save As..." from the menu.
- "Save in:" whatever drive location you wish and with whatever "File name:" you choose.
- Click on "Save" and proceed.
To load the PBL Bookmarks file from diskette:
- Click on the Bookmarks icon.
- Select "Edit Bookmarks..."; this will open the Bookmarks editor in a separate window.
- Select "File" from the menubar of the Bookmarks editor.
- Select "Open Bookmarks File" from the menu.
- "Look in:" 3.5 Floppy A.
- Double click on bookmark.htm.
- Return to the Navigator window to proceed with your web search.
To access a link from the Bookmarks file:
- Click on the Bookmarks icon.
- Click on the desired link in the bottom portion of the menu.
To save a link currently being displayed by Navigator to the Bookmarks file:
- Click on the Bookmarks icon.
- Select "Add Bookmark".
- The link will now appear at the bottom of the Bookmarks menu.
To save the results of your web search for later use via the Bookmarks file:
- Click on the Bookmarks icon.
- Select "Edit Bookmarks..."; this will open the Bookmarks editor in a separate window.
- Select "File" from the menubar of the Bookmarks editor.
- Select "Save As..." from the menu.
- Click on "Save", assuming that the Bookmarks editor is still accessing Drive A.
- Answer "Yes" to "Do you want to replace it?"
- Remove the diskette for later use!

Comments, suggestions, or requests to ud-itue@udel.edu.
"http://www.udel.edu/inst/bookmarks.html"
Last updated February 9, 1999.
Copyright Univ. of Delaware, 1999.