Managing Netscape Bookmarks:
The Netscape
Bookmark window offers some powerful editing features which make that the editing process
an easy matter. Give it a try
- Open Netscape.
- Open the Bookmarks Window
(Ctrl-B or Command-B).
- Your bookmarks will appear in
the window.
- Click and hold the mouse
button while you drag the bookmark to a new position in the list. You will notice a black
line that indicates where the bookmark will be placed when you release the mouse button.
- Practice moving your
bookmarks.
Dont worry
about experimenting with editing your bookmarks. You can always go back into the bookmark
window and use the edit features to rearrange the changes you have made.
In additon to
rearranging the order of your bookmarks, you can add separators that will assist you in
organizing your bookmarks. A bookmark separator is a horizontal line that can be used to
separate the bookmark list into distinct sections. Try that editing feature now.
- Open your Netscape bookmarks
(Ctrl-B or Command-B)
- Click once on any bookmark in
the window.
- Navigate to the Item menu and
select Insert Separator.
- You will notice that a series
of hyphens has been inserted below the bookmark you originally selected.
- You can change the location
of the separator by selecting it and then dragging it to a new location while holding down
the mouse button.
- When you release the mouse
button, the separator will remain in the new location.
- You can remove a separator
you have inserted by clicking once on the separator and then selecting Delete Bookmark
from the Edit menu.
- You can see what the
separators look like in your bookmarks list by closing the bookmarks window and clicking
on the Bookmarks menu.
Inserting folders and moving bookmarks into these folders is an another useful Netscape
bookmark editing feature. Heres how to do that.
- Open your Netscape bookmarks
(Ctrl-B or Command-B)
- Click once on any bookmark in
the window.
- Navigate to the Item menu and
select Insert Folder.
- A dialog box will appear
asking you to choose a name and description for your folder. Do that now and click on then
click on OK.
- You will notice that a folder
has been inserted below the bookmark you originally selected.
- You can change the location
of the folder by selecting it and then dragging it to a new location while holding down
the mouse button.
- When you release the mouse
button, the folder will remain in the new location.
- You can now move bookmarks
from the general bookmarks list into the folder you have created.
- Click once on the bookmark
you want to move.
- Hold the mouse button down
while you drag the bookmark to the folder.
- When you release the mouse
button, the bookmark will appear beneath the folder. The bookmark will be indented to
indicate that it is in the folder.
- Close the bookmark window and
take a look at how the folder appears in the Bookmark Menu.
You will notice that
the folder you added looks similar to your regular bookmarks with the exception of a
little arrow that points out to the side. When you select the folder and hold down the
mouse button, the bookmarks you placed in the folder will pop out to the side of the
original bookmark list.
You have probably
noticed that the names of the bookmarks in your list are often not very descriptive of the
contents of the webpage they point to. You can edit the title of the bookmark using these
steps.
- Click once on any bookmark in
the window.
- Navigate to the Item menu and
select Edit Bookmark.
- A dialog box will appear on
the screen with the current name assigned to the bookmark. Note: This name comes from the
title given to the webpage by the webpage designer.
- Drag across the current
bookmark name while holding down the mouse button if the name isnt already selected.
- Type a new name for the
bookmark. You can name it anything you want but it is probably best to keep the name
rather short.
- You can also add a short
description of the bookmark or note the date on which you located the bookmark. This
wont appear on your bookmarks list but will be there if you select the bookmark and
return to the Edit Bookmark dialog box.
There are some other
useful features available in the Netscape Bookmark window which we wont cover in
this course. You can find more information by clicking on the Help menu of the Netscape
Browser. This will take you to Netscapes online tutorial which has more information
about Bookmarks.
Copyright © 1999 by Bob Jost. All rights reserved.