Quick bookmarking of your favorites

Here's a shortcut for bookmarking a page -- or for you Internet Explorer fans, for adding it to your Favorites list:

• Right-click a blank part of the Web page.

• From the pop-up menu, choose Add to Favorites, Add Page to Favorites, or Add Bookmark (each browser version offers a different line).

Backing up bookmarks/favorites

Unlike the Mozilla derived browsers, such as Mozilla, Firefox and Netscape, Internet Explorer does not store its Favorites in an HTML document. To be sure you don't lose them if you have to do a reinstall, back them up using the procedure below:

• To import bookmarks or favorites, on the File menu, click Import and Export.

• To export favorites to bookmarks or favorites on the same or another computer, on the File menu, click Import and Export.

• Exported favorites are saved as regular HTML files, so either Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator can import them. You can export a selected folder in your Favorites list, or all of your favorites.

• The exported favorites file is fairly small, so if you want to share the favorite items with other people, you can copy it to a floppy disk or folder on a network, or attach it to an e-mail message.

• Don't forget to put a copy on your backup disk as well.

In browsers which store their bookmarks/favorites in an HTML page, usually bookmarks.htm, simply find the page and make a copy somewhere else. You can also use Export on the File menu.