Managing Favorite Sites
Getting back to favorite Web sites by retyping the URL each time gets tiresome. Fortunately, it's also unnecessary because you can get to any favorite site with a simple mouse click. You just have to remember to add the site to your Favorites while you're there. That's easy to do:
- If you're not already at a favorite Web site or page, browse to one.
- Do any of the following to add the page to your Favorites:
- Click the Favorites button and choose Add to Favorites.
- Right-click some empty white space on the page and choose Add to Favorites.
- Choose Favorites → Add to Favorites from Internet Explorer's menu.
- Optionally, if you want to type your own descriptive title for the page, replace the text shown in the Name box with your own name.
- Optionally, if you've already set up custom Favorites folders, click the Create In button and choose the folder in which you want to place the favorite.
- Optionally, to create a new Favorites folder, click New Folder, type the new folder name, and click Create.
- Click Add.
The Web site's title is added to your Favorites menu and the Favorites Center. To return to the site at any time in the future, choose Favorites from the menu and click the Web site's title. Or click the Favorites Center button (star) and click the site's title there.
Tip To create a desktop shortcut to the page you're currently viewing, choose File → Send → Shortcut to Desktop from Internet Explorer's menu. To e-mail a link or Web Page to someone, click File → Send and then choose Page by E-mail (to send the page itself) or Link by E-mail (to send a link to the page).
In this tutorial:
- Using Windows 7 Internet Explorer
- Understanding How the Web Works
- Examples of Top-Level Domains and URLs of Web Sites
- Windows Explorer Versus Internet Explorer
- Using Internet Explorer
- Browsing to a Web site
- Using AutoComplete
- Using Back, Forward, and History buttons
- Magnifying a page
- Panes and toolbars
- Full-screen viewing
- Change your default home page
- Using Tabs
- Using Quick Tabs
- Creating multiple home page tabs
- Rearranging and removing home page tabs
- Personalizing tabbed browsing
- Shortcut keys for tabs
- Using Web Slices
- Using Accelerators
- Using RSS Feeds
- Optional settings for RSS feeds
- Using the RSS Feed Headlines gadget
- Managing Favorite Sites
- Adding tab groups to Favorites
- Starting Your Favorites Collection
- Organizing Favorites
- Importing and exporting Favorites
- Blocking Pop-Ups
- Using the Information bar
- When pop-ups still get through
- Using the SmartScreen Filter
- How the SmartScreen Filter works
- Getting the most from the SmartScreen Filter
- Deleting the Browser History
- Clearing AutoComplete entries
- Configuring AutoComplete
- Understanding cookies
- Deleting cookies
- Adjusting cookie privacy settings
- Looking at cookies and privacy policies
- Understanding temporary Internet files
- Clearing temporary Internet files
- Temporary Internet files settings
- A note on certificates
- Using Internet Security Zones
- Printing Web Pages
- Using Print Preview
- Saving Web Pages
- Copying content from Web pages
- Downloading pictures and videos
- Making Internet Explorer Your Default Browser
- Searching the Web
- Choosing search providers
- Choosing a default provider
- Searching from the Search box
- Searching from the address bar
- Getting More with Add-ons
- Managing add-ons
- Internet Explorer Help and Troubleshooting