Organizing Favorites
As your collection of favorite Web sites and RSS feeds grows, you might find it useful to organize them into folders. That way, you won't be faced with a huge list of favorites each time you open your Favorites bar. To organize your favorites, choose Favorites → Organize Favorites from Internet Explorer's menu bar.
To create a new folder, click the New Folder button, type a folder name, and press Enter. To create a subfolder within an existing folder, first open the parent folder. Then click New Folder and enter the subfolder name.
To move a page or tab group into a folder, choose the item you want to move and then click Move. Click the folder into which you want to move the item and click OK. Or, just drag the item onto the folder into which you want to move it.
To rename a link or folder, choose the item you want to rename, click Rename, type the new name, and press Enter.
Caution Deleting a folder deletes all items in that folder. If the folder contains any items you want to keep, move them to another folder before you delete.
To delete an item or folder, choose the item you want to delete, click Delete, and click OK.
To put items into alphabetical order, right-click a folder name or some empty space and choose Sort by Name.
Click Close when you've finished organizing your Favorites. To view your reorganized favorites, click the Favorites Center button.
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