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Week 9 Notes
Useful Skills: Home Page & Favorites
q Browsers—review
§ Internet Explorer
§ (Netscape) Mozilla Firefox
q
File > New > Window
to start a new browser window
q
Several ways to return to a
previously visited page
§ Back button
§ history list
§
favorites/bookmarks (see
below)
§ home
q How to change your homepage
1. Go to the page you want to appear
2. Tools > Internet Options
3. Click the General tab
4. Under Home page, click
Use Current
5. Click OK
Note: To restore original home page in Internet Explorer, click Use Default.
Favorites and Bookmarks
q What are favorites or bookmarks?
q How to go to a…
- Favorite (button shows via Right click on any bar
and activate Standard 
Buttons)
- Bookmark
(View>Sidebar>Bookmarks)
(cont. next page)
q Add Favorites in Internet Explorer
1. visit the Web page you want to list as a favorite
2. click Favorites [Alt+a]
3. select Add to Favorites
4. OK [press Enter]
q Bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox
1. visit the Web page you want to bookmark
2. click Bookmarks > Bookmark this page
3. check information and click OK
q Deleting Favorites (or Bookmarks)
-select favorite and press Delete
-Bookmarks>Manage Bookmarks… select and press Delete
q Assignment 9: Practice creating and deleting some favorites or bookmarks: