Objective 3. Create and Manage Favorites

The History list automatically tracks sites you visit each time you start Internet Explorermany of which you may never visit again. The Favorites list works differently. The Favorites list contains Web addresses for sites you plan to visit frequently. You intentionally add addresses to the Favorites list and Internet Explorer keeps the list for you. When you install Internet Explorer, a short list of Microsoft sites is added to the Favorites list. You can delete these addresses, add new addresses, and organize favorite site addresses into folders. For example, you might have a folder for Travel Sites, for College Sites, and so on. In Activities 1.7 through 1.9, you will add a new favorite, create a new folder, navigate to a site listed in favorites, and delete a favorite.

Activity 1.7. Adding an Address to the Favorites List

In this activity, you will display a Web page and add it to the Favorites list using the Add Favorite dialog box.

1.	In the Address Bar box, type www.prenhall.com/go and press .
2.	On the menu bar, click Favorites, and then from the displayed menu, click Add to Favorites. Alternatively, you can click the Favorites button to open the Favorites task pane. Compare your screen with Figure 1.21.   Figure 1.21. (This item is displayed on page 150 in the print version) The Add Favorite dialog box displays with the name of the Web site indicated in the Name box.
3.	In the Add Favorite dialog box that displays, click OK.
4.	On the menu bar, click Favorites, and then from the displayed menu, click Add to Favorites. In the Add Favorite dialog box, click the Create in button, if necessary, to make the New Folder button display. Click the New Folder button, and then in the Folder name box, type Textbook Sites Click OK. The folder is created and displays in the listing of all folders and Web site favorites that are already established. A list of folders on the Favorites menu is shown in the Create in box at the bottom of the Add Favorite dialog box. When you have a number of sites that are related to a specific topic, you can create a new folder and use it to store related site addresses. You can also check the Make available offline check box to download the Web page and store it on your computer for use when you are offlineno longer connected to the Internet.
5.	In the Add Favorite dialog box, click the newly created folder to select it. Click OK. Internet Explorer adds the Prentice Hall GO! Series Web page address to the folder in the Favorites list. Internet Explorer will display a message box stating that the shortcut already exists on the Favorites menu and would you like to overwrite it. Click Yes.
6.	On the menu bar, click Favorites to reveal a list of folders and favorites. Scroll down the list to the Textbook Sites folder. You will see the Prentice Hall favorite appear immediately to the right of the small arrow.
7.	On the Standard Buttons toolbar, click the Home button to display your home page.

Activity 1.8. Displaying a Favorite Web Site

In this activity, you will use the Favorites list to display a Web site. You will also use the Favorites button on the Standard Buttons toolbar to display the Favorites task pane.

1.	On the menu bar, display the Favorites menu, click the Textbook Sites folder, and then notice that the link to the Prentice Hall GO! Series displays, as shown in Figure 1.22.     Figure 1.22.
2.	Click the link to the prenhall site. Then, on the Standard Buttons toolbar, click the Favorites button . Compare your screen to Figure 1.23.   Figure 1.23. (This item is displayed on page 152 in the print version) The Favorites task pane displays. Here you can use the Add button to display the Add Favorite dialog box. You can use the Organize button to create folders and organize your favorites.

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Activity 1.9. Deleting a Web Address from Favorites

In this activity, you will remove an address from the Favorites list.

1.	On the Favorites task pane, click Organize, and then compare your screen to Figure 1.24.   Figure 1.24. (This item is displayed on page 153 in the print version) The Organize Favorites dialog box displays a list of folders and links contained in the Favorites list and command buttons for creating folders, renaming folders and links, moving links to folders, and deleting folders and links from Favorites.
2.	In the Organize Favorites dialog box's list of items on the Favorites list, click the Textbook Sites folder to list its contents, and then click the prenhall link once to select it.
3.	In the Organize Favorites dialog box, click the Delete button, and then compare your screen with Figure 1.25.     Figure 1.25.
4.	In the Confirm File Delete dialog box, click Yes; then, in the Organize Favorites dialog box, click Close. Internet Explorer removes the Prentice Hall Web site from the Favorites list and closes the Organize Favorites dialog box.
5.	On the Standard Buttons toolbar, click the Favorites button to close the Favorites task pane. Alternatively, click the task pane's Close button.
6.	On the Standard Buttons toolbar, click the Home button to display your home page.

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Objective 4 Search the Internet