Introduction. Favorites. Internet Explorer 8 Features for Convenience and Organization. Organize Your Favorites. Page 1

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1 Internet Explorer 8 Features for Convenience and Organization Introduction Page 1 We have shown you several features for easily finding what you are looking for on the internet. Now it is time to show you how to organize your browsing so you can conveniently access the information you most use, thus saving you time and frustration. In this lesson, you will learn all about the features of Favorites and how you can best save and organize your web pages. In addition, you will learn how to access updates from your Favorite websites by setting up Feeds and Web Slices. Favorites Page 2 You can bookmark or save a web page to Favorites in Internet Explorer 8. There are several new features that allow you to better manage, add to and access web pages in your Favorites. In the video, you will see an example of how you can organize and access your Favorites for greater web browsing convenience. Watch the video (2:46). Need help? Organize Your Favorites The more organized your Favorites are, the easier they will be to access, which is the whole point in bookmarking pages. Favorites allows you to organize pages into folders, so before you start adding pages to your Favorites, consider the folders you may want to organize them in. 1. In the toolbar, click the Favorites button. 2. Click the Add to Favorites drop-down button and select Organize Favorites...

2 Access Organize Favorites 3. The Organize Favorites dialog box appears. Here, you can: Add new folders for any subject you browse often, like shopping, travel, sports or entertainment. Manage your folders by moving, renaming or deleting them. Organize Favorites 4. In our example below, travel web pages are organized in the Travel folder. Click Favorite to open it or click the blue arrow to open in a new tab or tab group.

3 Opening Favorites Adding to Favorites Once you determine how you want to organize and customize your folders, you can begin adding pages to your Favorites. Below are several variations on Adding to Favorites. To Add a Page to Favorites: 1. With the desired page visible in your browser, click the Favorites button. Then, click Add to Favorites... Page 3

4 Add to Favorites 2. The Add a Favorite dialog box will appear. 3. Click Add to place the page in your Favorites list. Alternatively, you can select or create a folder for the web page. Add to Favorites Window Add Page to Favorites Bar If you have a page that you browse quite often, such as , news or weather sites, then you may want to add it to your Favorites Bar. Simply click the Add to Favorites Bar button and the page will automatically be added.

5 Add to Favorites Bar To Add Tabs to Favorites: You can also add your current tabs to Favorites which makes it quite easy to return to your tabbed browsing without having to open each individual tab again. 1. Click the Add to Favorites drop-down button and select Add Current Tabs to Favorites... Add Tabs to Favorites 2. The Add Tabs to Favorites dialog box will appear and prompt you to name and place a folder for your tabs. 3. When finished, click Add.

6 Add Tabs to Favorites Window Favorites Bar Additions Page 4 Suggested Sites Suggested Sites is a convenient addition to the Favorites Bar. If you want to see similar pages to the web page you are browsing, then click on the Suggested Sites button and it will give you a list of similar sites.

7 Suggested Sites Add-ons Gallery Add-ons include Search Providers, Web Slices, Accelerators and other tools that you may add to Internet Explorer to enhance your browsing experience. When you click on the Get More Add-ons button you will see a quick view of add-ons along with a link to access the Internet Explorer Add-ons Gallery. Add-ons Web Slice You can search and browse the Add-ons Gallery by the categories listed in the left column. If you see an Add-on that you like, then click on Add to Internet Explorer and follow the directions.

8 Add-ons Gallery RSS Feeds RSS Feeds are a great way to stay informed about web pages that are frequently updated like news, weather, stocks and social networking sites. When you subscribe to an RSS Feed on a web page you will receive up-todate information from that site. To Subscribe to RSS Feeds: When you browse a page in Internet Explorer 8 that has an RSS Feed you can subscribe to, the RSS button in the Command Bar will turn orange. 1. Click the RSS drop-down button and select the desired feed or feeds. Page 5

9 RSS Feed Button 2. The Subscribe to this Feed dialog box will appear. Click Subscribe to this feed. 3. Select the desired location and click Subscribe. Subscribe to RSS Feed 4. Once you have subscribed to a feed, you can access it in Favorites. Click the Feeds tab and select the desired feed to open and browse its Feed page. You can click on the blue Refresh arrows to update before opening.

10 Access Feeds in Favorites Some web page feeds are not recognized by the Feed button in the Command Bar. Look for the symbols below or the words "RSS" or "Subscribe" to find a web page's RSS Feed. RSS Feed Symbols Web Slices Page 6

11 Web Slices are like an enhanced RSS Feed. They allow you to check frequently updated pages directly from your Favorites Bar. Microsoft has created web slices with several convenient features including a one-click preview of content. Watch the video to see how Web Slices work. Watch the video (2:42). Need help? Adding and Accessing Web Slices Not all web pages have a web slice, so the easiest way to search for and add web slices is in the Internet Explorer Add-ons Gallery. 1. Click the Get More Add-ons button and select Internet Explorer Add-ons Gallery. 2. Select the Web Slices link from the Add-ons Gallery menu choices on the left. 3. Explore the Web Slices. If you see one you like, click on Add to Internet Explorer and it will be placed in your Favorites Bar. Add-ons Gallery - Web Slices If you are browsing a page that does have a web slice, the RSS button will change to the green Web Slice button. Additionally, you can sometimes access the Web Slice button directly on the page as seen in the image below. Whenever you see the green button, simply click it to add the web slice to your Favorites Bar.

12 Web Slices Button When a web page is updated the web slice's name appears in bold making it easy to know when there is new content. You can click on the web slice to see a quick view of the updated information. If you desire to see more then click on the links to open the page.

13 Accessing Web Slices for Updates