Using Favorites in the IE 7 Environment

You can get and quick and easy access to your Favorites, Tab Groups, Browsing History, and RSS Feed subscriptions within your Favorites Center. The Favorites Center expands when needed and can be anchored in place for even easier access.

• Creating Favorites
• Display Options for the Favorites Center
• Opening a Favorite
• Additional Information for Favorites

Creating Favorites

1. Open the website you want to mark as a favorite.

2. From the toolbar, click ADD TO FAVORITES» select Add to Favorites...
   The Add a Favorite dialog box appears.
   

3. OPTIONAL: In the Name text box, type a new name
   NOTE: Favorites are listed alphabetically by the first word of the name.

4. OPTIONAL: To place this favorite in an existing folder, in the Create in pull-down list, select the desired folder
   OR
   To create a new folder for this favorite
   1. Click NEW FOLDER
      The Create a Folder dialog box appears.
   2. In the Folder Name text box, type a name for the new folder
   3. To create this folder within another folder, in the Create in pull-down list, select the desired folder

   4. Click CREATE

5. Click ADD
   The site is saved in the Favorites Center list.

Display Options for the Favorites Center

The Favorites Center contains all the favorites you have created and saved. By default, this list appears only when you click the Favorites Center button in the toolbar. If you would prefer to keep the Favorites Center list in a panel at the left of your screen at all times, however, you may choose to pin it to the window.

NOTE: The Favorites Center displays only sites that you have saved in the Favorites Center Links folder. If you saved sites in a sub folder of the Favorites Center, be sure to click through the folders displayed in the Favorites Center to find your site.

Pinning the Favorites Center: Toolbar Option

Pinning the Favorites Center allows it to appear on the left side of your screen at all times.

1. From the Command toolbar, click TOOLS» select Toolbars » Favorites

To unpin the Favorites Center

1. From the Command toolbar, click TOOLS» select Toolbars » deselect Favorites

Pinning the Favorites Center: Favorites Center Option

1. From the toolbar, click FAVORITES CENTER
   The Favorites Center pop-up list appears.

2. Click PIN THE FAVORITES CENTER
   The Favorites Center list appears in a window at the left of the screen.

To unpin the Favorites Center

1. To unpin the Favorites Center, in the Favorites Center, click CLOSE THE FAVORITES CENTER

Opening a Favorite

Once you have saved a site as a favorite, it is easy to visit it whenever you want.

NOTE: The Favorites Center displays only sites that you have saved in the Favorites Center Links folder. If you saved sites in a sub folder of the Favorites Center, be sure to click through the folders displayed in the Favorites Center to find your site.

Opening a Favorite: Toolbar Option

If you do not have the Favorites Center pinned to the window, you can access your favorites through the toolbar.

1. On the toolbar, click FAVORITES CENTER
   The Favorites Center appears.

2. From the Favorites Center, click the desired favorite
   The site is opened and the Favorites Center closes.

Opening a Favorite: Pinned List Option

1. From the Favorites Center, click the desired favorite
   The desired site is opened, and the Favorites Center remains open.

Additional Information for Favorites

Storage Location

For on-campus faculty & staff, Favorites are stored on your M: drive: M:\Settings\Favorites.  This location makes them available to you regardless of which network machine you are working on. Students can not set favorites when using on-campus machines.

For home users, your Favorites are stored as part of your profile on your machine. While the location may vary, a common path to locate your Favorites is: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Favorites

If you cannot locate the path, you can do a search for Favorites with Windows Explorer.

This document is based on and developed from information published in the LTS Online Help Collection (www.uwec.edu/help) developed by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and copyrighted by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Used by permission.