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MacOS
®
X Tiger™
Timesaving
Techniques
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage
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Managing Bookmarks in Safari 245
Bookmarking a page
To bookmark a page, follow these steps:
1. Load the page in your Web browser.
2. Press Ô-D.
This brings up the Add Bookmark prompt, as
shown in Figure 32-4.
• Figure 32-4: Use the Add Bookmark prompt to mark a
page.
3. If desired, enter a new title for this bookmark.
The default bookmark name comes from the title
of the page as it appears in the browser win-
dow’s title bar. For some pages, this is quite long
or not very descriptive, so you might want to
devise a new name that makes sense to you.
4. Use the drop-down list to select the location for
the bookmark.
An important part of managing your bookmarks
is placing them in the right folder in the first
place. If you’ve adequately organized your book-
marks, you already have a folder available to
store them in.
You can immediately add a site to your
Bookmarks Menu or Bookmarks Bar by choos-
ing the appropriate location from the Add
Bookmark prompt’s drop-down list (refer to
Figure 32-4). More immediately, you can add
a site to your Bookmarks Bar by dragging the
site’s icon (found just to the left of the URL in
the address bar) onto the Bookmarks Bar.
Using the Bookmarks window
The Bookmarks window is a special browser page
that you can use to view and manage your book-
marks. The left column (Collections; refer to Figure
32-1) shows the different groupings of bookmarks
that you have. These include Bookmarks Bar,
Bookmarks Menu, History, the folders that came
with Safari, and the folders that you create. When
you select an item in the Collections column, its con-
tents are listed in the right side of the window.
Here are some tips and techniques for working with
this window:
� Create a new folder by pressing Ô-Shift-N or
clicking the + button at the bottom of the
window.
Depending upon which plus sign you click,
you can create a new primary folder (by click-
ing at the bottom of the Collections column)
or a new secondary folder (by clicking at the
bottom of the Bookmark column). If you click
the + underneath the Bookmark column, a
new folder is created within the currently
selected Collection.
� Alphabetize your folders by dragging and drop-
ping them to reorder them.
� Don’t mess with the folders named Imported IE
Favorites or Imported Netscape/Mozilla
Favorites, if you have them. Leaving these fold-
ers intact lets you access bookmarks that you’ve
set in those browsers.
� Nest related folders inside each other to main-
tain order without cluttering up the main set of
collections. For example, you might want to cre-
ate a Software folder inside the Mac folder or add
a Movies folder to Entertainment.
� Rename a folder by pressing Return after you
select it.
� If you want to copy a bookmark from one loca-
tion to another (from one folder to another or
from the Bookmarks window to the Bookmarks
Bar), hold down the Option key as you move it.
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Technique 32: Managing Bookmarks Better246
You aren’t really limited to a certain number of
bookmarks on the Bookmarks Bar, but if the
titles of all the bookmarks run longer than the
width of the browser window, some book-
marks won’t be shown. Instead, double arrows
appear at the far-right side of the bar, and you
need to click them to access the other book-
marks. This behavior is exactly the same as it
is with Finder window toolbars if the window
isn’t wide enough to show every tool.
To manage the Bookmarks Bar
1. Open the Bookmarks window by pressing
Ô-Option-B.
2. Click the Bookmarks Bar title at the top of the
Collections column.
3. In the right pane, delete any bookmark or
folder that you don’t want to appear on the
Bookmarks Bar by pressing Delete.
4. Add any bookmark by dragging it from another
location into the Bookmarks Bar listing.
5. Arrange the bookmarks by clicking and drag-
ging them to suit your preferences.
You can also add pages to the Bookmark Bar
by dragging the URL directly onto the bar in
the browser window. You can remove items by
dragging them off, and you can rearrange the
order by clicking and dragging the bookmark
names.
One of the best features of the Bookmarks Bar is the
ability to group bookmarks into folders. For exam-
ple, Safari already comes with the News folder on its
Bookmarks Bar, containing links for CNN.com, The
New York Times, BBC NEWS, and more. Folders on
the Bookmarks Bar are marked with a down-pointing
triangle, which displays a pop-up menu of the book-
marks in that folder when you click it, as shown in
Figure 32-5.
Using the Bookmarks Menu
The Bookmarks Menu is a useful tool, but be careful
not to place too many bookmarks there because it
can quickly become cluttered and less useful. The
two ways to add sites to the Bookmarks Menu are
� Selecting Bookmarks Menu from the drop-down
list in the Add Bookmark prompt (refer to
Figure 32-4).
� Using the Bookmarks window (drag existing
bookmarks onto the Bookmarks Menu listing in
the Collections section).
To delete a bookmark from the menu, just do this:
1. Open the Bookmarks window.
2. Click the Bookmarks Menu title in the
Collections column.
3. Select the bookmark to be deleted in the right
column.
4. Press Delete.
While you’re in the Bookmarks window, you
can add folders to the Bookmarks Menu to
create an organized, hierarchical menu of
favorite sites. Doing so lets you put more
bookmarks in the menu without too much
clutter.
Working with the Bookmarks Bar
The Bookmarks Bar is a special section of the book-
marks world that can appear as part of the browser
window. The Bookmarks Bar has a limited amount of
visual real estate, so you must be judicious when
selecting Web pages to put there, but you have
plenty of configuration options.
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�Fertility For Dummies
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�Fibromyalgia For Dummies
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�Improving Your Memory For Dummies
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�Pregnancy For Dummies †
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�Quitting Smoking For Dummies
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�Relationships For Dummies
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�Thyroid For Dummies
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�English Grammar For Dummies
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�Forensics For Dummies
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�The GMAT For Dummies
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�Inglés Para Dummies
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�Latin For Dummies
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�Lewis & Clark For Dummies
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�Research Papers For Dummies
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�The SAT I For Dummies
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�Science Fair Projects For Dummies
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�U.S. History For Dummies
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EDUCATION, HISTORY, REFERENCE & TEST PREPARATION
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MacOS
®
X Tiger™
Timesaving
Techniques
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage
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C1.jpg
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Managing Bookmarks in Safari 245
Bookmarking a page
To bookmark a page, follow these steps:
1. Load the page in your Web browser.
2. Press Ô-D.
This brings up the Add Bookmark prompt, as
shown in Figure 32-4.
• Figure 32-4: Use the Add Bookmark prompt to mark a
page.
3. If desired, enter a new title for this bookmark.
The default bookmark name comes from the title
of the page as it appears in the browser win-
dow’s title bar. For some pages, this is quite long
or not very descriptive, so you might want to
devise a new name that makes sense to you.
4. Use the drop-down list to select the location for
the bookmark.
An important part of managing your bookmarks
is placing them in the right folder in the first
place. If you’ve adequately organized your book-
marks, you already have a folder available to
store them in.
You can immediately add a site to your
Bookmarks Menu or Bookmarks Bar by choos-
ing the appropriate location from the Add
Bookmark prompt’s drop-down list (refer to
Figure 32-4). More immediately, you can add
a site to your Bookmarks Bar by dragging the
site’s icon (found just to the left of the URL in
the address bar) onto the Bookmarks Bar.
Using the Bookmarks window
The Bookmarks window is a special browser page
that you can use to view and manage your book-
marks. The left column (Collections; refer to Figure
32-1) shows the different groupings of bookmarks
that you have. These include Bookmarks Bar,
Bookmarks Menu, History, the folders that came
with Safari, and the folders that you create. When
you select an item in the Collections column, its con-
tents are listed in the right side of the window.
Here are some tips and techniques for working with
this window:
� Create a new folder by pressing Ô-Shift-N or
clicking the + button at the bottom of the
window.
Depending upon which plus sign you click,
you can create a new primary folder (by click-
ing at the bottom of the Collections column)
or a new secondary folder (by clicking at the
bottom of the Bookmark column). If you click
the + underneath the Bookmark column, a
new folder is created within the currently
selected Collection.
� Alphabetize your folders by dragging and drop-
ping them to reorder them.
� Don’t mess with the folders named Imported IE
Favorites or Imported Netscape/Mozilla
Favorites, if you have them. Leaving these fold-
ers intact lets you access bookmarks that you’ve
set in those browsers.
� Nest related folders inside each other to main-
tain order without cluttering up the main set of
collections. For example, you might want to cre-
ate a Software folder inside the Mac folder or add
a Movies folder to Entertainment.
� Rename a folder by pressing Return after you
select it.
� If you want to copy a bookmark from one loca-
tion to another (from one folder to another or
from the Bookmarks window to the Bookmarks
Bar), hold down the Option key as you move it.
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Technique 32: Managing Bookmarks Better246
You aren’t really limited to a certain number of
bookmarks on the Bookmarks Bar, but if the
titles of all the bookmarks run longer than the
width of the browser window, some book-
marks won’t be shown. Instead, double arrows
appear at the far-right side of the bar, and you
need to click them to access the other book-
marks. This behavior is exactly the same as it
is with Finder window toolbars if the window
isn’t wide enough to show every tool.
To manage the Bookmarks Bar
1. Open the Bookmarks window by pressing
Ô-Option-B.
2. Click the Bookmarks Bar title at the top of the
Collections column.
3. In the right pane, delete any bookmark or
folder that you don’t want to appear on the
Bookmarks Bar by pressing Delete.
4. Add any bookmark by dragging it from another
location into the Bookmarks Bar listing.
5. Arrange the bookmarks by clicking and drag-
ging them to suit your preferences.
You can also add pages to the Bookmark Bar
by dragging the URL directly onto the bar in
the browser window. You can remove items by
dragging them off, and you can rearrange the
order by clicking and dragging the bookmark
names.
One of the best features of the Bookmarks Bar is the
ability to group bookmarks into folders. For exam-
ple, Safari already comes with the News folder on its
Bookmarks Bar, containing links for CNN.com, The
New York Times, BBC NEWS, and more. Folders on
the Bookmarks Bar are marked with a down-pointing
triangle, which displays a pop-up menu of the book-
marks in that folder when you click it, as shown in
Figure 32-5.
Using the Bookmarks Menu
The Bookmarks Menu is a useful tool, but be careful
not to place too many bookmarks there because it
can quickly become cluttered and less useful. The
two ways to add sites to the Bookmarks Menu are
� Selecting Bookmarks Menu from the drop-down
list in the Add Bookmark prompt (refer to
Figure 32-4).
� Using the Bookmarks window (drag existing
bookmarks onto the Bookmarks Menu listing in
the Collections section).
To delete a bookmark from the menu, just do this:
1. Open the Bookmarks window.
2. Click the Bookmarks Menu title in the
Collections column.
3. Select the bookmark to be deleted in the right
column.
4. Press Delete.
While you’re in the Bookmarks window, you
can add folders to the Bookmarks Menu to
create an organized, hierarchical menu of
favorite sites. Doing so lets you put more
bookmarks in the menu without too much
clutter.
Working with the Bookmarks Bar
The Bookmarks Bar is a special section of the book-
marks world that can appear as part of the browser
window. The Bookmarks Bar has a limited amount of
visual real estate, so you must be judicious when
selecting Web pages to put there, but you have
plenty of configuration options.
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Available wherever books are sold. For more information or to order direct: U.S. customers visit www.dummies.com or call 1-877-762-2974.
U.K. customers visit www.wileyeurope.com or call 0800 243407. Canadian customers visit www.wiley.ca or call 1-800-567-4797.
Get smart @ dummies.com®
• Find a full list of Dummies titles
• Look into loads of FREE on-site articles
• Sign up for FREE eTips e-mailed to you weekly
• See what other products carry the Dummies name
• Shop directly from the Dummies bookstore
• Enter to win new prizes every month!
Also available:
�Alzheimer’s For Dummies
0-7645-3899-3
�Asthma For Dummies
0-7645-4233-8
�Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies
0-7645-5440-9
�Depression For Dummies
0-7645-3900-0
�Dieting For Dummies
0-7645-4149-8
�Fertility For Dummies
0-7645-2549-2
�Fibromyalgia For Dummies
0-7645-5441-7
�Improving Your Memory For Dummies
0-7645-5435-2
�Pregnancy For Dummies †
0-7645-4483-7
�Quitting Smoking For Dummies
0-7645-2629-4
�Relationships For Dummies
0-7645-5384-4
�Thyroid For Dummies
0-7645-5385-2
HEALTH & SELF-HELP
0-7645-6820-5 *† 0-7645-2566-2
Also available:
�Algebra For Dummies
0-7645-5325-9
�British History For Dummies
0-7645-7021-8
�Calculus For Dummies
0-7645-2498-4
�English Grammar For Dummies
0-7645-5322-4
�Forensics For Dummies
0-7645-5580-4
�The GMAT For Dummies
0-7645-5251-1
�Inglés Para Dummies
0-7645-5427-1
�Italian For Dummies
0-7645-5196-5
�Latin For Dummies
0-7645-5431-X
�Lewis & Clark For Dummies
0-7645-2545-X
�Research Papers For Dummies
0-7645-5426-3
�The SAT I For Dummies
0-7645-7193-1
�Science Fair Projects For Dummies
0-7645-5460-3
�U.S. History For Dummies
0-7645-5249-X
EDUCATION, HISTORY, REFERENCE & TEST PREPARATION
0-7645-5194-9 0-7645-4186-2
* Separate Canadian edition also available
† Separate U.K. edition also available
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Check out the Dummies Specialty Shop at www.dummies.com for more information!
Do More with D
ummies
Products for the
Rest of Us!
From hobbies to health,
discover a wide
variety of fun products
DVDs/Videos • Music CDs • Games
Consumer Electronics • Software
Craft Kits • Culinary Kits • and More!
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