Using Bookmarks

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# Chapter 4. Using Bookmarks

Although you can use Konqueror's bookmarks to record the locations of your own files and directories, they are most useful when you are surfing the Web, letting you build up a list of useful sites.

To open the Bookmarks drop-down list you may either left click on the Menubar Bookmarks item, or use the Alt+B hotkey. Once the list is visible, you can navigate through it with the arrow keys or with your mouse, then press Enter or left mouse button click to visit the selected location.

To add a new item to the list use the Menubar Bookmarks->Add Bookmark item or Ctrl+B or right click and select Add To Bookmarks when you are viewing the desired directory or web page.

The Bookmarks list can contain folders containing other bookmarks, or even other folders.

- If you are also using Netscape®, then a Netscape® Bookmarks folder will automatically be added to Konqueror's bookmark list so you can use your current Netscape® bookmarks in Konqueror.

- Items in you Bookmark Toolbar will usually appear in a folder called "Toolbar" although this can be changed with the Bookmark Editor.

- To add a bookmark into a sub-folder rather than into the main Bookmark list, select that folder from the Bookmarks menu and use the Add Bookmark item in that folder.

If you have a dual-boot Linux®/Windows® system, then Internet Explorer's File->Import and Export->Export Favorites option will create a `.htm` file containing links to your IE favourites. From within Konqueror you can then, as long as you have access to the Windows partition, find that file and add it to your bookmarks. In this way you can access all of your old IE favourites.

# 4.1. Organising Your Bookmarks

The Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks... option opens the Bookmark Editor in a new window. Here is where you can:

- Move items around, with Drag 'n Drop or by using Cut and Paste, or Delete unwanted bookmarks and folders. The order in the Bookmark Editor is the order they will appear in the Bookmarks drop down list. You can make the list look even neater by including the occasional separator with the File->Insert separator option or Ctrl+I.

- Create new folders and sub folders using the Create New Folder option in the File menu or from the drop down menu you get when you right click on the main part of the window, or with Ctrl+N

- Change a bookmark's name by selecting an item and using F2 or the Edit->Rename option or by right clicking on the item and selecting Rename.

- Change a bookmark's URL by left clicking twice on the URL.

- Change the folder used to hold the Bookmark Toolbar items by selecting that folder then left click on the Set As Toolbar Folder in the Settings menu.

- Convert to or from Netscape® and Mozilla bookmarks.

| If you can't get the Bookmark Toolbar to appear when you check the Show Bookmark Toolbar box in Konqueror's Settings menu then select a suitable folder in the Bookmark Editor and left click on the Set As Toolbar Folder in the Settings menu.

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