The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.01a, 4.0 for Macintosh
SUMMARY
This article describes how to add, organize, and subscribe to Favorites in
Internet Explorer for Macintosh.
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Adding Favorites
To add a Web page that you are currently viewing to your Favorites folder,
use one of the following methods:
- Click Add Page To Favorites on the Favorites menu.
- Click and hold down the mouse button on the Web page, and then click
Add Page To Favorites on the menu that appears.
- Click and hold down the mouse button on a link, and then click Add
Link To Favorites on the menu that appears. This adds a Favorite
for the Web page the link points to.
To add a Web page that you are not viewing to your Favorites folder, click
New Favorites on the Favorites menu. On the Info tab, specify a name,
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address, and any comments, and then click
OK.
Organizing Favorites
To organize items in the Favorites folder, click Open Favorites on the
Favorites menu. When the Favorites folder is open, you can create new
folders by clicking New Folder on the Favorites menu, add dividers between
Favorites by clicking New Divider on the Favorites menu, move Favorites by
dragging them to a different location in the Favorites folder, and delete
Favorites by dragging them to the Trash.
Subscribing to Favorites
To subscribe to Favorites, follow these steps:
- On the Favorites menu, click Open Favorites.
- Double-click to the far left of the Favorite to which you want to
subscribe.
- On the Subscribe tab, click the Check This Site For Changes check box
to select it, and then click OK. A newspaper icon then appears to the
far left of the Favorite.
Subscription Options
To change the way Internet Explorer handles subscriptions, click
Subscription Options on the Favorites menu to open the Subscription
Options dialog box.
The Update tab in the Subscription Options dialog box contains the
following options:
- Manually: To manually update subscriptions, click Update
Subscriptions on the Favorites menu.
- Each Time Explorer Is Launched: Subscriptions are automatically
updated when you start Internet Explorer.
- Every <x> Minutes, Hours, Or Days: Subscriptions are
automatically updated based on the interval you specify.
If the Web site is successfully updated, the newspaper icon changes to a
gold, 4-point star. If the Web site is not successfully updated, the
newspaper icon changes to an exclamation point in a yellow triangle.
Subscriptions cannot be updated if Internet Explorer is not running or if
you are not connected to the Internet.
You can also use the Notify tab in the Subscriptions Options dialog box to
select how Internet Explorer notifies you when a subscription has been
updated. To enable a custom notification for a subscription, click the
"Use a custom notification for this Favorite" check box to select it. The
following custom notifications are available:
- Play A Sound: One of several different sounds is played when a
subscription is updated.
- Display An Alert: A dialog box appears notifying you when a
particular subscription is updated.
- Flash Explorer's Icon: The Internet Explorer icon in the upper
right corner flashes when a subscription is updated.
- Send E-mail: Internet Explorer sends e-mail to your current
e-mail address or to a custom e-mail address when a subscription
is updated.