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<author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>John</firstname><surname>Knight</surname><affiliation><address><email>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit> 
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<date>2003-11-05</date> <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> </chapterinfo>

<title>Using Bookmarks</title>

<para>Although you can use &konqueror;'s bookmarks to record the locations of your own files and folders, they are most useful when you are surfing the Web, letting you build up a list of useful sites.</para>

<para>To open the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu you may either <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu or use the <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> shortcut. Once the list is visible, you can navigate through it with the arrow keys or with your mouse, then press &Enter; or <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click to visit the selected location.</para>

<para>To add a new item to the list use <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks </guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> or <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on a clear space in the web page or folder view and select <guimenuitem>Bookmark this Location</guimenuitem> from the pop up menu.</para>

<para>The <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> list can contain subfolders containing other bookmarks, you can create these with <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks </guimenu><guimenuitem>New Bookmark Folder...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> . To add a bookmark into a subfolder rather than into the main Bookmark list, select the folder from within the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> list and use the <guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem> item in that folder.</para>

<para>You can also access your bookmarks from the <link linkend="sidebar"> <guilabel>Navigation Panel</guilabel></link>.</para>

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<title>The Bookmark Editor</title>

<para>The <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> option opens the <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel>.</para>
<para>This shows a tree view of your bookmarks and bookmark subfolders. As is usual for tree views in &kde;, subfolders are shown with a small square at the left of the folder name; if the square contains a <keycap>+</keycap> sign <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on it will expand the view to show the contents of that subfolder and the <keycap>+</keycap> sign will change to <keycap>-</keycap>, <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on the <keycap>-</keycap> sign will collapse the subfolder view.</para>

<para>To select an item in the list you can <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on it, or you can navigate through the list by using the <keysym> Up arrow</keysym> and <keysym>Down arrow</keysym> keys to move around, <keysym>Right arrow</keysym> to expand a subfolder and <keysym> Left arrow</keysym> to collapse it.</para>

<para>You can move an item to a different place in the list by using the normal Drag and Drop or <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem> Paste</guimenuitem> methods. The order in which the items appear in the <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel> is the order they will appear in the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> drop down list. The <menuchoice><guimenu>Insert </guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Separator</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option can be used to insert separating lines into the list wherever you wish.</para>

<para>A new subfolder can be created at the selected point in the list by using the <guimenuitem>Create New Folder...</guimenuitem> option in the <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu or from the drop down menu you get when you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on an item in the main part of the window, or with <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> </para>

<para>To change the name of a bookmark or folder select it then press <keycap>F2</keycap> or choose the <guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem> item from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu or the pop up menu that appears when you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the item. Similarly, you can edit the &URL; by pressing <keycap>F3</keycap> or choosing the <guimenuitem> Change URL</guimenuitem> menu item.</para>

<para>The <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel> lets you import bookmarks from a range of other browsers into &konqueror;'s bookmark list, putting them into a new folder or replacing all current bookmarks. To do this select <guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu> from the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu. The <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> option can be used to export &konqueror;'s bookmarks to a &Netscape; or Mozilla browser.</para>

<para>If you often use the &Netscape; browser as well as &konqueror;, then rather than importing your &Netscape; bookmarks into &konqueror; it is better to select the <guimenuitem>Show Netscape Bookmarks in Konqueror Windows</guimenuitem> item in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. If you do this any updates to &Netscape;'s bookmarks are automatically seen by &konqueror;.</para>

<para>To select which bookmark subfolder is used to hold the Bookmark Toolbar items select the subfolder then choose <guimenuitem>Set as Toolbar Folder</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.</para>

<para>If you are tidying up your bookmarks and have forgotten what a particular web page is, you can easily open it from within the <guilabel> Bookmark Editor</guilabel> by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking on the item and selecting <guimenuitem>Open in Konqueror</guimenuitem> from the pop up menu. If you just want to check that the &URL; is still valid select <guimenuitem>Check Status</guimenuitem> instead.</para>

<important><para>Don't forget to save your changes with <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> before you leave the <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel>. </para></important>
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