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<chapter id="bookmarks">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2003-11-05</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>Using Bookmarks</title>
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<para>Although you can use &konqueror;'s bookmarks to record the locations of
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your own files and folders, they are most useful when you are surfing the
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Web, letting you build up a list of useful sites.</para>
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<para>To open the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu you may either
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<mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on the
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<guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu or use the <keycombo
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action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> shortcut. Once
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the list is visible, you can navigate through it with the arrow keys or with
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your mouse, then press &Enter; or
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<mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click to visit the selected location.</para>
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<para>To add a new item to the list use <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks
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</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> or
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on a clear space in the web page or
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folder view and select <guimenuitem>Bookmark this Location</guimenuitem> from
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the pop up menu.</para>
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<para>The <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> list can contain subfolders containing
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other bookmarks, you can create these with <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks
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</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Bookmark Folder...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> .
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To add a bookmark into a subfolder rather than into the main Bookmark list,
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select the folder from within the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> list and use
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the <guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem> item in that folder.</para>
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<para>You can also access your bookmarks from the <link linkend="sidebar">
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<guilabel>Navigation Panel</guilabel></link>.</para>
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<sect1 id="orgbmark">
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<title>The Bookmark Editor</title>
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<para>The <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit
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Bookmarks</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> option opens the <guilabel>Bookmark
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Editor</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>This shows a tree view of your bookmarks and bookmark subfolders.
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As is usual for tree views in &tde;, subfolders are shown with a small square
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at the left of the folder name; if the square contains a <keycap>+</keycap>
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sign <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on it will expand the view to
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show the contents of that subfolder and the <keycap>+</keycap> sign will
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change to <keycap>-</keycap>, <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on the
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<keycap>-</keycap> sign will collapse the subfolder view.</para>
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<para>To select an item in the list you can <mousebutton>left</mousebutton>
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click on it, or you can navigate through the list by using the <keysym>
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Up arrow</keysym> and <keysym>Down arrow</keysym> keys to move around,
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<keysym>Right arrow</keysym> to expand a subfolder and <keysym>
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Left arrow</keysym> to collapse it.</para>
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<para>You can move an item to a different place in the list by using the
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normal Drag and Drop or <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>
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Paste</guimenuitem> methods. The order in which the items appear in
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the <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel> is the order they will appear in the
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<guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> drop down list. The <menuchoice><guimenu>Insert
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</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Separator</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option can
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be used to insert separating lines into the list wherever you wish.</para>
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<para>A new subfolder can be created at the selected point in the list by
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using the <guimenuitem>Create New Folder...</guimenuitem> option in the
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<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu or from the drop down menu you get when you
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on an item in the main part of the
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window, or with <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
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</para>
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<para>To change the name of a bookmark or folder select it then press
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<keycap>F2</keycap> or choose the <guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem> item from
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the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu or the pop up menu that appears when you
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the item. Similarly, you can edit
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the &URL; by pressing <keycap>F3</keycap> or choosing the <guimenuitem>
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Change URL</guimenuitem> menu item.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel> lets you import bookmarks from
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a range of other browsers into &konqueror;'s bookmark list, putting them into
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a new folder or replacing all current bookmarks. To do this select
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<guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu> from the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu. The
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice> option can be used to export &konqueror;'s bookmarks to a
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&Netscape; or Mozilla browser.</para>
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<para>If you often use the &Netscape; browser as well as &konqueror;, then
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rather than importing your &Netscape; bookmarks into &konqueror; it is
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better to select the <guimenuitem>Show Netscape Bookmarks in Konqueror
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Windows</guimenuitem> item in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. If you
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do this any updates to &Netscape;'s bookmarks are automatically seen by
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&konqueror;.</para>
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<para>To select which bookmark subfolder is used to hold the Bookmark
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Toolbar items select the subfolder then choose <guimenuitem>Set as Toolbar
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Folder</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.</para>
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<para>If you are tidying up your bookmarks and have forgotten what a
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particular web page is, you can easily open it from within the <guilabel>
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Bookmark Editor</guilabel> by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking
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on the item and selecting <guimenuitem>Open in Konqueror</guimenuitem> from
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the pop up menu. If you just want to check that the &URL; is still valid
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select <guimenuitem>Check Status</guimenuitem> instead.</para>
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<important><para>Don't forget to save your changes with <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> before you leave
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the <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel>.
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</para></important>
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