Netscape Communicator Tips #6



*1.   A NEW BOOKMARK PLACE

One way to organize your bookmark file is to put all new 
bookmarks into one folder. Communicator allows you to do this 
automatically. Click Bookmarks, then select Edit Bookmarks to 
open the Bookmarks file. Choose File, New Folder from the 
menu to create a new folder (name it something like New 
Bookmarks), then click OK. The new folder appears on the 
folder list. Highlight this and right-click, then select Set 
As New Bookmarks Folder from the Context menu. Now when you're 
at a site you want to bookmark, just select Bookmarks, Add 
Bookmark to add the site automatically to the New Bookmarks 
folder. (This only works when you select Bookmarks, Add 
Bookmark, not when you drag the URL from the Location 
box to Bookmarks.)


*2. KEEP THOSE BOOKMARKS PRIVATE

If you work in a shared computer environment--or if you just 
want to prevent snoopers from seeing your browsing 
habits--consider creating a private bookmark file. There are no
fancy tricks here--just create a new bookmark file and name it 
something other than "bookmark.htm." Aim for an innocuous name 
such as "stuff," "things," or "there's nothing to look at here."
To use your private file when you browse, select File, Open 
Page, then click Choose File and select the 
private bookmark file.


*3. GET A RECEIPT

If you want to know whether a message you send gets to its 
intended destination, include a return receipt. To do this, 
open the Composition window and compose the message. Click the 
Message Sending Options tab in the Addressing Area toolbar, 
then check the Return Receipt option. After you send the 
message, you receive a confirming e-mail if it gets to your 
intended recipient.


*4. BOOKMARKS IN THE TOOLBAR

Your Personal Toolbar allows you to put certain bookmarked 
sites right on your toolbar. That's pretty cool, but the best 
part is that Communicator lets you make any of your bookmark 
folders the Personal Toolbar. You can switch them anytime you 
want. To do this, open your bookmark file (Bookmarks, Edit 
Bookmarks), then highlight the folder you want to make the 
Personal Toolbar. Right-click it, then choose Set As Toolbar 
Folder from the Context menu. There's your new Personal Toolbar.


*5. TOOLBAR ARRANGEMENTS

The last tip showed how to use different bookmark folders as 
your Personal Toolbar. Remember that you can arrange the 
Personal Toolbar however you want. Just grab any bookmark icon 
and drag it to a new location.ONE FOLDER AT A TIME

If you're like most Netscape Communicator users, your bookmark 
list tends to get pretty long, even if you organize everything 
neatly into folders. However, you may not need to see all these 
folders every time you use Communicator, so you can limit the 
folders the browser displays. To set the limit, open the 
bookmark file (select Bookmarks, Edit Bookmarks) and select the 
folder you want to display. Right-click, then select Set As 
Bookmark Menu from the context menu. Only this menu appears the 
next time you open the bookmark list, and you can change the 
folder anytime you want.


*6. ONE FOLDER AT A TIME

If you're like most Netscape Communicator users, your bookmark 
list tends to get pretty long, even if you organize everything 
neatly into folders. However, you may not need to see all these 
folders every time you use Communicator, so you can limit the 
folders the browser displays. To set the limit, open the 
bookmark file (select Bookmarks, Edit Bookmarks) and select the 
folder you want to display. Right-click, then select Set As 
Bookmark Menu from the context menu. Only this menu appears the 
next time you open the bookmark list, and you can change the 
folder anytime you want.


*7. GO ON A BOOKMARK HUNT

Most bookmark files get so large that you lose track of what 
they contain. To find a long-lost or misplaced bookmark, open 
the bookmark file (Ctrl-B) and press Ctrl-F to bring up the Find
Bookmark box. Enter the word, phrase, or URL for which you want 
to search in the Find field, then select the search criteria. 
As you see, you can search the name, location, or description 
(you can choose any or all), and you can match the case or the 
whole word (you don't have to select either). Click OK, and 
Communicator highlights the first bookmark that matches your 
search or tells you that it found no file.


*8. NO CHANGES, NO VISIT

Why visit a Web site if it hasn't changed since the last time 
you visited? Communicator allows you to see if any of your 
bookmarked sites contain new information before you open them. 
To find out the update story, open your bookmark file (press 
Ctrl-B) and select View, Update Bookmarks, which opens the 
What's New dialog box. Choose either All Bookmarks or Selected 
Bookmarks (highlight these before opening the What's New box), 
then click Start Checking. Communicator searches the sites and 
indicates any that have changed since the last time you visited.


*9. BOOKMARK COPY SERVICE

Sometimes you want to let someone else in on one of your cool 
bookmarks. If so, open your bookmark file (Ctrl-B) and highlight
the bookmark. Right-click, then select Copy Link Location from 
the Context menu. Now open a new message in the Composition 
window and select Edit, Paste. The live link pastes 
into the message.


*10. NEW VIEWS

Communicator includes a variety of ways to look at the contents 
of your bookmarks file. To get a new view, open the bookmark 
file (Ctrl-B) and choose View from the Communicator menu. As 
you can see, you can select the view--By Name, By Location, By 
Created On, or By Last Visited. Once you make the view choice, 
the bookmark file immediately reorganizes itself. If you have 
bookmarks in folders, they get organized within the folder in 
the manner that you selected.
