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Selecting Your Homepage and Adding Favorites
   
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Selecting Your Homepage

Open Internet Explorer.

To select a website as your homepage in Internet Explorer, select Tools --> Internet Options from the menu bar. In the Address field, type the URL of the website you wish to use, then click OK.

Whenever you start Internet Explorer or click on the Home internet browser screen shot button, you will be brought to the specified website.

Adding Favorites

Open Internet Explorer.

Navigate to the website you want to add to your Favorites.

Click on the Favorites button in Internet Explorer.

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A Favorites window will appear. Click the Add option.

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Creating a Name

By default, the Name field is filled in with whatever the website maintainer created as the name for the site. If you wish, shorten or change the default name. Then click the OK button.

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Adding a New Folder

You'll see a listing of all the subfolders in your Favorites folder. Select the folder you want to place the Favorite in, or select the New Folder button to create a new folder. Name the folder, then click the OK button.

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The Favorite will be added to the new folder.

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Favorites Menu Item

You may also access your Favorites in the Explorer menu bar.

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