Netscape's bookmarks are really not much different from the bookmarks you'd use with a printed book. In both cases, they are used to "mark" places so that you can easily return to them later.

As you surf the Web, you'll no doubt find Web pages that you really like. If you bookmark them, you can access them later with a click of your mouse. If you don't bookmark them, you'll likely have to spend some time searching for them, especially if you followed a complicated series of hyperlinks or used an Internet search engine to find them in the first place.

Creating a bookmark

1. View the Web page you want to bookmark. (Use this page for practice.)
2. Click the Bookmarks menu ( for Macintosh) and then click Add Bookmark.
3. Click again on the Bookmarks menu ( for Macintosh). You should see a bookmark (in the form of the title of the Web page) to the current Web page added to the bottom of the list.

Viewing a bookmarked page

When you want to see a page you've bookmarked, simply click the Bookmarks menu ( for Macintosh), then click the bookmark of the page you want to view. If the bookmarked page is still available, it will appear in your Navigator window.

Be forewarned about bookmarks; it's easy to make them, and they could soon overwhelm you if you don't keep them organized. Read more about how to organize your bookmarks.

Importing bookmarks

If you have upgraded to Netscape Communicator and wish to use your bookmarks from a previous version of Netscape Navigator (version 1, 2 or 3), and you haven't removed the old software from your hard drive, you can import your old bookmarks for use with Communicator.

1. Start Communicator
2. Click the Communicator menu ( for Macintosh), then click Bookmarks.
3. Click the File menu, then click Import.
4. Browse to find the file called 'bookmark.htm' ('Bookmarks.html' for Macintosh), on your hard drive. Once you've found it click OK to import your bookmarks.

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