(Note: there is a unique Personal toolbar tied to each Communicator User Profile. Netscape includes the personal toolbar in its Windows version of Communicator only)

You can add bookmarks to your Personal toolbar in the form of buttons, as well as clickable button-menus containing many bookmarks. You might want to add a button to link to your personal home page, for instance, or create a menu of your favourite search engines.

The advantage of this toolbar is ease and speed of access. If there are certain Web pages that you access often, it would be nice to have a button or a menu right there, in your Navigator window.

The Personal toolbar usually appears under the Location toolbar. If the Personal toolbar is folded, click on the horizontal grip to the left of the toolbars, or , if you can't see the toolbar at all, click the View menu, then click Show Personal toolbar.

Adding an item to your Personal toolbar

1. Find and view the Web page you want to add as a button to your Personal toolbar.
   
2. Click and hold the bookmark icon on the Location toolbar.
   
3. While continuing to hold the mouse button, drag the cursor to a blank spot on the Personal toolbar
   
4. Release the mouse button.

You should see a new button appear on the Personal toolbar. You can click on it at any time to view the corresponding Web page.

Adding a menu to your Personal toolbar

In order to create a menu on your Personal toolbar, you must create a folder in the Bookmarks menu.

1. Click the Bookmarks menu, then click Edit Bookmarks.
   
2. Click Personal toolbar once to highlight it.
   
3. Click the File menu, then click New Folder... .
   
4. In the Bookmark Properties window, type a name for the folder in the Name: text box.
   
5. Click OK.

You should see a new item on the Personal toolbar with the name you chose. There will be nothing in this menu yet since you still have to add items to it.

Adding items to a menu on the Personal toolbar

1. Find and view the Web page you want to bookmark in your menu on the Personal toolbar.
   
2. Click and hold the bookmark icon on the Location toolbar.
   
3. While continuing to hold the mouse button, drag the cursor over the menu you created on your Personal toolbar. Make sure your cursor turns into a pointer with a plus symbol and a chain link.
   
4. Release the mouse button.

When you click your custom menu on your Personal toolbar, you should see the bookmark you added pop out as a menu item. You can add additional items to this menu.

If you want bookmarks to appear in a specific order in your menu, you can place your bookmarks where you want as you add them. When you click and drag the bookmark icon over your menu on the Personal toolbar, wait for the menu to open, then drag it into the menu. You will see a horizontal line appear either above or below the existing bookmark in the menu according to where you drag your cursor. The location of this line when you release your mouse button will determine the location of the bookmark in the menu.

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