Using bookmarks

Bookmarks are simply linked “shortcuts” or “favorites” to help you quickly find views in just a couple of clicks. The bookmark side bar provides a convenient place in the side bar pane to add, manage, edit, and remove bookmarks. You can also do these “bookmarking” tasks using the Bookmarks menu on the menu bar. For an overview of the bookmark side bar, see About the bookmark side bar.

This section describes the following tasks that are associated with the bookmark feature:

To add a bookmark

To add a bookmark, do the following steps:

  1. Make sure that the view you want to bookmark is showing in the view pane, and then do one of the following:

    • From the menu bar, select Bookmarks: Add to Bookmarks.

    • From the popup menu in the palette side bar, select Add to Bookmarks.

  2. In the Add to Bookmarks dialog box, type a name for the bookmark, in the Name field.

  3. Optional: In the Add to Bookmarks dialog box, click the New Folder button to add a new folder, if desired.

    The New Folder dialog box appears. There you can name your new folder and click OK to save it.

  4. In the Add to Bookmarks dialog box, select the folder where you want to locate the bookmark and click OK.

    The bookmark is added.

To manage bookmarks

To manage your bookmarks, do the following steps:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • From the menu bar, select Bookmarks: Manage Bookmarks.

    • From the popup menu in the palette side bar, select Manage Bookmarks.

  2. In the Manage Bookmarks dialog box, click on one of the following buttons:

    • New Folder buttons

      To create new folders to organize your bookmarks

    • New Bookmark button

      To create new bookmarks

    • Copy to button

      To copy bookmarks to another location

    • Move to button

      To move bookmarks to another location

    • Remove button

      To delete the selected bookmark

    • Edit button

      To rename a selected bookmark

    • Move Up or Move Down button

      To move bookmarks up or down in the bookmark tree view

To edit a bookmark

To edit a bookmark, do the following steps:

  1. In the bookmarks side bar, right-click the bookmark that you want to change and select Edit from the popup menu.

    The bookmark Edit dialog box will appear.

  2. In the Edit dialog box, type the desired name for your bookmark in the Name field.

  3. In the Edit dialog box, type the ORD path or scroll Name field.

To remove a bookmark

To remove a bookmark, do the following: