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  Organizing Your Bookmarks Anyone who uses a filing cabinet knows the grim reality of organization: It doesn't last long. Sure, that first week you've got your stack of brand new manila folders and pens and you're eager to file. But by the second week, you're starting to stick papers in the wrong folders just to get them out of your sight. By the time a month has passed, the stack of junk on your desk is now a stack of junk in an oversized Miscellaneous folder. As I discuss earlier, in the "Creating a Bookmark" section, Firefox makes it easy to organize your bookmarks by helping you file them into folders from the start. However, it also offers a sophisticated manager so you can go back and organize your collection at any time. To access this tool, open the Bookmarks menu and choose Manage Bookmarks. The Bookmarks Manager, shown in Figure 5-10, is divided into two panes. The left pane contains a list of folders, and the right pane contains the items in whichever folder you've selected. By default, the Bookmarks folder - which contains all your bookmarks and folders - is selected. Figure 5-10: The Bookmarks Manager is a simple interface for managing your bookmarks. The Bookmarks Manager offers one-click access to all the organizational capabilities you need. Note that you can perform many of the actions that I discuss in the following sections, such as deletion and movement, on multiple bookmarks and folders at one time. For example, you can select multiple bookmarks and then drag them all into a folder. To select multiple items, Ctrl+click (Windows) or +click (Mac) them. Creating bookmark folders Firefox helps you file a bookmark into a folder at the moment you create the bookmark. This is the best way to stay organized, but you might not see the need for a folder until you've accumulated a group of related bookmarks over time. Therefore, Firefox lets you create bookmark folders at any time, and then you can move existing bookmarks into them. To create a bookmarks folder, follow these steps: 1. 2. Click the New Folder button on the toolbar at the top of the window. The New Folder window appears. 3. Enter a name for the new folder. You can also enter a description that will be displayed alongside the folder in the Bookmarks Manager, as I discuss in "Describing bookmarks and folders," later in this chapter. 4. Click OK to create the new folder. To move existing bookmarks into the new folder, simply drag and drop them onto the new folder, as I discuss in "Moving bookmarks and folders," later in this section. Renaming bookmarks and folders To rename a bookmark or folder, follow these steps: 1. 2. Select the bookmark or folder you want to rename. 3. Click the Rename button on the toolbar at the top of the window. Alternatively, you can right-click the bookmark and choose Properties. The bookmark's Properties window appears. 4. Type the new name you want to use in the Name text box. 5. Click OK. Deleting bookmarks and folders When it comes time to clean house, Firefox makes it easy to delete those old and unused bookmarks. Follow these steps: 1. 2. Select the bookmark(s) or folder(s) you want to delete. Hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or the key (Mac) to select multiple bookmarks.

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