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I want to tranfer my bookmarks to my Favourites tab

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L.Sherratt
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Hi,

I have retained my FAVOURITES tab from when i used Windows .I prefer this tab to my bookmarks because i can SCROLL the favourites ,which i cannot do with my bookmarks.How can i transfer my current bookmarks to my existing FAVOURITES and also add any future sites to that tab instead of the bookmarks tab.

Thanking you,

Lynne

Hi, I have retained my FAVOURITES tab from when i used Windows .I prefer this tab to my bookmarks because i can SCROLL the favourites ,which i cannot do with my bookmarks.How can i transfer my current bookmarks to my existing FAVOURITES and also add any future sites to that tab instead of the bookmarks tab. Thanking you, Lynne

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the-edmeister
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In Firefox:
Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Export Bookmarks to HTML.

Then in IE:
File > Import/Export - Import from a file

L.Sherratt
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Hi,

Thank you for the reply,but i am struggling after the "Export to HTML". As a beginner i'm unfamiliar as to how to access the Internet Explorer File>Import/Export-Import from a file.

Thanks.

Lynne

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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IE's menu bar may be hidden. Does the second section of this support article help?

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/export-bookmarks-internet-explorer#w_importing-bookmarks-into-internet-explorer

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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If IE is hiding the Menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc), hit the Alt key to temporarily show the Menu bar (just like in Firefox).

L.Sherratt
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Dear Edmeister,

Thanks for your reply,however,i am still having difficulties with the above problem. I now have my current bookmarks in a document folder,but it doesn't allow me to transfer them to my "favourites"tab. I also cannot add new websites to the "favourites"tab.Instead, another"bookmarks"tab is created next to the afore mentioned tab.

I would just like to remove my original "bookmarks" tab,(after transferring the saved websites on it,to my "favourites") and then on all future occasions when i would like to retain a webpage,to be able to add it to the "favourites" tab only.The reason i would prefer to do it this way,is that the "favourites" has a useful scrolling facility ,which the "bookmarks"does not.

I hope you can unjumble the problem for me.I apologise again for my current lack of knowledge on this subject-and many others related to I.T!

Yours sincerely,

Lynne Sherratt