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Putting Your Favorite Websites On Your Start Menu/Dock

Do you have a couple of favorite websites that you visit regularly? Wouldn't it be nice to get to them with one easy click? How about putting them on your Start menu (Windows) or your Dock (Mac)? It's really easy and here's how to do it:

PC/Windows

  1. Open your web browser and go to the website that you want to add
  2. Move your browser window to the side a bit so that you can see your desktop screen. (You might need to use the Restore Down button just to the left of the red X button in the upper right corner.)
  3. Click on the small icon immediately to the left of the http:// address in the web browser and drag it to your desktop. This will create a shortcut on the desktop.
  4. Click on the new shortcut and drag it over your Start menu button but don't release it yet. This will cause your Start menu to open.
  5. Keep holding the mouse button down and drag up into the upper area of your Start menu and drop the shortcut where you'd like it to reside.
  6. Whenever you want to go to that website all you need to do now is click open your Start menu and one click on the shortcut and you're there.
  7. If you want to remove a shortcut from your Start menu just right-click on it and choose Remove From This List.

Mac/OS X

  1. Open your web browser and go to the website that you want to add to your Dock.
  2. Click on the small icon immediately to the left of the http:// address in the web browser and drag it to the far right area of your Dock (but not into the Trash!). You just need to be on the right side of the subtle divider line in the Dock.
  3. Release the icon where you want it to reside.
  4. Whenever you want to go to that website all you need to do now is one click on the shortcut in the Dock and you're there.
  5. If you want to remove a shortcut from your Dock just click on it and drag it up off the Dock and release it.

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10/18/06