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From: "ETM" <>
Subject: Re: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V99 #1793
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 17:48:09 -0500


Winnie,

When I used Netscape (still do on an older computer), I used the second
method described by Bill below. The bookmarks can then be accessed and
used as links from the floppy or zip disk.

Elaine

Researching Bohemian Surnames
S.L.E.P.I.C.K.A. and H.R.U.S.K.A.

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Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V99 #1793


> Edwina K Charles wrote:
> >
> > Elaine,
> > I have placed a floppy shortcut on my desktop. Trying to get the
URLS I
> > want to save to the disk is something else. Can you (or
someone)please
> > baby-step some of us through this operation. I'm using Win 98,
Netscape
> > 4.5. My Win manual only deals with Explorer & I get lost along the
way.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Winnie in CA
> >
> In netscape go to bookmarks, when you have them on the screen, go up
to
> file, click on open bookmark file, in the window where it says files
> of type, choose html, that should bring up in the larger window your
> bookmark file, left click on it and hold, and drag it to where you
want
> to drop it. To make sure it went where you wanted it to, double click
> on the shortcut where you dropped it and it should show up, if you
> double click on that it will open from what ever drive you saved it
to.
>
> Now another way to skin the same cat!
> when you have your bookmarks on the screen go to file, click on save
as,
> in the window at the top choose which drive you want to save it to,
then
> click save, use which ever method is easier.
> I myself find the latter method easiest.
> Wild Bill, North Pole Alaska
>

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