Managing Bookmarks; Finding Information On The Web; Installing A Different Search Engine; Searching In The Current Page - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

12.2.1 Finding Information on the Web

Firefox has a search bar that can access different engines, like Google, Yahoo, or Amazon. For
example, if you want to find information about SUSE using the current engine, click in the search
bar, type SUSE, and hit Enter. The results appear in your window. To choose your search engine,
click the icon to the left of the search bar. A menu opens with a list of available search engines.

12.2.2 Installing a Different Search Engine

If you favorite search engine is not listed, Firefox gives you the possibility to configure it. Try the
following steps:
1 Establish an Internet connection first.
2 Click the icon to the left of the search bar.
3 Select Manage Search Engines from the menu.
4 Click Get more search engines.
5 Firefox displays a Web page with available search engines. You can choose from Wikipedia,
IMDB, and others. Click the desired search plug-in.
6 Install your search plug-in with Add or abort with Cancel.

12.2.3 Searching in the Current Page

To search inside a Web page, click Edit > Find in This Page or press Ctrl+F. The find bar opens.
Usually, it is displayed at the bottom of a window. Type your query in the input field. Firefox finds
the first occurrence of this phrase. You can find other occurrences of the phrase by pressing F3 or
Next button in the find bar. You can also highlight all occurrences by pressing the Highlight all
button.

12.3 Managing Bookmarks

Bookmarks offer a convenient way of saving links to your favorite Web sites. To add the current
Web site to your list of bookmarks, click Bookmarks > Bookmark This Page. If your browser
currently displays multiple Web sites on tabs, only the URL on the currently selected tab is added to
your list of bookmarks.
When adding a bookmark, you can specify an alternative name for the bookmark and select a folder
where Firefox should store it. To bookmark Web sites on multiple tabs, select Bookmark All Tabs.
Firefox creates a new folder that includes bookmarks of each site displayed on each tab. To remove
a Web site from the bookmarks list, click Bookmarks, right-click the bookmark in the list, then click
Delete.

12.3.1 Using the Bookmark Manager

The bookmark manager can be used to manage the properties (name and address location) for each
bookmark and organize the bookmarks into folders and sections. It resembles
Bookmark Manager" on page 192.
"Using the Firefox
Browsing with Firefox 191