Customized Bookmarklets

Choose instructions according to your browser

e = Internet Explorer

N = Netscape

e = Internet Explorer

How To Add The Customized Bookmarklet to Your Internet Explorer 4.x or 5.x Toolbar

Make sure that the Links toolbar is visible. (Right click on toolbar and make sure that ‘Links’ is checked.)

Drag any of the Customized Bookmarklets links listed onto the Links toolbar. A bookmarklet (search engine or whatever you chose) button should appear on the Links toolbar with a Microsoft Internet Explorer icon. (As you drag the link, you will see a circle with a line through it until you reach a point on the toolbar that is next to an already existing button. When you see a thick black vertical line where you want the button to go, you can drop the link.)

Now from Web pages viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer you can send words to the search engines or dictionaries by highlighting it and clicking on the Customized Bookmarklet button in the Links toolbar. If you click on the button without selecting a word, a dialog box will prompt you to select a word.

The Customized Bookmarklets may not operate properly when used with pages that include frames or other dynamic features.

To remove the button from Internet Explorer:
1) Place your cursor over the button and right click.
2) Select "Delete".
3) Select "Yes".
 

N = Netscape

How To Add The Customized Bookmarklet to Your Netscape Communicator 4.x Toolbar

Make sure that the Personal Toolbar is visible. (Click on the ‘View’ menu item and select ‘Show Personal Toolbar’ if it is not visible.

Drag any of the Customized Bookmarklets links onto the Personal Toolbar. A dictionary button should appear on the Personal Toolbar with a Netscape icon. (As you drag the link, you will see a circle with a line through it until you reach the toolbar.)

Now from Web pages viewed with Netscape Communicator you can send words to the search engines or dictionaries by highlighting it (if double-clicking does not work, try swiping the word to highlight it) and clicking on the Customized Bookmarklet in your Personal Toolbar. If you click on the button without selecting a word, a dialog box will prompt you to select a word.

The Customized Bookmarklet Button may not operate properly when used with pages that include frames or other dynamic features.

To remove the button from Netscape:
1) Click on the "Bookmarks" button on your toolbar and select "Edit Bookmarks...".
2) Locate the "Personal Toolbar Folder" and select the item in that folder called "Dictionary" (or whatever you named the button).
3) Right click on your selection and select "Delete".
 

Page created 09/30/1999
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