Working with Web Favorites

Web Favorites allows you to save a web URL to be easily reloaded later in a WebTab, as well as set the home page (or home pages, if desired) for WebTabs and import Favorites from Internet Explorer.

ClosedUsing Web Favorites

On the WebTab Navigation bar, click  Favorites.

The currently defined Favorites pages are shown below the Edit Favorites menu option.

ClosedManaging Web Favorites

To manage your Favorites:

  1. From the WebTab Navigation bar, click  Favorites and select Edit Favorites. The Edit Web Favorites dialog box appears.

  2. Select the desired Favorite and choose from the following options at the left of the Web Favorites list:

    Opens the Add/Edit Web Favorite dialog box. If a Web favorite was selected first, this allows you to edit the favorite's Title or URL. If no Web favorite was selected, the dialog box is empty and you can manually enter a new favorite.

    Copies the selected favorite to Home Page(s).

    Moves the selected favorite up in the list.

    Moves the selected favorite down in the list.

    Deletes the selected favorite.

  3. To import favorites from Internet Explorer, click Import IE Favorites.
  4. To export your Web Favorites as an XML file that other Vu users can utilize, click Export as Standard Favorites.
  5. Click OK.
ClosedUsing Standard Favorites

Standard Favorites allows you to share Favorites with colleagues. Favorites can be exported from Vu as an XML file and then used by other instances of Vu.

A Standard Favorites list can be stored on a network drive so that multiple users can access it. When an instance of Vu is configured to use a Standard Favorites list, it copies that list when it is opened, but does not otherwise open or access the file. This means that a Standard Favorites list can be updated (or replaced) at any time, though users will not see any changes until they close and reopen Vu.

ClosedExporting a Standard Favorites List

Standard Favorites are exported as an XML file. This file can be sent to another Vu user or placed on a network drive to be accessed by several users. It is a static file; none of the users connected to it can edit it directly through Vu. To update a Standard Favorites list, edit it manually or export another XML file and replace the old one.

  1. From the WebTab Navigation bar, click  Favorites and select Edit Favorites. The Edit Web Favorites dialog box appears.

  2. Click Export as Standard Favorites. The Choose a location to save Standard Favorites dialog box appears.
  3. Enter a name for the XML file, navigate to a location to save it, and click Save.
ClosedUsing Standard Favorites

When Vu is configured to use Standard Favorites, you will have two lists of Web Favorites: the Standard Favorites and your local Favorites. You can use a Standard Favorites XML file that is saved on a local or a network drive, though only one Standard Favorites list can be used at a time. Standard Favorites are loaded every time Vu is opened; changes made to a Standard Favorites XML file will not show up until you close and reopen Vu.

  1. Go to Settings > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears. Click WebTab.

  2. Select Use standardized favorites.
  3. Click . The Open dialog box appears.
  4. Browse to the location of the desired Standard Favorites file, then select it and click Open.
  5. Click OK.

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