at the top of the window. Tip You can give separators names that will appear in the Bookmarks Manager and in the Bookmarks Sidebar (although they don't appear in the Bookmarks menu). Simply select the separator, click the Rename button on the toolbar at the top of the window, then enter the name and click OK.           Importing and Exporting Bookmarks Can you imagine if you had to start all over again each time you bought a new filing cabinet? You'd have to start filing your hair away because you'd be tearing it out by the handful. Luckily, Firefox provides an easy Import Wizard that migrates your bookmarks from your former browser. You can import your bookmarks when you first launch Firefox or at any time thereafter. Firefox stores the bookmarks in one of two locations depending on when you import them, as I discuss in the following sections. Firefox also allows you to export your bookmarks to a file on your computer for use in other browsers or for your own personal backup. Importing on your first launch When you launch Firefox for the first time, the Import Wizard opens. If you choose to import bookmarks at this point, Firefox imports the bookmarks directly into your bookmarks list. In other words, when you open your Bookmarks menu, you see all your existing bookmarks just as they were in your previous browser. Chapter 3 provides instructions for importing bookmarks and other data the first time you start Firefox. Importing after the initial launch Importing favorites works fine if you're launching Firefox for the first time, but what happens if you have used it for a couple of months - and built up a new bookmarks collection - before deciding to import? In this case, rather than mixing your old bookmarks with your new collection, Firefox places all your old bookmarks in a new folder named From Previous Browser. For example, if you're importing Internet Explorer Favorites, the folder is called From Internet Explorer. The imported bookmarks are still organized into the same folders (if any) as they were in your previous browser, but they will be contained entirely within this new folder. 1. 2. 3. To import from another browser, select the name of the browser. Firefox supports importing bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Opera, Netscape 4.0 through 8.0, Camino, iCab, earlier versions of Firefox, and OmniWeb. Only the browsers that are installed on your computer are displayed. 4. Click Next to import the bookmarks and then click Finish to close the wizard. TECHNICAL STUFF Firefox allows you to import bookmarks from a file located on your computer. The file must be in the Firefox bookmarks/HTML format. Choose From File, in the Import Wizard, click Next, and then locate the file that contains the bookmarks you want to import. Exporting bookmarks If you need to get bookmarks out of Firefox instead of into it, Firefox can help you with that, too. Firefox can export your bookmarks - that is, store them in standard HTML format on your computer - for backup purposes or so that other browsers are able to retrieve them. This feature is generally useful only for advanced users. Here's how: