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Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Organizing Bookmarks and Printing in Mozilla Firefox.

Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Organizing Bookmarks and Printing in Mozilla Firefox.

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Learning Objectives We will also learn, how to:

  • Organize Bookmarks.
  • Setup up the Firefox Page.
  • Preview and Print it.

In this tutorial, we will learn about Bookmarks. We will also learn, how to:

  • Organize Bookmarks.
  • Setup up the Firefox Page,
  • Preview and Print it.
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System Requirements

  • Firefox version 7.0
  • Ubuntu 10.04.

Here we are using Firefox 7.0 on Ubuntu 10.04.


Open the Firefox browser. Let us open the Firefox browser.
By default the yahoo home page opens.
Point to the Bookmarks bar. Bookmarks help you navigate to pages that you use often.


Point to gmail on the Bookmarks bar.

We had learnt a little bit about Bookmarks in an earlier tutorial.

We had also added a bookmark for gmail there.

On Bookmarks Toolbar click on gmail.com. Let’s click on this to open the gmail home page.
Point to gmail. You are directed to the gmail home page.
Point to the star at the right of the address bar. Did you notice the yellow star on the right of the gmail address in the Address bar?
This indicates that this site has been bookmarked.
Point to the star. You can also use the star to change the name of a bookmark and store it in a different folder.
Let’s change the name of gmail to mygmailpage and store it in a new folder named MyNewBookmarks.
In the Address bar, click on the yellow Star icon. In the Address bar, click on the yellow star.
Point to the Edit This Bookmark dialog box The Edit This Bookmark dialog box appears.
In the Name field enter mygmailpage. In the Name field, enter mygmailpage.
Click on the Folder drop-down and select Choose. Click on the Folder drop-down and select Choose.
  • Select Bookmarks menu and click on New Folder.
  • Point to the New Folder.
  • Rename this folder as MyBookmarks.
  • Select Bookmarks Menu and click on New Folder.
  • A New Folder is created.
  • Rename this folder MyBookmarks.
In Tags type email. In Tags type email.
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Tags

  • Tags help us categorize bookmarks.
  • Associate a number of tags with a bookmark.
  • Eg - when you bookmark a shopping site,
  • Tag it with the words gifts, books, toys.


  • Tags help us categorize bookmarks.
  • You can associate a number of tags with a bookmark.
  • For example, when you bookmark a shopping site,
  • You might tag it with the words gifts, books or toys.
Switch to Firefox.

Click Done.

Click Done.
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CTRL+D keys

  • Alternately, press the CTRL+D keys
  • To bookmark the page.
  • Alternately, you can also press the CTRL and D keys
  • To bookmark the page.
Switch to Firefox.

From Menu bar, click on Bookmarks.

From the Menu bar, click on Bookmarks.
Point to the MyBookMarks folder. The MyBookMarks folder is displayed in the Bookmarks menu.
Place the cursor on the folder.

Point to mygmailpage.

Place the cursor on the folder.

The mygmailpage bookmark is saved there.

In the Address bar, type, email. Now, in the Address bar, type the tag, email.
Point that the site mygmailpage is displayed as the first option on the drop-down list. Notice that the site mygmailpage is displayed as the first option on the list.
So, we have renamed the bookmark, saved it in another folder and located it using a tag!
Now, let’s bookmark the www dot google dot com website. <Pause>
  • In the address bar select the address and delete it.
  • Now type www.google.com
  • Press Enter.
  • Now, from the right corner of the Address bar, click on the star.
  • In the address bar select the address and delete it.
  • Now type www dot google dot com
  • Press Enter.
  • Now, from the right corner of the Address bar, click on the star.
The google website is bookmarked.
  • In the address bar select the address and delete it.
  • Now type www.spoken-tutorial.org
  • Press Enter.
  • Now, from the right corner of the Address bar, click on the star.
  • Do the same process for yahoo.com, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ and www.ubuntu.com.
  • In the same manner, let’s bookmark four more sites

Spoken Tutorial, Yahoo, Firefox Add-ons and Ubuntu . <Pause>

Notice that we have not saved these bookmarks to a folder.

And how do we delete a bookmark we created?

Click on the yellow star and then point to the Remove Bookmark button. Of course, you’ve already noticed the Remove bookmark button in the Edit This Bookmark dialog box.

In the Address bar, click on the yellow star.

Let’s delete the www.google.com bookmark.

In the Address bar, type www.google.com. Click on the yellow star.

From the Edit This Bookmark dialog box, click the Remove Bookmark button. From the Edit This Bookmark dialog box, click the Remove Bookmark button.
From Menu bar, click on Bookmarks.
  • From Menu bar, click on Bookmarks and MyBookmarks.
  • The google bookmark is no longer visible in the Bookmark menu.
How can you access the bookmarks you create?

You can access bookmarks in many ways.

Point to the Address bar. The easiest way, to access a site that you bookmarked, is to type the name in the Address bar.
Click on the Address bar, select the address displayed and delete it. Click on the Address bar, select the address displayed and delete it.
In the Address bar,Type the letter G. Now, in the Address bar, type the letter G.
Point to the websites that are listed.
  • Notice that a list of the websites that begin with G are displayed.
  • These are also the sites that you've bookmarked, tagged, and visited.
You can also view and arrange your bookmarks in the Library window.
From Menu bar, click on Bookmarks and select Show All Bookmarks. From Menu bar, click on Bookmarks and select Show All Bookmarks.
Point to the Library window. The Library window opens.
Click the Unsorted Bookmarks folder in the left panel. By default all the bookmarks that you created are saved in the Unsorted Bookmarks folder.
Point to the Yahoo and Spoken Tutorial bookmarks listed here. Notice that the Yahoo, Spoken Tutorial, Ubuntu and FireFox Add-ons bookmarks are listed here.
Let’s say we want to add the Yahoo India bookmark to the Bookmarks menu.
Move the Library window to the centre of the scree.
  • First, let’s move the Library window to the centre of the screen.
  • Now, we can view the Menu bar and the options clearly.
From the Unsorted Bookmarks folder select the Yahoo bookmark. From the Unsorted Bookmarks folder select the Yahoo bookmark.
  • Press the left mouse button, and drag the bookmark to the Bookmarks menu.
  • Ensure that the cursor is over the Bookmarks menu.
  • Press the left mouse button, and drag the bookmark to the Bookmarks menu.
  • Ensure that the cursor is over the Bookmarks menu.
The Bookmark menu expands.
Place the mouse pointer on the menu and release the left mouse button. Place the mouse pointer on the menu and release the left mouse button.
Point to Yahoo bookmark that is now displayed on the bookmark menu. Now click on the Bookmark menu.

The Yahoo bookmark now appears on the Bookmark menu.

Point to a bookmark in the right panel. To open a bookmark directly from the Library window, simply double-click on it.
Close the Library window. Now, let’s close the Library window.
Firefox also allows you to sort bookmarks.
Let’s Sort bookmarks by Names.
From Menu bar, click View menu, select Sidebar, and then click Bookmarks. From Menu bar, click View, select Sidebar, and then click on Bookmarks.
Point to the Bookmarks sidebar in the left panel. The Bookmarks sidebar opens in the left panel.
  • In the address bar select the address and delete it.
  • Now type www.google.com
  • Press Enter.
  • Now, from the right corner of the Address bar, click on the star.
Let’s bookmark Google.com again. <Pause>
Right-click on the Unsorted Bookmarks. From the Bookmarks sidebar, select the Unsorted Bookmarks folder and right-click on it.
Then select Sort By Name. Select Sort By Name.
Point to the sorted bookmarks in the right panel. The bookmarks are sorted by name.
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Rearrange Bookmarks Manually

You can also rearrange the bookmarks manually.
Switch to Firefox.

From the Bookmarks Sidebar, click on and open the Bookmarks menu folder.

From the Bookmarks Sidebar, click on and open the Bookmarks Menu folder.
Click on and open the Unsorted Bookmarks folder. Next, click on and open the Unsorted Bookmarks folder.
Move the mouse over the Spoken Tutorial bookmark. Move the mouse over the Spoken Tutorial bookmark.
Keeping the left mouse button pressed, move the bookmark up to Ubuntu and Free Software folder in the Bookmarks Sidebar. Now, press the left mouse button and drag the bookmark up to Ubuntu and Free Software folder in the Bookmarks Sidebar.
Release the mouse button. Release the mouse button.
Point to the bookmark. The bookmark is moved to the Ubuntu and Free Software folder.
Changes you make in the Bookmarks Sidebar are also reflected in the Bookmarks menu.
You can also sort bookmarks automatically.


Switch to Firefox.

From the Menu bar, click Bookmarks and select Show all bookmarks.

From the Menu bar, click Bookmarks and select Show all bookmarks.
In the Library window that appears, from the left panel, select Unsorted bookmarks. In the Library window that appears, from the left panel, select Unsorted bookmarks.
From the Main menu in the library window, click on Views >> Sort >>Sort by Added. Now, click on Views, Sort and Sort by Added.
Point to the sorted list.

Click Close.

The address are sorted by the order in which they were added as bookmarks.

Click Close.

Finally, let’s learn how to print this web page.
First let’s set up this web page for printing.
Switch to Firefox.

From the Firefox menu bar, click File and select Page Setup.

From the Firefox menu bar, click File and select Page Setup.
Point to the Page Setup dialog box The Page Setup dialog box appears.
Select the Paper Size as A4. Select the Paper Size as A4.
Choose Orientation as Portrait. Choose Orientation as Portrait.
Click Apply. Click Apply.
To check how the settings are applied, click File and select Print Preview. To check how the settings have been applied, click File and select Print Preview.
Point to the preview. You can see the page exactly as it would look when it is printed.
Click Close to exit the print preview. Click Close to exit.
From the top left of the Firefox window, click File and select Print. From the Firefox menu bar, click File and select Print.
In the Print dialog box that opens, click on the General tab The Print dialog box appears on the screen.

Here we select the Generic Printer option in General Tab.

  • Next, in the Range field, select All Pages.
  • In Copies, select 1.
  • Next, in the Range field, select All Pages.
  • In Copies, we will select 1.
Click the Options tab and select Ignore scaling and shrink to fit page width. Click the Options tab and select Ignore Scaling and Shrink To Fit Page Width.
Just point to the Print button, do not click on it. Click Print.
If the printer is configured correctly, the printer should start printing now.

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Summary

  • Bookmarks

We also learnt, how to:

  • Organize Bookmarks.
  • Setup up the Firefox Page,
  • Preview and Print.
This brings us to the end of this tutorial.

In this tutorial, we learnt about

  • Bookmarks

We also learnt, how to:

  • Organize Bookmarks.
  • Setup up the Firefox Page,
  • Preview and Print.
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Assignment

  • Open a new Mozilla Firefox window.
  • Go to five new sites.
  • Bookmark all of them.
  • Save all the bookmarks in a new folder.
  • Organize the bookmarks in reverse alphabetical order.
  • Go to the last bookmarked site.
  • Setup the web page for printing and print it.
Here is an assignment for you.
  • Open a new Mozilla Firefox window,
  • Go to five new sites.
  • Bookmark all of them.
  • Save all the bookmarks in a new folder.
  • Organize the bookmarks in reverse alphabetical order.
  • Go to the last bookmarked site.
  • Setup the web page for printing and print it.
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About the Spoken Tutorial Project

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  • Watch the video available at the following link
  • It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project
  • If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
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Spoken Tutorial Workshops

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The Spoken Tutorial Project Team

  • Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials.
  • Gives certificates for those who pass an online test
  • For more details, please write to contact at spoken hyphen tutorial dot org
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Acknowledgements

  • Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project
  • It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
  • More information on this Mission is available at
  • Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project
  • It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India
  • More information on this Mission is available at
  • spoken hyphen tutorial dot org slash NMEICT hyphen Intro
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About the Contributor

  • This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd
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  • Thanks for joining
  • This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd
  • Thanks for joining

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